Campaign articles from January 2002

Campaign archives from January 2002

Mother scoops Agency of the Year.(Campaign's Agency of the Year 2001)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Mother is Campaign's Agency of the Year 2001, having taken on an impressive 64 million [pounds sterling] in new-business billings and produced some of the year's strongest creative work. The agency, labelled a creative flash-in-the-pan when...

St Luke's substitutes HSBC loss with AMP. 30m [pounds sterling] rebrand brief.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... St Luke's is believed to have won the international account for the Australian life insurer and financial services group AMP, worth between 20 million [pounds sterling] and 30 million [pounds sterling], in a move which will fill the gap left by...

Circus restructures as brand consultant and seeks alliance.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Circus, the media-neutral agency founded by Tim Ashton, Paul Twivy, Dilys Maltby and Tim O'Kennedy in January 1998, is restructuring itself as a brand and strategy consultancy and seeking creative alliances with above-the-line agencies. ...

McDonald's calls happy meal pitch.(agencies pitch for pan European marketing contract)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... McDonald's has called a pan-European pitch for its Happy Meals product as it kicks off a new strategy that favours pan-European advertising campaigns. The fast-food chain is seeing pitches from Leo Burnett, DDB and TBWA with a view to...

Bishop and Cullinane depart Saatchis.(Alan Bishop, Peter Cullinane)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Saatchi & Saatchi is reducing its senior management lineup with the departure of Peter Cullinane, its executive vice-president worldwide, and the international new-business director, Alan Bishop, both based at the network's global New York...

Levi Strauss selects BBH for US account as TBWA is dumped.(Bartle Bogle Hegarty)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Bartle Bogle Hegarty has tightened its grip on Levi's with its appointment to handle creative work on the jeans brand in the US. In switching the business -- worth between $40 million and $60 million -- Levi's ends a four-year relationship...

Fingers crossed for an end to recession by 2003 at the latest. (Perspective).(advertising agency award winners and a look ahead at 2002)(Brief Article)(Column)
January 11, 2002... Hello again. Campaign's first issue of the year is always a bit weird. Almost a month since we published a news-based issue and, of course, with this one we make our own news. This year that news is slightly anti-climactic and will, I suspect,...

HHCL's Howarth takes managing director job.(Nick Howarth)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... HHCL & Partners has promoted its client services director and the former Campaign Face to Watch, Nick Howarth, to the post of managing director in a bid to boost its senior management at a time when the agency's position looks increasingly...

St Luke's boosts COI relationship with Electoral Commission task.(advertising contract)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... St Luke's has kicked off 2002 with a double win, consolidating its place on COI Communications' roster and also scooping a place on the Scottish Courage roster. The agency secured the 1.5 million [pounds sterling] COI brief from the...

Euro RSCG secures brief to build on So good's UK success.(So Good advertising contract)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... So Good, the soya milk brand, has appointed Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper to its 3 million [pounds sterling] creative account. The account was previously held by M&C Saatchi, which created campaigns using the celebrities Caron Keating and Twiggy to...

Zentropy takes on McCulloch as client services director.(Alan McCulloch)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Zentropy Partners has hired Alan McCulloch, the former managing director of i-Level, to fill the role of the client services director. McCulloch, the founder of Saatchi & Saatchi Vision and the chairman of the IPA digital marketing group,...

BMP DDB boosts its senior line-up.(appointments)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... BMP DDB is bolstering its senior management line-up with the promotion of the joint managing directors, Ross Barr and Chris Cowpe, to joint chief executives. Jorian Murray, the agency's client services director, steps up to the managing...

Bakery chain holds pitch for 3 million [pounds sterling] above-the-line task.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Greggs, the nationwide bakery chain, is looking for an agency to handle its 3 million [pounds sterling] above-the-line account. The company is handling the pitch process though the AAR. Greggs Bakeries, owned by Greggs Plc, which also owns...

Aegis picked for UK launch brief by new casino consortium.(MGM Mirage contracts Aegis Group)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... A consortium of Las Vegas casinos has hired the Aegis Group to handle its European launch, with a view to cleaning up against domestic competition such as William Hill and Ladbrokes. MGM Mirage, which owns the MGM Grand and Treasure Island...

Howe will run London offices of Leo Burnett.(Kate Howe)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Kate Howe, Leo Burnett's deputy managing director, has been promoted to managing director. The managing director role at Burnett had been vacant since last spring when Stephen Whyte was promoted to the chief executive role several months...

Cussons.(Cussons Group Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Cussons, the soap brand, is reviewing its 3.5 million [pounds sterling] media planning and buying account out of Mediaedge:CIA.

WCRS has won the 2.5 million [pounds sterling] Tic Tac account from Banks Hoggins O'Shea/FCB.(WCRS Group PLC)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... WCRS has won the 2.5 million [pounds sterling] Tic Tac account from Banks Hoggins O'Shea/FCB. The agency beat BMP DDB to pick up the business. Its brief will include launching a spearmint-flavour Tic Tac.

The Department of Health is talking to media agencies.(Central Office of Information)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... The Department of Health is talking to media agencies on COI Communications' strategic roster about a series of assignments. It will see five of the eight agencies over the next two weeks with a plan to split its accounts between four agencies....

Tag Heuer has retained TBWA@BDDP on its pan-European creative account.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Tag Heuer has retained TBWA@BDDP on its pan-European creative account. The Paris-based agency pitched against agencies including Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper to secure the business.

James Ringshall has joined Zenith Media as the European business development director.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... James Ringshall has joined Zenith Media as the European business development director. Ringshall, who replaces Chris Dobson, was formerly client services director at Universal McCann.

Burkitt DDB has retained its Peroni business following a creative pitch against an undisclosed number of agencies.(also snags WD40 account)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Burkitt DDB has retained its Peroni business following a creative pitch against an undisclosed number of agencies. The agency has also won the WD40 account following a competitive pitch and forthcoming work will aim to update the brand's image....

Aventis, the French biotech company which was recently bought by the German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer.(looking for agency for crop science division)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Aventis, the French biotech company which was recently bought by the German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer, is looking for an agency for its crop science division. The company has a budget of 12 million euros for a worldwide advertising push to...

Wrigley's, formerly a client of The Billett Consultancy.(appoints Media Audits)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Wrigley's, formerly a client of The Billett Consultancy, has appointed the rival media consultancy Media Audits to handle its ongoing 19 million [pounds sterling] media review out of Mediaedge:CIA. The advertising work, which is held by Abbott...

Initiative Media has appointed Tim Allnutt.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Initiative Media has appointed Tim Allnutt to the role of planning director. Allnutt was previously a board account director and joined Initiative from Western through the merger of the two companies in 2000. Initiative is building its...

Admiral Car Insurance has appointed Inferno.(will handle 1.5 million [pounds sterling] creative account)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Admiral Car Insurance has appointed Inferno to handle its 1.5 million [pounds sterling] creative account. Advertising was previously developed in-house and featured the former EastEnders star Ross Kemp dressed as an admiral.

The National Magazine Company.(raises cover prices)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... The National Magazine Company is trialling a 1.50 [pounds sterling] cover price for its home interest titles, Your Home and House Beautiful, in the north of England.

In Style, the Time Inc title now reporting to IPC Southbank.(IPC SouthBank Publishing Co.)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... In Style, the Time Inc title now reporting to IPC Southbank, is being brought into line with rival UK titles. It launched in a smaller US size last year.

180 has recruited Peter McHugh from Fallon Minneapolis as its executive creative director.(180 Advertising B.V.)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... 180 has recruited Peter McHugh from Fallon Minneapolis as its executive creative director. McHugh joins as a partner and will manage the agency alongside the four other partners. While at Fallon, McHugh worked on campaigns including Holiday...

Mediaedge:CIA.(Ray Sale)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
January 11, 2002... Ray Sale, the chief executive of Mediaedge:CIA Manchester, has died of cancer on his 58th birthday. A former Granada TV regional sales director, he had worked for CIA for 15 years. He was also the North-West chairman of Nabs, the advertising...

Optimedia has asked us to point out that it handles UK media buying for Yahoo! but does not handle the pan-European media buying account.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Optimedia has asked us to point out that it handles UK media buying for Yahoo! but does not handle the pan-European media buying account. As reported in Campaign (14 December), the pan-European account is currently under review and a decision...

Publicis scoops Army brief.(Publicis International wins Army recruiting contract)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Publicis has won the Army's 7 million [pound sterling] recruitment brief in what the agency sees as an official endorsement of its broader creative capabilities. Senior managers had made the capture of the account a top priority and regard...

Old ladies star in TV ad for Bertolli's new pasta sauces range.(Bertolli U.S.A. Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Bertolli is promoting its Pasta Sauces range with a national TV campaign through Bartle Bogle Hegarty, due to break on 14 January. "Grannies" continues Bertolli's Olivio strategy that those who have a Mediterranean diet live life to the...

AMV group wins TV licence task.(Abbott Mead Vickers/BBDO Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Hardcore TV licence evaders will be the targets of a new advertising onslaught following the appointment of the Abbott Mead Vickers group to spearhead the crackdown. The group was appointed to handle above-and below-the-line work on the 9...

Oprah picks M&B to bring Oxygen Media network to New York.(Oxygen Media Inc. contracts with Michaelides and Bednash)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... The New York office of Michaelides & Bednash has landed its most high-profile account to date with its appointment to launch Oprah Winfrey's Oxygen Media network across the city. M&B will be tasked with developing strategy and...

M&C Saatchi wins AA image overhaul task.(Automobile Association Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... The AA has picked M&C Saatchi to handle its 10 million [pounds sterling] account in a move that will end its promotion as "the fourth emergency service". The line will disappear in favour of much more broadly based advertising, reflecting...

Adidas hands 180 and TBWA 70m [pounds sterling] business.(adidas-Salomon AG)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... TBWA Worldwide and the Amsterdam-based 180 have triumphed in a head-to-head pitch for Adidas-Salomon's 70 million [pounds sterling] global creative account, leaving the eight-year incumbent agency, Leagas Delaney, out in the cold. The...

Suspension of Barb may affect audience data until February.(Broadcasters' Audience Research Board Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Henry Lawson, the chief operating officer of Donovan Data Systems, has warned that the suspension of Barb could continue to affect audience data until the end of the month, despite Barb's intention to release live and consolidated data by 15...

GLA selects Soul for London environmental issues work.(Greater London Authority)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Soul has been picked to convince Londoners that their capital isn't the filthy and polluted place they believe it to be -- and to tell them what they can do to help improve their environment. Ken Livingstone's Greater London Authority is...

John Shannon, the president and chief executive of Grey International's operations outside of the US, has retired after working for the agency for 38 years.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... John Shannon, the president and chief executive of Grey International's operations outside of the US, has retired after working for the agency for 38 years. He was the first London-based, non-American appointed to Grey's corporate board in 1991...

Premier International Foods.(moves ad account to Clemmow Hornby Inge)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Premier International Foods, the parent of the Typhoo tea brand, has parted company with Ivor Harrison, its group marketing director, and Fallon in a review of its marketing activities. Howard Beverage, the former United Biscuits brand...

Following Ian McAllister's decision to retire as the chairman and managing director of Ford of Britain.(Paul Thomas appointed new managing director)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Following Ian McAllister's decision to retire as the chairman and managing director of Ford of Britain, Paul Thomas has been appointed as the new managing director of the car company. Thomas is currently the sales director of Ford of Britain...

Prudential has shortlisted five agencies to pitch for its advertising task worth 3.5 million [pounds sterling].(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Prudential has shortlisted five agencies to pitch for its advertising task worth 3.5 million [pounds sterling]. The agencies that will compete for the account are BMP DDB, D'Arcy, TBWA\London, Publicis and WCRS. The incumbent agency, Abbott...

Vizzavi, the internet portal for mobile phone users.(CEO Evan Newmark to leave and be replaced by Guy Laurence)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Vizzavi, the internet portal for mobile phone users, has announced that Evan Newmark, its chief executive, will leave at the end of this month. At the same time the company has announced plans to axe 100 jobs and restructure its business model....

Aegis, the media buying group.(forecasts continued weakness in industry in 2002)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Aegis, the media buying group, has cast more gloom over the advertising sector by forecasting continued weakness in the industry in 2002. It said that the industry had flat to negative growth in 2001 despite some recovery in advertising...

M&C Saatchi's new work for British Airways.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... M&C Saatchi's new work for British Airways, backed by a 5.3 million [pounds sterling] spend aimed at the business travel market, will run with the new strapline: "It's better to be there." General release

Ntl's group marketing director, Mike Hounsell.(leaves as part of restructuring)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Ntl's group marketing director, Mike Hounsell, has left the company as part of a restructure that is understood to have led to more than 40 job losses from the marketing team. Charles Darley, the customer marketing director, has also left....

AXA Insurance has awarded its 12 million [pounds sterling] direct marketing task to Hubbard Hiwaizi McCann.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... AXA Insurance has awarded its 12 million [pounds sterling] direct marketing task to Hubbard Hiwaizi McCann. The agency won the account following a five-way pitch against WWAV Rapp Collins, Proximity London, TBWA\GGT Direct and the incumbent on...

Hooper Galton has picked up the 1 million [pounds sterling] task for Whiteleys, the West London shopping centre.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Hooper Galton has picked up the 1 million [pounds sterling] task for Whiteleys, the West London shopping centre. The account was put up for review through the AAR last year. The incumbent agency, Burkitt DDB, did not repitch. Marketing Week

O&M in anti-paedophile ad.(Ogilvy and Mather's campaign for the Home Office)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Ogilvy & Mather has created a multimedia campaign for the Home Office alerting 14-to 16-year-olds to the dangers of paedophiles in internet chatrooms. The work follows recent media interest in exposing paedophiles in the UK. Breaking in...

Labour and the Tory Party cut ad budget for election in 2000.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2002... by our Parliamentary correspondent The Labour and Conservative Parties spent half as much on advertising during last year's general election between them as they did at the 1997 election. Accounts submitted to the new Electoral...

M&C launches constables drive.(M and C Saatchi does campaign for Home Office)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... The Home Office is launching a campaign to attract more special constables amid continuing controversy over its efforts to strengthen overstretched police forces. The 500,000 [pounds sterling] initiative is through M&C Saatchi, which has...

BBDO appoints Leo Burnett's Walker as its head of finance.(Peter Walker)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... The BBDO European network has hired Peter Walker, one of Leo Burnett's most senior executives, as its finance chief. Walker, formerly the chief operating officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Burnett, succeeds Alicia Lesniak,...

AMV lines up future management.(Farah Ramzan, Clive Tanqueray appointed)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has begun putting its next generation of management in place with the appointment of Farah Ramzan as the deputy managing director. Her place as the head of client service at the UK's biggest agency is being taken...

Radical expands its planning capacity by hiring Pritchard.(Barry Pritchard; Planning Partnership to merge into Radical)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... The marketing consultancy firm Radical has appointed the former GGT planning director Barry Pritchard and will merge his Planning Partnership agency into the company. Pritchard will join as the head of planning and research at Radical,...

Rainey Kelly shows the resolve of Marines.(Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y and R ad campaign for Royal Marines)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Potential recruits to the Royal Marines are being rallied in a new national cinema and press campaign from Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R. The new campaign builds on the brand idea of "strength of mind" and throws down the gauntlet to...

M&C launches press ads for Rover 75.(M and C Saatchi)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Rover is putting fresh advertising impetus behind its 75 model in a new global campaign, which presents the car as both luxurious and affordable. The drive, through M&C Saatchi, underlines the strategy with print ads spoofing the...

J. Walter Thompson highlights tedium of office work in RAF ad.(Royal Air Force)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... J. Walter Thompson has unveiled a new interactive recruitment TV spot for the Royal Air Force which avoids the usual images of fighter jets in action. The spot is composed of vignettes of people in civilian working life and highlights the...

Team Saatchi continues Imodium Plus strategy as it takes over task.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Team Saatchi is taking over the campaign for Imodium Plus with a new 20-second ad that begins on Monday. The spot continues the strategy established by Saatchi & Saatchi for the launch of Imodium Plus last year, which presented the product...

D'Arcy uses film scene for Revels return to TV.(candy from Mars)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Mars is backing its Revels brand with its first television advertising for more than a decade, which apes the famous Russian Roulette scene in The Deer Hunter. A campaign, through D'Arcy, breaks on 28 January to support Revels, a bagged...

St Luke's retains gremlins in 'Get On' drive.(campaign for free education courses)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... St Luke's wicked gremlins, who have been haunting the illiterate British public, are returning to national television screens in the next phase of a Government push to support the Department for Education and Skills' "Get On" campaign. ...

Seeboard's services receive focus in ads by Archibald Ingall.(Archibald Ingall Stretton)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Archibald Ingall Stretton has created an campaign for the utility company Seeboard to emphasise its range of customer service ideas. The new ads, "referee", "farm" and "bath", feature Seeboard employees taking lessons from everyday...

Baldwin quits after failing to find fresh position at Publicis.(Joanna Baldwin)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Joanna Baldwin, who played a key role in securing for Publicis the assignment to promote the introduction of the euro across Europe, has left her job as the Paris-based network's vice-president for international development. She said she...

Prophecies for the year ahead for the UK's media: with prediction time upon us once again, how revealing would it be to return to the same four that we asked last year? (Forum).
January 11, 2002... This time last year we asked four industry pundits to examine their crystal balls and we dutifully recorded what they saw in store for the media marketplace during 2001. This year we thought it might be instructive to revisit the same list of...

Rachel Gibbs-McNeil looks at how successful She's redesign will be at increasing its sales. (She: an expert's view).
January 11, 2002... At first glance the "new look" She magazine seems remarkably familiar. Yes it's cleaner, with more sections, but the overall change is in the editorial tone. Unquestionably it's a more "organised" read, the magazine flows well and is less...

Ian Darby, Campaign's acting media editor, picks BT's sponsorship of the relaunched The Business. (Media Choice).
January 11, 2002... "Having secured new funding from the Press Association, Sunday Business pushed ahead with its relaunch and is now The Business. In a first for a newspaper launch, BT has taken over the whole issue with a range of ads for its business services....

BBC's young fogey set to take charge of Channel 4's image: will C4's new head keep up its mischievous tradition? Alasdair Reid investigates. (Headliner).(Mark Thompson)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Mark Thompson, the new chief executive of Channel 4, is about as mischievous as a rubber chicken. Occasionally cheeky, yes. Good for a laugh, undoubtedly. A thoroughly sound chap, certainly. But mischievous? This is something of a departure...

Post Tempus, MPG can't afford not to find a new partner. (Perspective).(Media Planning Group's acquisiton possibilities)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... This is Campaign's awards week, but there is one winner you won't be reading much about: Havas' Media Planning Group, undisputed winner of the 2001 Wallflower of the Year prize. As students of corporate takeovers know, that is no place to...

Lloyds TSB's smiling assassin prepares to strike: Ford Ennals is gearing up to drop Saatchis for Rainey Kelly, Jenny Watts reveals. (Newsmaker/Ford Ennals).(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... It's not often in adland that agencies have the chance to tilt for an account of the stature of Lloyds TSB's, so much licking of lips greeted November's news that the 36 million [pounds sterling] business was in play. Now, that much prized...

On the campaign couch ... with JB. (Close-Up).(Brief Article)(Column)
January 11, 2002... Q Dear Jeremy, I have been an account planner for about two years and I am thinking of leaving the profession. This is because I am increasingly being told that my job is to "defend the idea", even when I think it's crap. Am I being too hasty?...

What can advertising expect from the new year? Francesca Newland speaks with five industry stalwarts about what 2002 will bring. (Live Issue/Predictions For 2002).(Column)
January 11, 2002... It wouldn't be the first Campaign of the year without some serious predictions, so here are a range covering various aspects of the advertising industry. WPP's Sir Martin Sorrell says when we should expect a recovery, while D&AD's David Kester...

The move to M&C is part of the plan to exploit the AA's brand name. (Live Issue/AA).(M and C Saatchi)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Farewell to the henpecked husband who'd rather listen to his dad's advice than log on to the AA website. So long to the AA patrolman who finds a broken engine easier to mend than his heart. The AA is moving on to broader and more rewarding...

Some grounds for optimism in 2002. (Opinion).(for the advertising industry)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Most of adland's inhabitants would like to obliterate 2001 from their memories. Client spending slashed, agency jobs axed and bad news which seemed to stretch well into the gloomy distance. So is there any reason for agencies to believe that...

Army recruitment is a coup for Publicis. (Opinion).(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Atten-shun! The Army recruitment account has gone to Publicis. If the stories are true, the account decamped from Charlotte Street for reasons other than top-brass dissatisfaction with award-winning creative work which always seemed to hit the...

We need to show that minorities can have a career in advertising. (Ethnic Minorities).(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Every few years the racial issue, just like the lack of women in advertising issue, raises its head. And as a representative of both groups I tend to get weary of these crusade-like Groundhog Days. But even I have to admit it's great to see the...

Most advertisements will only use accents for novelty or a laugh. (Accents In Advertising).
January 11, 2002... I found the Live Issue article (Campaign, 7 December) on regional stereotyping very interesting and you are correct in your statement that regional accents are far from represented in ad campaigns. I have been casting voices for ten years...

Game buyers want to see a bit of the action. (Computer Games Ads).
January 11, 2002... I think Jeremy White (Live Issue, 30 November) is on to something with his article about the lack of "creativity" in computer game ads. Just because the paying public wants to see what's in the game rather than the brilliant offerings from...

Elliott struck the note of optimism with his Christmas poetry. (Doggerel).
January 11, 2002... Stuart Elliott's uplifting verse (Campaign, 14 December) should be pinned to every bulletin board in adland--from that of Sir Martin Sorrell down to our lowly four-sheet poster contracting company where it hangs for due appreciation by all. ...

Cowen on ... football anti-racism ads. (Opinion).(Brief Article)(Column)
January 11, 2002... There are good reasons why football's anti-racism ads have never made it on to TV before. First, football airtime is expensive and such campaigns don't tend to have big budgets. Second, there's every reason to believe fans won't listen to the...

Stuart Elliott in America. (Opinion).(predictions for 2002)(Brief Article)(Column)
January 11, 2002... There's a joke about two psychiatrists who cross paths on New Year's Eve. One exclaims: "Happy New Year!" The other one mutters under his breath: "Hmmmmm. I wonder what he meant by that." Perhaps he meant the opposite, "Unhappy old year!",...

Top performers of 2001: Mother is agency of the Year on the back of fantastic creative work and an enviable new-business record by Bartle Bogle Hegarty ran it a very close second.
January 11, 2002... The unlikely duo of Monkey and Al clinch Campaign of the Year for ITV Digital. Starcom Motive snatched Media Agency of the Year. Glamour launched and is Medium of the Year. Gorgeous is top Production Company. A transformed and re-energised COI...

Private view.(reviews of various ad campaigns)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... In the interests of objectivity and fair play, often absent in any critique of advertising by someone in advertising, I will assess this week's offerings using the methodology I apply every day. I start with the brief. I look at the...

Grey's Dome aids work, rest and brown-nosing. (Diary).(Millennium Dome)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... What a joy it was to peep inside the pages of London's social bible, Time Out, this Christmas and read a feature on how adland's "top" agencies would tackle the world's worst brief -- marketing the Millennium Dome. BMP DDB decided to plug...

Miller can't grasp the idea of holiday on ice. (Diary).(Bertie Miller of Spectre)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... What could be more festive than a little sojourn on ice to break up a day's hard work? So thought many festive revellers over the Christmas period who flocked in their droves to Somerset House's ice rink. However, among the throng clad in...

Mother's festive wraps portray pornographic lesbian dildo session. (Diary).
January 11, 2002... There's always one. Yes, in Mother's own inimitable way, the agency decided to oil the yuletide spirit by helpfully sending its favourite people wrapping paper -- with a bit of a difference. Well, what should we really have expected from...