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Layoffs at Crispin Porter + Bogusky Industry shakedown continues

Layoffs in the advertising industry are continuing this month. On Thursday, Crispin Porter + Bogusky cut 43 of its roughly 900 employees. This move follows the Ogilvy Group's layoffs of nearly…

January 26, 2012, 1:36 PM EST

The Greatest Adman Who Never Was Mockumentary asks industry icons to discuss Cornelius Trunchpole

After decades of being overlooked by the advertising establishment he helped create, Cornelius Trunchpole is finally getting his due—although it's hard to say exactly how much he's due, seeing as…

August 23, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT

R/GA Poaches Top Ogilvy Planner Russell Davies to grow London practice

R/GA has hired Russell Davies, a top planner at Ogilvy, to help build out the planning practice at its London office, the agency announced Wednesday. Davies, who’ll be the first head…

June 23, 2011, 1:20 PM EDT

Time Warner Cable Brings NYC Subway to Charlotte

There's something wonderful about seeing a New York City subway staircase in a completely foreign environment. Like, say, the Wells Fargo Atrium in Charlotte, N.C. It's the work of Ogilvy…

April 29, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT

Post-it Notes Jot Down Their Love for William & Kate

Post-it is putting up giant yellow notes around London wishing Prince William and Kate Middleton a long and happy marriage together. Because, you know, nothing says permanence quite like a…

April 26, 2011, 12:33 PM EDT

Concessions Get Wise in Tribeca Film Festival Spot

The old movie-house clip with the singing concessions is ripe for parody. Here, Ogilvy turns the hot dog and the box of popcorn into mobsters to promote the Tribeca Film…

April 19, 2011, 12:40 PM EDT

Billboard for Hot Wheels is pleasantly loopy

Here's a fun Hot Wheels ad from Ogilvy Bogota, presenting a life-size loopty-loop on a highway overpass. Lots of ads bring cars down to miniature size—for LG and Nissan, in…

April 5, 2011, 10:57 AM EDT

Retailer buys ad space in crossword puzzle

How do you reach senior citizens to tell them about your department store's sweet retiree benefits? Take out ads inside crossword puzzles, which they play endlessly—at least in Brazil. In…

April 5, 2011, 10:14 AM EDT

Ogilvy sorry for promoting organ harvesting

Ad agency 1984, a unit of Ogilvy in South Africa (shouldn't it be a unit of TBWA?), has apologized for a controversial guerrilla campaign promoting a horror film called Night…

March 1, 2011, 10:07 AM EST

AmEx spot takes Conan to ends of the Earth

Ogilvy has this great spot out for American Express starring Conan O'Brien. The two-minute ad shows Conan speaking what I'm assuming is Hindi in a perplexing quest in India that…

November 8, 2010, 12:08 PM EST

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