RICHARD WHITMAN

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• The P&G-Nelson Peltz Ad Battle in Mediapsssst on 07/26/2017
  

  Procter & Gamble and activist investor Nelson Peltz are now seeking consumer support in their nasty corporate battle via ads on Google.

• IPG's UM Adds Gaming Giant Ubisoft To Its Roster in Mediapsssst on 07/25/2017
  

  It's a U.S. media assignment that will be led from the shop's San Francisco office.

• The Telly Awards Gets A Sprucing Up  in Mediapsssst on 07/24/2017
  

  The group unveiled new branding and leadership today, the first steps in a series of changes aimed at revitalizing the 38-year-old award for the multi-screen era.

• TBWA May Get Dragged Into JWT Sex Discrimination Lawsuit in Mediapsssst on 07/24/2017
  

  Yep, that Erin Johnson-JWT Lawsuit is still ongoing, and now the defendants want to drag Omnicom's TBWA into it.

• Revlon Consolidates $420 Million Ad Account With Grey And MediaCom in Mediapsssst on 07/20/2017
  

  Big news on the account front came down late yesterday. Cosmetic giant Revlon consolidated its advertising and media accounts with WPP's Grey, the client's new global creative AOR, and sibling media agency MediaCom, without a review.

• Provocative New Luma Campaign: Privacy, Nude Selfies And Plotting World Domination in Mediapsssst on 07/20/2017
  

  WiFi provider Luma is out with a new campaign for its Guardian Subscription Service today starring the original Most Interesting Man (aka Jonathan Goldsmith) that stokes concerns about privacy issues.

• Whoa! 240 People At One Agency All Won Cannes Lions This Year!  in Mediapsssst on 07/18/2017
  

  Well, at least that's what a self-congratulatory campaign from FCB Canada proclaims. But for most of you, I'd be careful what you say on your resume about that.

• McCann Is Eliminated From the U.S. Army Review, But Logs A Formal Protest in Mediapsssst on 07/17/2017
  

  McCann has filed a formal Government Accounting Office protest saying that it was unfairly eliminated by the GAO, which made the decision to cut the agency before the client - the U.S. Army - had a chance to weigh in on the merits of its proposal.

• POSSIBLE CEO Atchision To Depart At Year's End in Mediapsssst on 07/17/2017
  

  Well it looks like not everyone was thrilled with the recent announcement that WPP was merging its Wunderman and Possible operations.

• Is Adland In Epic Fail Mode? in Mediapsssst on 07/13/2017
  

  Nah, probably not, but with recent "double downgrades" and stories about agencies drinking at the "last-chance saloon," it does make you wonder about its future prospects.

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• 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.

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