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A Martin Leaves Labatt Review BOSTON--The Martin Agency has pulled out of the $10 million review for Labatt USA's Sol brand leaving Mullen, Wenham, Mass., Boston, Toronto, McKinney & Silver, Raleigh, N.C., and Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, New York. Martin, the Richmond, Va.-based agency, said it did not have enough available talent to work on the compressed schedule required by the Norwalk, Conn., client. Incumbent Amster Yard, New York, a unit of McCann-Erickson World Group, resigned the account. A Wilton, Conn.-based firm, The Kiernan Group, is managing the review. A OWN&P Wins Half.com BOSTON--Odiorne Wilde Narraway & Partners of San Francisco has won the $15-25 million Half.com account, said Kristin Keyes, corporate communications director for the Philadelphia area startup. Partners & Simons, Boston, and Margeotes/Fertita + Partners, New York, were finalists. Half.com plans to launch its Web site and a national branding campaign in January. The 4-month-old company will not reveal what type of Internet services it will offer, describing it only as a "person-to-person e-commerce site." A Black & Decker's DeWalt Holds Review BOSTON--Black & Decker has called a review for the estimated $2-3 million account of its DeWalt Power Tools division handled by Arnold Communications in McLean, Va. Arnold intends to defend, said agency spokesperson Tracy Tierney. Officials at the client's headquarters in Towson, Md., did not return calls. Shops in New England, the Southeast and the New York-area are being contacted, a source said. McCann-Erickson, New York, is the lead agency on Black & Decker's consumer ad business. It could not be determined at press time if McCann has an interest in pursuing the DeWalt account. A PSK Breaks First "Sound" Work BOSTON--Pagano Schenck & Kay bowed its first TV spot for Newton, Mass.-based audio systems retailer Cambridge SoundWorks last week in Boston and San Francisco markets tagged, "Hear it. Live it." The ad features a man at a peephole who is more interested in listening to music than watching his attractive neighbor undress. Product-focused radio spots will run through the holidays, and a new TV spot is in development in the spring. Spending is undisclosed. Pagano won the account in August. A C&K Promotes Ctnow.com BOSTON--The Hartford Courant has launched a statewide information site, Ctnow.com, along with a $5 million campaign. A large portion of the budget is tied to a promotional deal with SFX Media, which manages concerts in Connecticut. Cashman & Katz, Glastonbury, Conn., is handling media placement and creative for radio spots beginning Dec. 1. Television spots debut next year. In-house creative staff at the Courant, which is owned by Los Angeles-based company Times Mirror, have developed print and outdoor ads. The campaign's tagline is "Connect to Connecticut.

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