RICHARD WHITMAN

Articles by Richard All articles by Richard

• Effie Lions Foundation Launched in Mediapsssst on 06/12/2025
  

  The Foundation is anchored by the Effie Collegiate program and a number of educational tools provided by the Lions organization including Lions Learning and Lions Intelligence.

• Big Winners At Cannes This Year-Here Are DDB's Picks in Mediapsssst on 06/10/2025
  

  Top brass at DDB hosted a screening at Tribeca's Fouquet's New York that showcased ads that flipped the script on perceptions of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Paralympians; how McDonald's brightens Polish winters and more.

• Brian Lesser, Others Get AI Votes To Succeed WPP's Read in Mediapsssst on 06/09/2025
  

  Given the importance AI will play in WPP's selection of a new CEO, we asked some AIs who were optimum candidates. Four internal execs each got three votes, including one who knows a lot about AI: Brian Lesser.

• IPG Selected For Paramount+ US Media Duties in Mediapsssst on 06/06/2025
  

  As reported earlier this week most of the Paramount media business is shifting to Publicis Groupe, with the exception of the company's US streaming service.

• Reynolds, Jackman Take On Sailing World In New Venture in Mediapsssst on 06/05/2025
  

  Today they announced they have joined forces as new co-owners of Australia's freshly rebranded SailGP team: the Bonds Flying Roos.

• Agency CEO/Fantasy Writer Rudansky Lands Three-Book Deal in Mediapsssst on 06/04/2025
  

  The deal follows Rudansky's publishing debut earlier this year of a fantasy novel titled 'Georgie Summers And The Scribes of Scatterplot' (February 2025, Greenleaf Book Group).

• The Growing Crisis Of Dog Dementia And The Company Determined To Fight It in Mediapsssst on 05/28/2025
  

  A company called SoluPet has developed a product to slow the progression of the condition and has tapped Forsman & Bodenfors to lead the launch campaign.

• WPP, Coca-Cola Co., Renew Global Marketing Partnership in Mediapsssst on 05/21/2025
  

  The initial deal was struck in 2021 and since then WPP has managed end-to-end creative, media, data and marketing technology, across the company's entire portfolio.

• Stagwell Bringing 'Future Of News' Crusade To Cannes in Mediapsssst on 05/20/2025
  

  The ad-marketing group has been on a mission to convince advertisers that investing in legitimate news content is essential to a vibrant democracy.

• Poll: Americans Put 'Life Goals' On Hold Amid Economic Worries in Mediapsssst on 05/19/2025
  

  75% of those surveyed said their plans to buy a home are now on hold and about two-thirds said they have shelved plans for now of having a child.

Comments by Richard All comments by Richard

• Good Grief by Bob Garfield (Garfield at Large on 12/05/2016)
  

  Wow! That is totally forgettable! And, yes, vocal fry (although it's somewhat mild in this case) is the most annoying thing in the world!

• Agency Full of 'Experience Mavens' and More Cowbell Gets New Management Team by Richard Whitman (Mediapsssst on 12/01/2016)
  

  I will have to read that, George! :)

• If You're Over 50, Please Take This Survey (And Everyone Else In Advertising Who Isn't) by Richard Whitman (Mediapsssst on 11/02/2016)
  

  Marcelo, I agree. Which is why I took the survey myself and was not presented with any sort of registration form nor did I receive any follow up.

• To No One's Surprise, Morale Sucks In the Ad Industry by Richard Whitman (Mediapsssst on 10/24/2016)
  

  I am real! Richard Whitman is real! This is not a joke! ;)

• Art Directors Club And The One Club Decide To Merge by Richard Whitman (Mediapsssst on 10/04/2016)
  

  Jack, sorry. I see my editor fixed it. I had originally intended to write almost 100-year-old ADC but I see that I submitted "almost 20-year-old ADC." My bad!

• Ad Agency That Can't Spell Pokemon Creates Pokemon Characters That Can Be Found At Ad Agencies (Face Palm) by Richard Whitman (Mediapsssst on 07/25/2016)
  

  Always great to see you here, George!

• Correction: Droga5 Web Site, Petition by Richard Whitman (Mediapsssst on 06/28/2016)
  

  I'll just stop by to drop this: "On 25 Jun 2016, at 10:01, Olivia Sweeting <olivia@persuasioncomms.com> wrote: Hi there,  Some satire: www.removeeverythingnotbritishfromtheworldwideweb.com. Made by Droga5 London. " I'm thinking most people would fully conclude that this work came from Droga5 London. Am I right?

• What Everyone Didn't Notice About that Racist Chinese Detergent Ad by Richard Whitman (Mediapsssst on 05/30/2016)
  

  I have eyes everywhere!

• CNBC Launches In-House Agency to Reach Audiences 'A Thousand Different Ways' by Richard Whitman (Mediapsssst on 04/14/2016)
  

  Thanks, Jerry:)

• Over Two Thirds of Digital Display Is Bought By Robots, Er, Programmatic Computers by Richard Whitman (Mediapsssst on 04/07/2016)
  

  Granted, creativity is best left in the hands of humans but consider the endless amount of ads for kinives you see next to stories about knife murders or the annoying ads you see for something you just browsed for, or worse, just bought on Amazon. Sure, programmatic can certainly ease the human burden and increase the efficiency of digital advertising but there are just too many examples of of "Yup, that shit was placed by a computer" for me to be satisfied that removing the hman element is a good thing.

About Edit

You haven't told us anything about yourself! Surely you've got something to say. Tell us a little something.