British agencies have made many attempts to invade the glistering shores of Manhattan and all have failed, to a greater or lesser degree. Yes, BBH has a functioning office there, as does Mother. But the Yanks (as they were in ...
Read More »Mad Men’s menu of managerial mendacity
t think it was the great Jeremy Bullmore who observed that Mad Men wasn’t actually about advertising. If it was, nobody would watch it. And he’s right – mostly. But some of it is about companies, the way people in ...
Read More »Are they Mad Men or what? It’s not just the guys..
Here, courtesy of Adweek, are some of the highlights of the latest Mad Men. Don has a threesome with Megan and a hippie, a mad writer slices his nipple off to impress Peggy and, still, agency and client deal with ...
Read More »Michael Lee: what clients and agencies are missing with the demise of the Three-Martini Lunch
Michael Lee is a former ECD of Euro RSCG New York handling Volvo Worldwide. Born in England, he spent 20 years working on integrated accounts including Intel, JP Morgan, ExxonMobil and Jaguar. In 2012 he set up agency search consultancy ...
Read More »Mad Men Series 6 – and the trouble with Harry
OK readers, who’s the dude in the middle with the tasteful mustard jacket, silk cravat and sideburns? None other than our old pal Harry Crane, head of media at Sterling Cooper Draper (we imagine the “Pryce” has been dropped after ...
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