View Post Agencies | People Hamlin Takes Over for LePlae at Arnold By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 11, 2013 - 4:36 PM Wow, it’s that kind of day. Well, this is big news as we’ve received confirmation from Arnold and its parent company Havas that Pam Hamlin has been promoted to the position of global president/Arnold Worldwide, effecti ...
View Post Agencies | Brands Here’s Robert LePlae’s Note to Arnold Staff Regarding Volvo By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 3, 2013 - 11:34 AM By now, you’re probably all well-aware of Volvo’s decision to hand its global creative duties to Grey London (and global digital biz to R/GA), a move which in turn resulted in the end of a six-and-a-half year relations ...
View Post Agencies | People Here’s Robert LePlae’s Memo to Staff Regarding Favat’s Move By Kiran Aditham on Sep. 4, 2013 - 10:56 AM Unfortunately, we were at the airport yesterday morning awaiting the flight back home (sans laptop, still trying to stay off grid) when multiple tips poured in about Pete Favat leaving Arnold. Where to, we didn’t know at the ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | People MRM Alum Mitchell Assumes Prez Post at ArnoldNYC By Kiran Aditham on Aug. 19, 2013 - 11:00 AM It’s been over two-and-a-half years since we last heard from Corey Mitchell, who “left” his post as EVP/managing director at MRM New York in early 2011. Well, the exec has resurfaced and has now assumed the role ...
View Post Agencies | People Hmm, So Detweiler Lands at Arnold After All? By Kiran Aditham on Aug. 12, 2013 - 2:40 PM We first heard about this at the beginning of July and at the time, the Arnold camp couldn’t confirm that Curt Detweiler had assumed a senior-level post at the Havas-owned agency. Well, what do we have here, it appears that ...
View Post Agencies | People Power Resigns from ArnoldNYC By Kiran Aditham on Jun. 25, 2013 - 12:06 PM We’ve received confirmation that Lynn Power, who most recently served as president of ArnoldNYC, has resigned from the agency. In a statement, the Arnold camp says, “Lynn Power will be departing Arnold later this summe ...
View Post Agencies | Brands A Quick Follow-Up to the Volvo Review, If We May By Kiran Aditham on Jun. 6, 2013 - 1:18 PM As you may have read/heard, Volvo has announced that its launched its global creative review, but here’s a quick follow-up to the initial report. First off, here’s a statement from Robert LePlae, Arnold global CEO who ...
View Post Ad Biz Tuesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 8, 2013 - 4:28 PM -Indie Louisville, KY-based agency Doe-Anderson, which works with the likes of Maker’s Mark bourbon, has been named AOR for Bluegrass Cellular. -Don’t be a lunk. Join Planet Fitness instead, so says its AOR, Philly-bas ...
Agencies | People LePlae Lands at Arnold By Kiran Aditham on Aug. 6, 2012 - 11:45 AM Nearly a year after parting ways with McCann, Robert LePlae has come back to the scene as he will now take on the role of global president at Arnold, effective Sept. 15. Yep, the headshot remains the same as it did over three year ...
Ad Biz Wednesday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Sep. 14, 2011 - 9:37 AM -Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft join forces for an ad plan. link -Forza Miggliozi creative director/managing partner Michael Migliozzi (you know, one of the guys behind the Pabst acquisition idea), is going to testify before the House a ...