View Post Ad Biz Thursday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 21, 2013 - 4:50 PM -2014 International ANDY Awards chairman David Droga has picked his jury for next year’s event, which takes place Feb. 18-24 in Shanghai. Among those creatives making the list, which spans the globe, are CP+B CEO Andr ...
View Post Ad Biz Friday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 15, 2013 - 9:52 AM -Allen & Gerritsen has promoted Chris Reif, who co-founded its Philadelphia office in 2007, to SVP/creative & innovation. -Draftfcb has launched a new campaign for the Jamaican Tourist Board called “Get All Right,” ...
View Post Awards | People And Now, a Quick Look into 2013 D&AD Black Pencil Judging By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 7, 2013 - 11:41 AM While the 2013 D&AD Awards is now in the books, the folks behind the event, like last year, have released a post-game video documenting the seemingly painstaking process of deciding who takes home D&AD’s most prestig ...
View Post Ad Biz Friday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 25, 2013 - 10:06 AM -Raleigh, NC-based agency Baldwin& has brought on former Leo Burnett Chicago ACD/copywriter Ryan Dean Waite as a senior creative. -Omnicom-owned, St. Louis-based agency Rodgers Townsend and car rental brand Enterprise team up ...
View Post Ad Biz Thursday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Sep. 12, 2013 - 10:03 AM -It’s already that time again as the Webby Awards crew has announced their 18th annual call for entries. Judges for 2014 include Kevin Spacey and David Droga. link -Director Rob “Whitey” McConnaughy, formerly with Hungry ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Awards | People If You Have Eight Minutes to Spare, Here’s a New Cannes Lions Doc By Kiran Aditham on Jul. 19, 2013 - 3:16 PM We’re sure many of you on the East Coast have already checked out by this point, but here’s a short film anyways produced by Jack Morton Worldwide that somewhat documents the Cannes Lions experience. Beginning with sho ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies William Morris Acquires Minority Stake in Droga5 By Kiran Aditham on Jul. 11, 2013 - 1:38 PM Jeez, what started out as a slow morning turned into quite a busy afternoon. A friend tipped us on this a couple of days ago and after a few inquiries, we’ve now received clarification/confirmation on the matter from Droga5 ...
View Post Ad Biz | Brands | Campaigns Newcastle Celebrates ‘Independence Eve’ By Jordan Teicher on Jul. 3, 2013 - 9:44 AM Normally, a made-up holiday like Independence Eve would be some sort of patriotic money grab, but for Newcastle Brown Ale and Droga5, it’s actually a tongue-in-cheek U.K. money grab. Independence Eve – the latest part ...
View Post Ad Biz | People Adams Jr. Succeeds Hughes as Head of VCU Brandcenter Board By Kiran Aditham on May. 13, 2013 - 10:35 AM And now, a bit of news news. The baton has officially been passed from one Martin Agency exec to another as the Richmond, VA operation’s chairman John B. Adams Jr. is taking over for longtime friend and colleague, Martin pre ...
View Post Ad Biz Wednesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Feb. 13, 2013 - 4:24 PM -Ladies and gents, meet your 16 Cannes Lions 2013 jury presidents including Bob Greenberg, David Droga, Rei Inamoto and director Joe Pytka. link -In case you missed it, Mashable has a nice profile on Dave Adams, an ad industry vet ...