The huge clearout at at Dentsu Aegis Network (the media arm of the Japanese ad conglomerate) continues apace – it’s looking rather like like a purge – as US CEO Nick Brien (below) departs to be replaced by Jacki Kelly ...
Read More »Nick Brien returns to media to pep up Dentsu Aegis in US
One of adland’s big beasts Nick Brien, a one-time CEO of Interpublic’s McCann, is rejoining the media mainstream, teaming up with old colleague Jerry Buhlmann, now CEO of Dentsu Aegis Network, as DAN CEO in the US and Americas. Brien ...
Read More »Nick Brien makes surprising move to Hearst’s iCrossing
Former McCann Worldgroup boss Nick Brien (left) has re-emerged as CEO of Hearst Magazines’ digital marketing agency iCrossing and president of the media company’s Marketing Services division. Brien, a Brit, caused waves as McCann when he moved into the top ...
Read More »Karlsson heads off to Commonwealth as McCann shuffles global creative pack – again
What is Linus Karlsson up to at McCann and what is McCann up to with its creative leaders? Karlsson (left), who joined the agency from Mother New York during the reign of Nick Brien, was originally appointed chairman and CCO ...
Read More »‘Math Man’ Martin Sorrell riles creatives – again
WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell ‘gives good conference’ (as they don’t say very often) and he was at it again last week, providing an intriguing soundbite for a talk-fest ‘Beyond Advertising’ at his giant media agency MediaCom. This is what ...
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 ...
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