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 Friday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on May. 16, 2014 - 4:05 PM -After months of murmurs, Darden Restaurants is finally bidding adieu to its Red Lobster chain in a $2.1 billion all-cash deal. Your move, Rich Siegel. link -Thiago de Moreas is leaving his ECD post at Droga5 Europe after just ei ...
View Post Ad Biz Friday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Apr. 11, 2014 - 3:34 PM -The Cannes Lions folks have announced their final juries for the 2014 event in categories such as Branded Content & Entertainment, Creative Effectiveness, Mobile and PR. link -StrawberryFrog India has rebranded as Famous Inno ...
View Post Ad Biz Monday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Mar. 10, 2014 - 4:30 PM -Former BSkyB executive creative director Clare McDonald has joined in the same role for Publicis Groupe-owned Rosetta’s European operations. -Our old pal Rich Siegel offers his SXSW thoughts. link -Yes, MRM once again has i ...
View Post Ad Biz Thursday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Feb. 20, 2014 - 4:26 PM -Miles Nadal & Co. at MDC Partners have reported their results for the three and twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2013. Among the notable numbers, the holding company experienced 8.3 percent organic revenue growth in 2013 as a who ...
View Post Ad Biz Tuesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 14, 2014 - 4:31 PM -WPP-owned global brand strategy/design agency, Brand Union, and digital brand consultancy partner, Digit, have been appointed by Land Rover as its new brand identity partner. We’ve been told the aforementioned agencies ...
Ad Biz Wednesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 23, 2013 - 4:24 PM -Victory Motorcycles, which is being billed as “the second-largest heavyweight motorcycle brand in the USA,” has appointed Charlotte-based creative studio Tattoo Projects as its agency of record. TP won AOR duties with ...
View Post Ad Biz Friday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Aug. 16, 2013 - 10:08 AM -Former LBi U.S. CEO Frank Pedersen, who left said agency last year, has joined Deep Focus as managing director and will work out of its New York HQ. link -Planters wants you to harness the “Power of the Peanut” via a ...
View Post Ad Biz Monday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Jul. 29, 2013 - 4:26 PM -Starcom USA has appointed Xi Chicago (formerly Energy BBDO unit Proximity Worldwide) alum Andrew Kasprzycki as EVP/managing director on the Microsoft account. Kasprzycki will work out of Starcom’s Chicago office. -Grey New ...
View Post Ad Biz Monday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Jun. 10, 2013 - 4:26 PM -To mark June Pride Month, Digitas has commissioned what it claims is “the industry’s first large-scale research” on LGBT mobile device behavior. link -Lars Bastholm and Cindy Gallop are among those industry nota ...
