19 Dec 1997
| by MAIRI CLARK
The ongoing saga of which agency can boast the most celebrity
lookalikes within its ranks rages unabated. WCRS has unveiled its star
player in the guise of Aston Villa s Stan Collymore, aka Julian Douglas,
one of the agency s graduate trainees.
19 Dec 1997
| by TIM ASHTON
The brief for the agency Christmas card is one of many things I
haven t missed by being jobless...The brief for the agency Christmas card is one of many things I
haven t missed by being jobless this winter. You know, working with
hackneyed old images trying to create something original and fresh while
retaining many of the cosy, familiar values of a perfect traditional
Christmas ...
Christmas is a ...
19 Dec 1997
| by ALASDAIR REID
, they
certainly missed the sooner bit and now the two companies are praying
it isn t too late to salvage a...The wonder of it was that it took them so long to do the deal. For
two years it has been assumed that NBC and Dow Jones would merge their
international TV news operations sooner rather than later. Well, they
certainly missed the sooner bit and now the two companies are praying
it isn t too late to salvage a ...
19 Dec 1997
| by STEFANO HATFIELD
LOSSES
JWT loses Esso to McCanns, much to McCanns surprise... Mediapolis is
hit ...
and
Debonair (Mellors Reay) - unless we re missing some irony. What has
happened to airline ads other than ...
hit in its settlement of the Hugh Salmon
case... the Telegraph issues a writ against the ABC ...
to change their mind and hit direct
mail. Kevin Barron, Labour chairman of the all party Commons committee ...
19 Dec 1997
| by STEFANO HATFIELD
what you
really meant to say; or the joke the poor consumer may have missed. As
with journalism ...
19 Dec 1997
| by JOHN OWEN
. But where the ads really hit home were with 15- to
34-year-olds of both sexes, who gave them 6 ...
19 Dec 1997
| by KAREN YATES
s Batey Ads
1992 - Financial problems hit BDDP
1996 - Acquisition by GGT
...
12 Dec 1997
| by EMMA HALL
The Advertising Film and Videotape Producers Association has
rebuffed anonymous accusations that it is falling apart under the strain
of the ad industry s row with the actors union, Equity.
DMB&B is launching a fresh attack on the use of fur in fashion this
week with a poster campaign for the animal rights group, Respect for
Animals.