View Post Agencies | People And Now, a Message from Carter Murray to Draftfcb Staff By Kiran Aditham on Sep. 9, 2013 - 11:42 AM It took six months, but from what we gather from the memo just sent to us below, Carter Murray has finally assumed the CEO post at Draftfcb Worldwide. Murray was announced as global CEO of the IPG-owned network back in March, taki ...
View Post Ad Biz The Search is Over: Draftfcb Finds New Global CEO in Carter Murray By Kiran Aditham on Mar. 6, 2013 - 5:18 PM As you may have heard by now, Draftfcb has perhaps made George Parker’s day by finding a replacement for Laurence Boschetto in Carter Murray, a 38-year-old Brit who will now take over as CEO of Draftfcb Worldwide. Murray (pi ...
View Post Agencies | People Aaaand, McCann CEO Nick Brien is Out, Diamond is In By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 13, 2012 - 5:20 PM Well, Noreen at Adweek‘s trigger-finger was admittedly faster than ours at day’s end as she is indeed reporting what tipsters have been telling us since around 5-ish, that McCann Worldgroup CEO Nick Brien is no longer ...
Ad Biz | Agencies Draftfcb Turns Attention to Healthcare, Acquires Hudson Global By Kiran Aditham on Sep. 12, 2012 - 10:45 AM Draftfcb just sent the word out to employees this morning that it’s purchased Tarrytown, NY-based pharma marketing company Hudson Global, which houses 55+ employees and offers digital media, interactive marketing, str ...
Agencies | Brands | What The?? Your Friday Image: Draftfcb Poses with Penguins By Kiran Aditham on Jun. 8, 2012 - 2:50 PM Can someone cue the Morgan Freeman VO on this? Anyhow, you might have remembered that Draftfcb New York picked up the Sea World business a few weeks ago. To get into the spirit of things, we suppose, DFCB president/CEO Laurence Bo ...
Agencies | People Drakoulias Assumes More Responsibility at Draftfcb By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 11, 2012 - 2:10 PM Beginning today, Draftfcb global chief of staff Peter Drakoulias (right), who took on that peculiar title two months ago, will now also handle business development efforts for the global network. As a result, Drakoulias will take ...
Agencies | People Draftfcb Appoints New Global CSO By Kiran Aditham on Sep. 7, 2011 - 12:22 PM Now that it’s got its CCO situation seemingly figured out in Chicago and San Francisco, Draftfcb is turning its focus to other senior-level positions as the agency network has now promoted its New York chief strategy officer ...
Agencies Draftfcb Chicago Makes Expected Post-SCJ Cuts By Kiran Aditham on Aug. 16, 2011 - 12:48 PM As everyone predicted and reported on, in the wake of the SC Johnson loss, Draftfcb Chicago has made some major cuts. The agency has announced that it’s let go of 10 percent of local staff (approximately 100) and has reduced ...
Agencies Report: Draftfcb’s Top Brass Begin Layoff Discussions By Kiran Aditham on Aug. 3, 2011 - 11:13 AM In the wake of the huge SC Johnson loss, it was only a matter of time that the dreaded “L” word would be brought up in Draftfcb’s inner sanctum. Crain’s Chicago Business is reporting that agency’s top ...
Agencies | Brands Draftfcb Loses SC Johnson By Kiran Aditham on Jul. 29, 2011 - 7:07 AM As some folks hinted and our poll predicted, SC Johnson came down with its decision by month’s end and as a result, the Wisconsin-based giant has ended its nearly 60-year relationship with Draftfcb Chicago and is now split ...
