- Ground-Breaking Black Designer Dies
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Monday, November 29, 2021
Deemed one of the most influential designers of his generation, Virgil Ablo ...
- Reflections On The Death Of Hershel Sarbin, Industry Icon, Boss And Mentor
Publishing Insider, Tony Silber - Thursday, October 14, 2021
Hershel was a Harvard-educated lawyer and veteran, but he might be be ...
- Ad Legend David Kennedy Dies At 82
MAD, Steve McClellan - Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Kennedy co-founded Wieden+Kennedy in 1982 with Dan Wieden. Over time the agen ...
- Ad Industry Icon John McGarry Dies At 81
MAD, Steve McClellan - Thursday, October 14, 2021
Before co-founding mcgarrybowen in 2002 McGarry rose through the ranks at Y& ...
- 'Where's The Beef?' Creative Director Cliff Freeman Dies
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Monday, September 27, 2021
Award-winning copywriter and creative director Cliff Freeman has died at age ...
- 'Little Black Box' Inventor, Marketer Don Poynter Dies
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Don Poynter’s first big hit was whiskey-flavored toothpaste. Other contraptions he invent ...
- Nick Davatzes, Founder Of A+E Networks, History Channel, Dies At 79
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Sunday, August 22, 2021
Davatzes served as CEO of A+E Networks from its founding in 19 ...
- Veteran Sports Production Executive Leon Schweir Dies At 68
Television News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, August 19, 2021
Schweir, most recently VP broadcast operations for NFL Media, helped pioneer t ...
- Veteran Ad Beat Reporter Larissa Faw Dies At 43
MAD, Steve McClellan - Monday, August 9, 2021
Faw worked for MediaPost as a reporter covering the ad agency be ...
- Infomercial Legend Ron Popeil Dies At 86
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, July 29, 2021
Popeil was the creator of the Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ ("set ...
- TBWA Veteran Jeffrey Williamson Dies At 71
MAD, Steve McClellan - Tuesday, July 6, 2021
The veteran writer and creative director was killed last week after bei ...
- 'Mad Men'-Era Ad Man Marvin Sloves Dies At 88
MAD, Steve McClellan - Tuesday, June 15, 2021
In 1967, Sloves teamed with Ed McCabe, Sam Scali, Alan Pesky, a ...
- Finnish Ad Legend Ami Hasahn Dies At 65
MAD, Steve McClellan - Sunday, May 30, 2021
Hasan was the founding chief executive of the independent agency, Hasan &am ...
- Ad Agency Legend Carl Spielvogel Dies at 92
Around the Net In MediaPost's Agency News, Steve McClellan - Thursday, April 22, 2021
Carl Spielvogel, who rose through the ranks at Interpublic to become vi ...
- Geschke, Father Of Desktop Publishing, Dies At 81
Around the Net In Publishing, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Chuck Geschke, the father of desktop publishing, has died at age 8 ...
- Obit: 'Big Fat Idiot,' Dead At 70
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Rush Limbaugh's greatest legacy was that he was an incubator, pioneering ...
- Obit: 'Hustler' Publisher Larry Flynt Dies At 78
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, February 11, 2021
The porn king won SCOTUS victory in libel case filed by Re ...
- Agency Search Pioneer Dick Roth Dies at 84
MAD, Steve McClellan - Monday, January 4, 2021
After a marketing career with stints at General Foods and agencies Gr ...
- Obit: Media Mogul Publicist Howard Rubenstein, Dead At 88
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Howard Rubenstein, an influential public relations pro who is best known f ...
- Tech Entrepreneur Tony Hsieh Dies
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Sunday, November 29, 2020
Former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh has died at the age of ...
- Jock Bickert, Founder Of The Lifestyle Selector, Dies
Digital News Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Bickert was an early believer in telling consumers how their data w ...
- Former New York Journalist Pete Hamill Dies At 85
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Wednesday, August 5, 2020
His 50-plus year-long career spanned stints at New York's daily newspapers, includi ...
- Obit: CBS Communications Chief Gil Schwartz, Dead At 68
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 4, 2020
Gil Schwartz, former longtime chief communication officer of CBS and author, di ...
- 'Mad' Magazine's Famed Cartoonist Mort Drucker Dies At 91
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Thursday, April 9, 2020
Drucker began working at the satirical parody pub 'Mad' in 1956 a ...
- Agency Founder Alan Gross Dies At 79
MAD, Steve McClellan - Monday, March 30, 2020
Alan Gross, who founded Gross Townsend Frank Hoffman, now Grey Healthcare Grou ...
- Hair Club For Men Founder Sy Sperling Dies At 78
Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, February 20, 2020
Sperling was known for the line "I'm not only the Hair Cl ...
- MeritDirect Founder Ralph Drybrough Dies
Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, January 22, 2020
The retired B2B specialist was known as a tough competitor and ...
- Joseph M. Segel, Founder Of QVC And Franklin Mint, Dies At 88
Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Legendary direct marketer Joe Segel retired at age 43, then came ba ...
- Mark Hurd, Master Salesman Who Led 3 Companies, Dies At 62
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Monday, October 21, 2019
Hurd joined Oracle as president in 2010 and was named co-CEO ...
- Obit: Pioneering Cable TV PR Exec Arthur Sando, Dead At 71
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, September 6, 2019
Arthur Sando, a pioneering public relations executive who may best be kno ...