View Post Campaigns Hill Holliday Enlists Christopher Guest, Billy Idol for Bank of America By Erik Oster on Sep. 8, 2015 - 4:36 PM The campaign makes its broadcast debut tonight during the first episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
View Post Brands | Campaigns Carmichael Lynch, Subaru Bring Daddy Issues to New Spot By Jordan Teicher on Feb. 10, 2014 - 12:32 PM Just as the movie industry hits the boredom wall after New Year’s, the ad industry has really seemed to stall out since the Super Bowl. Makes sense: big budgets used up on Rob Riggle psuedo-celebrity endorsements and Stephen ...
View Post Ad Biz Monday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 6, 2014 - 4:29 PM -Luxury fashion brand Beulah London has commissioned ATTIK to develop their new corporate brand and visual identity system. -Venice, CA/NYC-based production hub HēLō has signed Emmy-winning director Alan Poul for his first co ...
View Post Brands | Campaigns | Digital Cap’n Crunch Confronts Controversy By Jordan Teicher on Jun. 26, 2013 - 1:27 PM Did you know that Cap’n Crunch has his own digital late-night talk show? Because I didn’t. You don’t even need to watch it to know that he’s better than Jay Leno. The latest episode of The Cap’n Crunc ...
View Post Ad Biz Thursday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Apr. 25, 2013 - 9:46 AM -Droga5 is set to open up a London office in June. The leadership team will consist of 180 Amsterdam alum Kevin Dundas, who will serve as chief exec, ECD Nik Studzinki and head of account management, Olivia Legere. link -New York- ...
View Post Op-Eds | Social Media Op-Ed: Real-Time Marketing Shouldn’t Be Real-Time Spam By Kiran Aditham on Mar. 14, 2013 - 11:49 AM Our monthly contributor and Huge client services director, Josh Seifert, returns post-SXSWi to pen this ditty to, as mentioned above, talk real-time marketing in the age of social media. Why bore you with the preamble, though, jus ...
Ad Biz Friday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 9, 2012 - 4:35 PM -DDB’s three-month internship program dubbed LaunchPad will begin expanding globally in January 2013, with 14 offices within the network set to participate including New York, San Francisco, Chicago Miami, Sao Paulo, Dubai, ...
Ad Biz Friday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on May. 11, 2012 - 4:24 PM -In case you missed, here are last night’s One Show winners. link -Jerry Stiller, aka Frank Costanza, continues his commercial career in a new spot for Mitsubishi Electric Cooling & Heating brought to you by Ames Scullin ...
Ad Biz Thursday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Mar. 1, 2012 - 4:13 PM -We sincerely applaud Droga5 NY copywriter Graham Douglas. link -And now, back to the flip side. What the hell did we just watch above? -A federal court judge issues a permanent injunction that blocks the FDA’s graphic tobac ...
Brands | People | What The?? What is the Brand and What is Not? Stephen Colbert Discusses Wheat Thins By Kiran Aditham on Feb. 24, 2012 - 1:00 PM This is a statement from a tipster regarding one of Stephen Colbert’s latest rants from his Comedy Central show: “The definitive word on planners, planning and how little they contribute.” Choice line? “You ...