View Post Ad Biz | People Monday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 16, 2013 - 9:41 AM We were off the grid yesterday, so apologies for missing the sad news that after his long battle with lung cancer, Mike Hughes, who essentially became the face and creative force of The Martin Agency over the course of his 35 year ...
View Post Ad Biz Thursday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 24, 2013 - 5:12 PM -Sir Martin Sorrell & Co. at WPP have released their Q3 report. Among other things, the holding company reports a seven-percent revenue increase from last year. link -R/GA don Bob Greenberg, Martin Agency president Mike ...
View Post Ad Biz | People Adams Jr. Succeeds Hughes as Head of VCU Brandcenter Board By Kiran Aditham on May. 13, 2013 - 10:35 AM And now, a bit of news news. The baton has officially been passed from one Martin Agency exec to another as the Richmond, VA operation’s chairman John B. Adams Jr. is taking over for longtime friend and colleague, Martin pre ...
View Post Agencies | People And Now, a Heartwarming Exchange Between an Agency Prez & CCO By Kiran Aditham on May. 6, 2013 - 10:45 AM This actually happened a few days ago, but we figured a good warming of the cockles was in order to kick off yet another work week. If you haven’t heard, Martin Agency president Mike Hughes has been battling cancer for some ...
View Post Ad Biz Friday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Feb. 22, 2013 - 9:30 AM -Google has shifted its Chrome ad duties from BBH NY to 72andSunny. Among other things, BBH says of its four-year relationship on this specific piece of biz, “This is end of our work on Chrome but we continue to work ...
View Post Ad Biz Monday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Feb. 4, 2013 - 4:31 PM -If you haven’t heard, Martin Agency stalwart/president Mike Hughes has been blogging about his long battle with lung cancer, which dates back to 1995. Today, he updated with a new post entitled “dying in plain sight.& ...
People The Industry Bids Adieu to Luke Sullivan By Kiran Aditham on Jun. 29, 2011 - 10:22 AM As we noted back in April, eight-year GSD&M vet Luke Sullivan, who last held the title of GCD at the Austin agency, is moving on to chair the ad department of Savannah College of Art & Design. So, what better way to send t ...
Ad Biz | Digital | People Who Will Take Over for Boyko at VCU Brandcenter? By Kiran Aditham on May. 23, 2011 - 12:48 PM After eight years as director/professor at VCU Brandcenter, it looks like Rick Boyko is hanging it up at the Richmond, VA-based “school of mass communications.” Boyko, who does sound rather resigned, no pun intended, i ...
Agencies | People Martin Adds New SVP/CD By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 3, 2010 - 11:07 AM Just over a month after its “creative restructuring,” the Martin Agency is adding another CD to the fold, namely Fabio Costa. Who’s that, you ask? Well, Costa has been an agency creative for about 15 years now, s ...
Agencies | People VCU Brandcenter Pays Homage to Mike Hughes By Michael Musco on Oct. 21, 2010 - 2:38 PM Following a dedication ceremony on Oct. 27, the Virginia Commonwealth University, or VCU, Brandcenter will officially be known as “Mike Hughes Hall.” Besides being the president of The Martin Agency, Hughes has served ...
