McCann Worldgroup has replaced CCO Rob Reilly (off to WPP as its creative supremo) with the surprise appointment of Alex Lopez from Nike as Worldgroup’s new president and global CCO. Lopez seems full of surprises as there doesn’t seem to ...
Read More »Zurich and McCann pluck defeat from the jaws of victory in new TV campaign
Maybe CCO Linus Karlsson is having a beneficial effect on McCann. Here’s a new ad for Zurich Insurance from McCann Worldgroup that actually manages to give insurance a human dimension; which is what it’s for, after all. But why isn’t ...
Read More »Former McCann global boss Nick Brien surfaces at search agency leader Covario
What will Nick Brien do next has been a live topic since he quit as McCann boss last year (or was quitted by IPG CEO Michael Roth) and now old Nick has re-emerged – as a director of and investor ...
Read More »Will new Brit at McCann NY (Chris Macdonald) be more successful than the last one (Nick Brien)?
Having, a while back, complimented Chris Macdonald on the improved quality of his tailoring, it would be churlish not to congratulate London’s sharpest suit on landing the hot seat at McCann New York, where he will soon become president. Macdonald ...
Read More »New McCann boss Harris Diamond recalls old guard – Joyce King Thomas rejoins to mind Mastercard
Former McCann New York CCO Joyce King Thomas (pictured) is rejoining the troubled agency to head a new group, effectively a ‘Team Mastercard,’ for one of the Interpublic-owned agency’s biggest remaining accounts. King Thomas left the agency two years ago ...
Read More »McCann takes on production specialists with Craft
McCann Worldgroup is taking on the independent production giants like Williams Lea-owned Tag with a big production arm of its own, Craft. Interpublic-owned Craft says it is happy to work with other agencies and creative companies but has no plans ...
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