Agencies | People Wohl Indeed Heads to Cheil USA By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 11, 2012 - 9:00 AM Guess we called it a few weeks back as Adam Wohl, a screenwriter who also co-founded and served as partner at NYC-based shop MIR (which was quietly sold off to LBi late last year), has joined up with Lars Bastholm at Cheil USA. Ba ...
Agencies | People | We Hear? MIR Alum Adam Wohl Heading to Cheil? By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 20, 2011 - 3:17 PM Reliable sources are telling us that Adam Wohl, who co-founded and served as partner at the now-defunct, NYC-based shop MIR, is joining up with Cheil U.S., which of course just brought on Lars Bastholm as its CCO. No word on what ...
Ad Biz Tuesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 13, 2011 - 4:22 PM -The FCC finally gets down to passing rules that ban super-loud commercials during breaks. Phew. link -Meanwhile, the FDA is cracking down on “misleading” Lap-Band ads. link -Submissions are now open for the 2012 Vimeo ...
Agencies | People Bastholm Takes Top Creative Post at Cheil U.S. By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 12, 2011 - 8:49 AM After spending some time traveling this fall, former Ogilvy NY chief creative officer/North American chief digital officer Lars Bastholm has returned to the ad scene to take on the CCO post at Cheil USA. Once he officially assumes ...
Agencies | People Ogilvy, Lars Bastholm Parting Ways By Kiran Aditham on May. 23, 2011 - 3:12 PM To think it all seemed so peachy when we spoke at the ANDYs. Anyhow, Ogilvy has confirmed that North American CDO/New York CCO Lars Bastholm is leaving the agency effective June 15 as the result of a mutual decision made between B ...
Ad Biz | Awards | People David Droga to Chair AICP Next Panel By Kiran Aditham on Mar. 15, 2011 - 3:00 PM Now that the AICP people are done rolling out the “case study” videos to hype their upcoming awards show, the organizers have announced that Droga5 founder/creative chairman David Droga will serve as judging chair of t ...
Awards Cannes Lions Provides How-to Enter/Win Walk-Throughs By Kiran Aditham on Feb. 11, 2011 - 11:09 AM It’s that time of year and the call for entries is now open for the French Riviera bacchanal that is the Cannes Lions. We’re sure most of you who know the score have already made your travel plans and booked hotels, bu ...
Ad Biz Wednesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 26, 2011 - 4:45 PM -BBH London boys Hugo Bierschenk and Dean Woodhouse have moved across the pond to join the creative department of BBH New York. -TBWA unit Being reinvigorates Mr. Peanut for the modern age (above) and nabs Robert Downey Jr. as VO. ...
What The?? While Creatives Come in Today, Some CCOs Will Play By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 3, 2011 - 1:14 PM While we wouldn’t necessarily think of Cambodia as the most ideal place to frolic, it looks like Ogilvy NY CDO/CCO Lars Bastholm is living it up across the globe while the rest of us have to file in to the office and attempt ...
Agencies Ogilvy NY CDO/CCO Not Happy with Ogilvy NY’s Digital Work By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 11, 2010 - 11:02 AM We received a few tips last Friday about a not-so-friendly memo sent from Lars Bastholm to Ogilvy NY creatives regarding recent digital output. From what we hear from our sources, this is nothing new in the agency world but a spy ...