View Post People Agency Execs Predict How Mad Men Will End By Patrick Coffee on Apr. 2, 2015 - 5:28 PM Who said "clickbait?"
View Post Ad Biz Monday Odds and Ends By Erik Oster on Nov. 17, 2014 - 4:05 PM -Great Guns director Andy Morahan teamed up with Bob Geldof , Midge Ure and a slew of modern pop stars for Band Aid 30’s reprisal of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” to raise money for the Ebola crisis in W ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Digital | Social Media | TV The Richards Group Takes on Flowers for Edible Arrangements By Erik Oster on Apr. 23, 2014 - 1:02 PM The Richards Group debuted a new creative direction for Edible Arrangements, the originator of the “fresh” (if you’ve ever tasted their product, you know otherwise) fruit bouquet and global category leader, in th ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | People Sherman Assumes CEO Role at JWT NY By Kiran Aditham on Jun. 26, 2013 - 2:15 PM Well, a friend chimed in with this a little while ago, but guess we got beat to the punch. Anyhow, JWT has welcomed Peter Sherman as chief executive officer of its New York hub. Sherman had spent the last three-and-a-years as EVP/ ...
Agencies | People Quish Leaving JWT By Kiran Aditham on Apr. 24, 2012 - 10:15 AM Guess it’s a JWT kind of week. We’ve received word that Rob Quish, who took over as CEO of the agency’s Atlanta office (not to mention Houston and Dallas) just a year ago, is leaving. Quish, who succeeded Ridge W ...
Agencies | People JWT Snaps Up Benjamin, Geiger By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 11, 2012 - 10:11 AM JWT North America has enticed CP+B’s Jeff Benjamin and Goodby chief digital officer Mike Geiger to leave their respective posts and join the agency’s leadership team (guess JWT NA CEO/Worldwide digital director David E ...
Agencies | People Kobzev In, Hein Out at JWT By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 26, 2011 - 10:29 AM We don’t usually cover the PR front when it comes to agency news, but perhaps this is worth noting. JWT New York’s director of communications Kenneth Hein is splitting after 18 months to take on the role of marketing d ...
Ad Biz Friday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Feb. 4, 2011 - 9:41 AM -Mullen emphasizes the power of voting for the FVAP (above). -The Tomorrow Awards Winter 2011 deadline is Feb. 16. link -JWT N.A. CEO/digital director David Eastman will serve as keynote in a panel as part of Social Media Week&# ...
Agencies | People Nicholson Rejoins JWT, Takes Over as NY CCO By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 10, 2010 - 5:23 PM Well, here’s a big news item to end the week. It took a few months, but JWT New York has finally found a successor for Ty Montague as the agency’s announced that Peter Nicholson has joined up as its chief creative offi ...
Agencies | People Saatchi Alum Takes Chief ‘Innovation’ Role at JWT By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 28, 2010 - 12:26 PM JWT announced that James Cooper has joined the agency’s New York office as chief creative innovation officer. Cooper, who we now recognize from Matt O’Rourke’s going away party (blatant shout-out), arrives from S ...