View Post People Watch Maurice Levy Explain What Just Happened to Publicis Groupe By Patrick Coffee on Dec. 3, 2015 - 12:50 PM It's 20 minutes long, so you'll want to get comfortable.
View Post Ad Biz | We Hear? We Hear: Company-Wide Pay Freeze at Publicis Groupe By Patrick Coffee on Oct. 30, 2015 - 3:05 PM Maurice Levy reportedly wants to keep costs down after "disappointing" Q3 results.
View Post Ad Biz Monday Morning Stir By Erik Oster on Dec. 22, 2014 - 10:23 AM -DNA Seattle and PEMCO show the Seahawks some “Yelfie” love for the holiday season (video above). –The New York Times prepares to launch a digital division in London. -Scotts Miracle-Gro launched a media agency r ...
View Post Ad Biz Monday Odds and Ends By Erik Oster on Nov. 3, 2014 - 4:44 PM -Nick Offerman, Louie guest star Sarah Baker, H. Jon Benjamin (Archer, Bob’s Burgers, Home Movies) star in this fake Home Depot ad issued as a response to the “robotic shopping assistants” at Lowe’s on Last ...
View Post Ad Biz Friday Morning Stir By Erik Oster on Oct. 3, 2014 - 10:01 AM -Maurice Lévy talks the future of advertising and Alibaba at the 2014 IAB MIXX conference (video above). -Johnnie Walker promotes partnership with Tesco in new campaign starring Formula 1 driver Jenson Button (video above). ̵ ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies UPDATED: Big Changes at Publicis By Patrick Coffee on Sep. 16, 2014 - 12:25 PM In case you haven’t seen it already this morning, The Publicis Groupe officially rewarded Maurice Levy for his failure today by extending the current chief executive’s role until (approximately) The Avengers 3. Despite ...
View Post Ad Biz Monday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Jun. 23, 2014 - 3:13 PM -Ogilvy digital consultancy Social@Ogilvy has formed a global partnership with social intelligence/social monitoring solutions provider Sysomos. -According to one tipster, Austin agency Sanders\Wingo and their Super Official Worl ...
View Post Ad Biz Thursday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on May. 29, 2014 - 4:08 PM -Former Tribal Worldwide global business director Jason Dorin has joined integrated agency Catch New York as its first managing director. -Are you just #tryingtoohard? Find out for yourself via Axe’s “Social Effort Sca ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies Trouble Brewing in the Publicis Omnicom Camp By Patrick Coffee on Apr. 28, 2014 - 1:23 PM Over the weekend you may have heard of some newfound uncertainty regarding the world’s soon-to-be-biggest agency: the bastard child of Publicis and Omnicom. Let’s review the reports, shall we?
View Post Ad Biz Thursday Morning Stir By Erik Oster on Apr. 17, 2014 - 9:57 AM -Mezcal El Silencio ad mocks typical, testosterone-fueled booze advertising (above). -Twitter introduces adds that allow viewers to click to install mobile apps. link -We Are Social has Evian’s baby Spider-Man “rescuin ...