View Post Agencies | People Smart Takes Over as Saatchi NY CEO By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 5, 2013 - 2:43 PM We first started hearing about this a couple of weeks ago and now it’s official that Durk Barnhill, who’s spent the last year-plus as CEO at Saatchi & Saatchi New York, will no longer hold the title at the agency a ...
Ad Biz Wednesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Apr. 25, 2012 - 4:18 PM -Saatchi & Saatchi CEO Kevin Roberts says “marketing is dead.” link -Cablevision settled on Mother to handle its Optimum rebrand. link -Euro RSCG Chicago teams up with the bravest in a new campaign for Sauza (above ...
Ad Biz Thursday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Feb. 2, 2012 - 4:21 PM -Is marketing dead? Kevin Roberts thinks so. link -McKinney kicks off its Social Bowl 2012. link -DDB Chicago and State Farm will help predict your future. link -Budweiser unveils a big game ad (above). link -Dallia Herrtage will ...
Ad Biz | Agencies Saatchi & Saatchi’s Christmas Gift: A ‘Love Mix’ By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 8, 2011 - 2:35 PM Perhaps taking a cue from John Cusack in High Fidelity, “The Lovemarks Company” known as Saatchi & Saatchi is giving the gift of music (in lieu of, you know, the usual booze and other goodies) to its clients this h ...
Ad Biz Friday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 11, 2011 - 4:20 PM -Rich Silverstein, PJ Pereira and Tommy Means are among those that will converge at SF Egotist’s ONCE roundtable (above). link -Cars.com bails from ESPN’s next Penn State telecast. link -The Watsons “reinvents th ...
Ad Biz Tuesday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 25, 2011 - 9:41 AM -Well, guess GSD&M’s efforts paid off. link -Who’s ready for Grand Theft Auto 5? link -Saatchi & Saatchi boss Kevin Roberts seems to be OK after suffering from a bout of amnesia. link -Does BK’s new ̶ ...
Agencies Fallon Has a New CEO By Kiran Aditham on May. 27, 2011 - 12:35 PM It took 27 years but Mike Buchner (pictured) has finally made it to the mountaintop, as the Fallon veteran has been appointed to the chief executive officer post at the Minneapolis agency. Buchner most recently served as COO and n ...