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By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 2, 2012 - 9:40 AM

-Former Adweek editor Michael Wolff tells us what he thinks the ad biz is sorely lacking. link -A little bit of Halls adds plenty of swagger in a new effort from Ogilvy Cape Town (above). -L.A.-based post-production company Therap ...

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So Long, Mr. Wolff

By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 17, 2011 - 11:34 AM

Well, we gave Michael Wolff until the end of the year, but it looks like Prometheus Global Media couldn’t wait that long. The parent company of Adweek has announced that the Murdoch-obsessed media maven will be leaving his p ...

So, Michael Wolff’s Time at ‘Adweek’ Has Apparently Come to an End

By Kiran Aditham on Sep. 29, 2011 - 10:50 AM

Hamilton Nolan at Gawker is reporting that the Michael Wolff era at Adweek is drawing to a close. Wow, we really didn’t see this coming. Actually, we gave Wolff the benefit of the doubt and said he’d last until Decembe ...

Ad Biz | People

Michael Wolff’s Time at Adweek Might Be Up

By Kiran Aditham on Sep. 15, 2011 - 12:10 PM

How did we not see this coming? Keith Kelly and Claire Atkinson at the New York Post are reporting that Prometheus Global Media, parent of Adweek, is looking to replace our old pal and editorial director Michael Wolff because ther ...

People | What The??

Wait, That’s Not Ben Walker

By Kiran Aditham on Jul. 15, 2011 - 11:00 AM

Here’s a classic sports news blooper that comes to us courtesy of the BBC, which mistakes our old pal, Adweek editor Michael Wolff, for Associated Press baseball scribe Ben Walker. Watch the awkward silence that ensues, then ...

Adweek’s Michael Wolff: ‘The New York Times is a Bore’

By Kiran Aditham on May. 4, 2011 - 12:28 PM

In the final installment of our Media Beat interview with Adweek editorial director Michael Wolff, the veteran media man discusses his news aggregation operation, Newser.com, which is among Salon.com’s personal favorites. Wo ...

Adweek’s Michael Wolff Talks NYT Paywall, the State of News Corp

By Kiran Aditham on May. 3, 2011 - 1:18 PM

In part two of our Media Beat discussion with Adweek editorial director Michael Wolff, the media vet discusses his thoughts on the New York Times paywall, saying among other things, if it doesn’t work, then “the Times ...

Adweek’s Michael Wolff: ‘We Really Bring Together Buyer and Seller’

By Kiran Aditham on May. 2, 2011 - 12:14 PM

Though our time with Adweek editorial director Michael Wolff together came to a rather interesting end, the veteran journalist had plenty to say during our three-part Media Beat chat. In this first installment, Wolff, who took ove ...

Adweek Becomes ‘The Voice of Media’

By Kiran Aditham on Apr. 8, 2011 - 3:32 PM

It looks like our sources were right. Starting the week of April 18, Michael Wolff’s version of Adweek will see the light of day and come with the tagline, “The Voice of Media.” Guess the “ad” part is ...

Ad Biz | We Hear?

We Hear: Wolff Cleans House at Adweek

By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 2, 2010 - 10:27 AM

It didn’t take long for Michael Wolff to make an impact at Adweek. Multiple sources are telling us that Wolff, who became editorial director of E5 Global’s Adweek Group in October, is looking to remake the magazine int ...

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