View Post Ad Biz Wednesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Sep. 4, 2013 - 4:30 PM -After working with agencies on a project basis, Fuhu, which makes the Nabi Android tablet for children and has been named “fastest growing company in America” by Inc., has appointed Draftfcb L.A. as its first AOR. -As ...
View Post Ad Biz Wednesday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Sep. 4, 2013 - 10:07 AM -Here’s your 2013 Tomorrow Awards shortlist. link -Bi-coastal prodco Brand New School has welcomed MPC/Stardust alum Paul Abatemarco as EP of its Los Angeles office. -Doner has unveiled a new global behavioral insight unit ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People ‘The Replacer’ Returns, with JB Smoove in Tow, in New ‘Black Ops II’ Clip By Kiran Aditham on Apr. 8, 2013 - 12:37 PM Nearly three months after 72andSunny introduced us to “The Replacer”–aka Fargo baddie Peter Stormare–in its campaign for Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Revolution trailer, the agency ...
Brands | Campaigns GSD&M Bows First Work for Walgreens By Kiran Aditham on Aug. 13, 2012 - 3:45 PM Three months after reportedly beating out McGarryBowen for Walgreens creative duties, Austin’s own GSD&M has unveiled its first campaign for the drug store chain, which carries the tagline “At the Corner of Happy & ...
Brands | TV Hardee’s Chicken Tenders Get a Personal Touch By Bob Marshall on Nov. 23, 2011 - 11:12 AM From the ever-prolific David&Goliath comes the above advert for Hardee’s, seemingly the agency’s millionth TV spot for CKE Restaurants since taking over the ad duties for the brand at the beginning of the year. Hey ...
Brands | Campaigns The Honda Civic Has Something for Everybody By Bob Marshall on Apr. 21, 2011 - 3:30 PM Back in the early 2000s, the Honda Civic might have seemed like an appropriate buy for a street racer looking for a light car with a lot of engine space for illegal parts. But, we’ve come a long way since The Fast and the Fu ...