View Post Revolving Door iCrossing Names Kayvan Salmanpour as Its First Chief Content Officer By Erik Oster on Jul. 20, 2016 - 11:12 AM Salmanpour will report to iCrossing CEO Nick Brien and Hearst Digital Media president Troy Young.
View Post Agencies | Brands McCann Finally Comments on USPS Win By Kiran Aditham on Apr. 2, 2013 - 10:01 AM It took a little while for McCann Erickson to get the OK to comment on nabbing agency of record duties for the United States Postal Service, which has previously worked with Campbell-Ewald on the creative portion of its business. ...
View Post Ad Biz Wednesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 14, 2012 - 4:25 PM -Let’s feast our eyes for a couple of minutes on the making of a full-scale paper craft of Honda’s new N-One (above) series, shall we? link -Don’t worry, now-former McCann CEO Nick Brien should be financially sec ...
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 Friday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Mar. 30, 2012 - 4:23 PM -McCann CEO Nick Brien talks about landing the GM account among other things. link -Here’s a behind-the-scenes clip of CP+B’s meaty new ad for Kraft dubbed the “Baconizer” (above). link -So, why is Pinter ...
Agencies | People Here’s the Full Memo Regarding Thom Gruhler if You Were Wondering By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 11, 2011 - 9:00 AM By now, you probably know that Thom Gruhler has moved up from the McCann NY ranks to a global managing partner role at McCann Worldgroup. Anyhow, here’s a memo regarding the promotion of the fine-dining aficionado, who succe ...
Agencies | People Summy Takes Prez Post at McCann North America By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 21, 2011 - 8:44 AM Digital marketing vet Hank Summy is taking over the reins at McCann Erickson North America as the SapientNitro alum will assume the role of NA president come November. Summy most recently served as managing director of SapientR ...
Ad Biz | Agencies McCann Acquires AllofUs By Kiran Aditham on Aug. 4, 2011 - 10:58 AM Hey, why not throw in a little across-the-pond news this morning. McCann Worldgroup has bought up London-based interactive design shop AllofUs, which was founded in 2003 and has worked for clients and organizations ranging from ...
Agencies | People Matt Freeman Takes Global Exec Role at McCann By Kiran Aditham on Apr. 14, 2011 - 2:43 PM Yep, the man looking rather dapper is Matt Freeman, former Tribal DDB CEO who is now assuming the title of global chief innovation officer at McCann Erickson. In a statement, Freeman, who will report to McCann Worldgroup chairman/ ...
Agencies | Brands McCann Retains Army By Kiran Aditham on Apr. 1, 2011 - 2:37 AM Here’s something for you to salute to–we received this at 7:27 pm EST–verbatim from sources familiar with the matter: The U.S. Army announced today that McCann Worldgroup, New York, N.Y. has been awarded the Army ...