View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Campaigns | Digital | Politics Saatchi & Saatchi Belgrade Helps Solve Case of Murdered Journalist By Erik Oster on Apr. 15, 2014 - 11:47 AM In December, Saatchi & Saatchi Belgrade launched a provocative campaign called “Chronicles of Threats” for Serbian Commission for the Investigation of Murders of Journalists and Office of the OSCE’s Representativ ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Politics Enso Explains How Google Responds to Search Warrants By Erik Oster on Mar. 27, 2014 - 2:59 PM Google, which recently published a report on government requests for user information following last year’s FISA lawsuit, wants its users to know that they’re doing everything they can to protect their privacy while st ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Politics Team Detroit Riffs on Rogue’s Cadillac ‘Poolside’ Spot for Ford By Erik Oster on Mar. 27, 2014 - 10:28 AM Team Detroit has released a new spot for Ford that riffs on (some might say parodies) the recent Cadillac “Poolside” commercial from Rogue promoting the myth that hard work makes America superior to other countries who ...
View Post Campaigns | Digital | Politics | Social Media BETC Paris, B-Reel Create ‘Names Not Numbers’ for Médecins du Monde By Erik Oster on Mar. 21, 2014 - 11:58 AM Each year, 300,000 women die from pregnancy-related complications or unsafe abortions. To bring this statistic to life, production company B-Reel conceived and created “Names Not Numbers” for ad agency BETC Paris and ...
View Post Agencies | Campaigns | Politics Greenpeace Takes P&G/Head & Shoulders Protest Straight to Saatchi & Saatchi By Erik Oster on Mar. 7, 2014 - 11:24 AM This Wednesday we brought you news of Greenpeace’s campaign exposing Procter & Gamble’s destructive palm oil sourcing practices in Indonesia and calling on the company to change their ways with a “Thank You, Mom& ...
View Post Politics Greenpeace Takes On P&G, ‘Thank You, Mom’ By Erik Oster on Mar. 5, 2014 - 10:45 AM Greenpeace released what they’re calling a “parody video of Procter & Gamble’s ‘Thank You Mom’ advertisement showing how P&G’s supply chain is contributing to the orphaning of orangutans.” ...
View Post Agencies | Campaigns | Politics | What The?? Evolve Asks Gun Owners Not to Be Dumbasses By Erik Oster on Feb. 18, 2014 - 12:29 PM Today, Saatchi & Saatchi New York is launching the first ever campaign for the gun responsibility organization Evolve, encouraging people to take personal responsibility for gun safety and generally not be dumbasses. Saatchi & ...
View Post Agencies | Digital | Politics Happiness Brussels Spies on the NSA By Erik Oster on Feb. 11, 2014 - 1:30 PM Coming off the latest (not so surprising) revelations of the misuse of NSA data, Happiness Brussels has launched “Spy on the NSA,” a site which gives the the NSA a taste of its own medicine in support of www.thedaywefi ...
View Post Agencies | Campaigns | Politics Memac O&M Extends UN Women Campaign with ‘The Autocomplete Truth’ By Erik Oster on Nov. 19, 2013 - 1:45 PM The latest in Dubai-based Memac Ogilvy & Mather’s campaign for United Nations Women is the affecting 1:30 video, “The Autocomplete Truth.” This short video comes on the heels of the virally successful print/onlin ...
View Post Campaigns | Politics | Social Media There’s More to Toronto Than a Crack-Smoking Mayor, #MoreThanFord Reminds Us By Erik Oster on Nov. 13, 2013 - 11:06 AM By now (unless you’re completely cut off from all news outlets and/or in a coma) you’ve heard of the crack-smoking shenanigans of Toronto’s disgraceful, conservative mayor, Rob Ford. Ford recently admitted to smo ...