Rob Norman and Kelly Clark move up at WPP media
Adjusting to life within a big holding company (especially if it’s called WPP) is not always easy, but British media buying types seem to take it in their stride. Rob Norman (pictured), recently the...
View ArticleIs IPG’s Michael Roth planning to replace top agency bosses Nick Brien and...
The rumour mill says he is, on account of his supposedly less than fulsome references to either in recent analyst calls. Back in March my colleague Stuart Smith reported that Nick Brien, head of McCann...
View ArticleInterpublic replaces McCann boss Nick Brien with PR man Harris Diamond
Who, you may say? While it’s no surprise that Nick Brien has been turfed as CEO of McCann after a string of account losses, it is a surprise that he’s been replaced by Harris Diamond (left), a PR man...
View ArticleMcCann: out of the frying pan, into the fire
Harris Diamond – who’s he? The new chairman and chief executive of McCann Worldgroup, replacing Nick Brien as of last night – that’s who. Brien’s position has long since looked untenable – to all, that...
View ArticleAegis wins Kraft Europe from Mindshare and Starcom and trounces marcoms...
What you’d do to be Jerry Buhlmann. The former BBJ founder has seen one-time colleague Nick Brien (the other B, nobody seems to know who J was) bounced from the job of CEO of McCann this week (with a...
View ArticleB&Q ships out of McCann for Karmarama – well it’s not surprising really if...
This is McCann London’s last effort for big UK DIY retailer B&Q (not an advertiser who’s often succeeded in getting the creative juices running). The business, worth a supposed £40m a year...
View ArticleNew McCann boss Harris Diamond recalls old guard – Joyce King Thomas rejoins...
Former McCann New York CCO Joyce King Thomas (pictured) is rejoining the troubled agency to head a new group, effectively a ‘Team Mastercard,’ for one of the Interpublic-owned agency’s biggest...
View ArticleWill new Brit at McCann NY (Chris Macdonald) be more successful than the last...
Having, a while back, complimented Chris Macdonald on the improved quality of his tailoring, it would be churlish not to congratulate London’s sharpest suit on landing the hot seat at McCann New York,...
View ArticleFormer McCann global boss Nick Brien surfaces at search agency leader Covario
What will Nick Brien do next has been a live topic since he quit as McCann boss last year (or was quitted by IPG CEO Michael Roth) and now old Nick has re-emerged – as a director of and investor in...
View Article‘Math Man’ Martin Sorrell riles creatives – again
WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell ‘gives good conference’ (as they don’t say very often) and he was at it again last week, providing an intriguing soundbite for a talk-fest ‘Beyond Advertising’ at his giant...
View ArticleKarlsson heads off to Commonwealth as McCann shuffles global creative pack –...
What is Linus Karlsson up to at McCann and what is McCann up to with its creative leaders? Karlsson (left), who joined the agency from Mother New York during the reign of Nick Brien, was originally...
View ArticleNick Brien makes surprising move to Hearst’s iCrossing
Former McCann Worldgroup boss Nick Brien (left) has re-emerged as CEO of Hearst Magazines’ digital marketing agency iCrossing and president of the media company’s Marketing Services division. Brien, a...
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Aegis wins Kraft Europe from Mindshare and Starcom and trounces marcoms...
What you’d do to be Jerry Buhlmann. The former BBJ founder has seen one-time colleague Nick Brien (the other B, nobody seems to know who J was) bounced from the job of CEO of McCann this week (with a...
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B&Q ships out of McCann for Karmarama – well it’s not surprising really if...
This is McCann London’s last effort for big UK DIY retailer B&Q (not an advertiser who’s often succeeded in getting the creative juices running). The business, worth a supposed £40m a year...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New McCann boss Harris Diamond recalls old guard – Joyce King Thomas rejoins...
Former McCann New York CCO Joyce King Thomas (pictured) is rejoining the troubled agency to head a new group, effectively a ‘Team Mastercard,’ for one of the Interpublic-owned agency’s biggest...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Will new Brit at McCann NY (Chris Macdonald) be more successful than the last...
Having, a while back, complimented Chris Macdonald on the improved quality of his tailoring, it would be churlish not to congratulate London’s sharpest suit on landing the hot seat at McCann New York,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Former McCann global boss Nick Brien surfaces at search agency leader Covario
What will Nick Brien do next has been a live topic since he quit as McCann boss last year (or was quitted by IPG CEO Michael Roth) and now old Nick has re-emerged – as a director of and investor in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Math Man’ Martin Sorrell riles creatives – again
WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell ‘gives good conference’ (as they don’t say very often) and he was at it again last week, providing an intriguing soundbite for a talk-fest ‘Beyond Advertising’ at his giant...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Karlsson heads off to Commonwealth as McCann shuffles global creative pack –...
What is Linus Karlsson up to at McCann and what is McCann up to with its creative leaders? Karlsson (left), who joined the agency from Mother New York during the reign of Nick Brien, was originally...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nick Brien makes surprising move to Hearst’s iCrossing
Former McCann Worldgroup boss Nick Brien (left) has re-emerged as CEO of Hearst Magazines’ digital marketing agency iCrossing and president of the media company’s Marketing Services division. Brien, a...
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