It’s enough to provoke another revolt in the Scottish highlands but Ballantine’s is launching Ballantine’s Light, half-strength whisky. So agency CPB (is it still Crispin Porter + Bogusky? Keeps changing) has produced a neat campaign (three below) of “half an ...
Read More »“Chief creative engineer” Alex Bogusky leaves the factory
Alex Bogusky, one time adland wunderkind (‘Subservient Chicken’ and all that), is exiting CPB (Crispin Porter Bogusky as was), the MDC-owned agency he co-founded, after returning to the fold 18 months ago. CPB global CEO Erik Sollenberg says: “Alex will ...
Read More »Ogilvy staff protest Customs and Border Protection work
Ogilvy employees are protesting – vociferously – about the agency’s work for the US Customs and Border Protection agency, blamed for separating children from their parents at border “facilities”. This is said to have led to the deaths of seven ...
Read More »Does Ogilvy need to take a moral stand on CPB border work?
WPP’s Ogilvy finds itself in hot water over a video produced for the US Customs and Border Protection agency (CPB) showing the (allegedly) civilised facilities in its Tucson facility. Ogilvy has a contract with the CPB worth a purported $12m ...
Read More »Can superstar founder Alex Bogusky ride to the rescue of CP+B and owner MDC?
MDC Partners’ one-time flagship agency was Crispin Porter+Bogusky, when co-founder and creative leader Alex Bogusky was carrying all before him. Bogusky left eight years ago to spend his time on a number of ventures but now he’s returning to his ...
Read More »Nissan’s Infiniti sends up Germans with Karlsson-inspired CP+B winner
Everybody’s having a pop at the Germans these days – latterly over the World Cup – and Nissan’s Infiniti is joining the pursuit, with a new US campaign for its luxury SUV’s from CP+B. SUV’s don’t traverse fields any more ...
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