RICHARD WHITMAN

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• A Different Cannes Lions Festival This Year in Mediapsssst on 06/24/2018
  

  This year's Cannes Lions Festival has wrapped -- and what have we learned? Two lessons come immediately to mind.

• MediaCom Clinches Media Grand Prix And Media Network Of The Year Honors At Cannes in Mediapsssst on 06/21/2018
  

  The media planning Grand Prix was for work on an integrated Tesco campaign, "Food Love Stories." Campaigns for P&G's Gillette in Israel added two Silver Lions and a Bronze Lion. The agency also received eight shortlist nominations.

• It's About Time: First Ever Grand Prix In Creative Ecommerce in Mediapsssst on 06/20/2018
  

  It went to Xbox and McCann London among others and was awarded Wednesday night in Cannes. An awesome VR-enhanced music video won the digital craft Grand Prix.

• Carney, Essex Out To Build A Federation in Mediapsssst on 06/19/2018
  

  Yep, that's their Plan A, with the intention to deliver strategic and creative brand marketing services at scale.

• Film And A New Language Win Health Grand Prix Awards At Cannes in Mediapsssst on 06/18/2018
  

  I was watching a live stream of the Cannes Lions awards ceremony Monday and for a minute I thought I was tuned in to the Cannes Film Festival.

• Scandal Not Deterring Sir Martin From Taking The Stage At Cannes in Mediapsssst on 06/17/2018
  

  Unless, of course, he gets a last-minute case of cold feet, but let's face it -- that's never been his M.O.

• Report: FBI May Be Looking Into U.S. Media Trading Practices in Mediapsssst on 06/14/2018
  

  The Federal Bureau of Investigation may be looking into shady media trading practices that might run afoul of the law.

• IPG Reminds Cannes Goers They're On Duty in Mediapsssst on 06/13/2018
  

• Sorrell's Departure No Longer Shrouded In Mystery in Mediapsssst on 06/12/2018
  

  Some of the details are sordid, but not that uncommon in the rarefied world of high-flying egomaniacal business leaders.

• 4As, Greenberg Honored At ANA Educational Foundation Gala in Mediapsssst on 06/11/2018
  

  That's right, a unit of the ANA presented an award to the 4As. Consider it an olive branch of sorts.

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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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