• This Ad Agency Now Makes Its Client's Hamburgers
    72andSunny has created a new spicy burger for Carl's Jr.
  • 11 Pieces of Career Advice From Mad Men's Peggy Olson
    In an LA Times Entertainment piece, you can find 11 pieces of career advice for women that are based on the Peggy Olson character from Mad Men. And we all know Peggy, who rose from obscurity to full on executive fame over the course of the series, has learned a lot and has much to share. Advice ranges from not relying on your femininity to get ahead to demanding appropriate work space to taking power when it comes your way to maintaining a professional relationship even when there is a lot of personal baggage to never fall …
  • Yannick Bollore Is Perfectly Happy Havas Isn't Huge
    In the advertising holding company world, which is run exclusively by men, and in the regular world which, some would argue, is still run by men, there is and always has been a fixation with size. And size in the sense that bigger is always better. That line of thinking runs rampant from the boardroom to the bedroom.  But not everyone thinks bigger is better and while "being huge" is good if you're in a porn flick, that's not always the case in business. Havas CEO Yannick Bollore has no desire to be the biggest holding company. …
  • Mad Men's Jon Hamm Just Completed 30 Days of Alcohol Rehab
    "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm recently completed 30-day stint at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut for alcohol addiction.
  • Like A Car Dealer Screaming 'Come On Down!' This Agency Has Announced 'Limited Time Discounts'
    If there were anything an ad agency could do to further remove itself from trusted business partner and thrust itself ever deeper into insignificant vendor hell, it would be to actually put out a press release touting the fact that it's offering "a limited time promotion on all media packages."
  • AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Says Agencies Are All Talk And Little Action
    Speaking at the AAAA's Transformation Conference in Austin, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong isn't 100 percent happy with agencies delivering on all their hype about new methods of advertising.
  • Ooo! Ooo! Agency Launches New Web Site That Is 'Closely Aligned With Company's Vision' !!
    BREAKING! The Brandon Agency, an ad agency based in Myrtle Beach that provides "award-winning marketing communications programs and campaigns proven to drive client success has...wait for it...launched a new Web site! It's completely redesigned! And they are really proud of it.
  • Maurice Levy to Get Hip With David Guetta During Cannes Lions
    At this year's Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, Publicis Groupe Chairman and CEO Maurice Levy will take the stage with David Guetta, world-renowned French DJ Producer, for the Groupe's seminar which will explore innovation, creativity and the "zeitgeist of our industry today." The seminar is called "Making the Brand: Authenticity and Influence through Celebrity Endorsements" and will take place in the Grand Auditorium on Thursday, June 25 at 4:00 p.m. CET, at the Palais des Festivals. Guetta, as you may know, is a musician and marketer who has done his share of celebrity endorsements. From partnerships with …
  • Maurice Levy Says France is 'Half Pregnant' And The UK Is 'Dangerous'
    Advertising Week is happening this week in Europe. And all the usual suspects are in attendance including Publicis Groupe CEO Maurice Levy, who had a few choice words to share. On the topic of challenges that French businesses face, Levy said: "The result of the elections was slightly better than expected, we were fearing to see the Far Right coming in first. They are second and that is still too high. If we look back at what has been the action of the government in France, I must confess it has not been as productive as it could …
  • This Crazy Intern Recruitment Video From Mother Is The Most Wildly Awesome Thing You Will See Today
    It's kind of without surprise that this little bit of awesomeness comes from the agency.
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