Back to Burnett: McDonald’s moves $25-mil. ‘tweens’ assignment from DDB Needham <b>By Jim Kir</b><br clear="none"/><br clear="none"/>Pat Fallon’s plan to re-focus Fallon McElligott/Minneapolis has apparently caused a casualty.
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Pat Burnham, the first outside creative hired at Fallon McElligott Rice in 1981, quit last week and said that he is exploring options in the commercial directing field.However, insiders said [...]
Proctor & Gamble said to be interested in Estee Lauder
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NEW YORK–Procter & Gamble has already made a big splash in the mass market cosmetics and fragrance market. Now it wants cachet….In a move which could spell a major shift [...]
Garfinkel draws on old friends in building Lowe creative department
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Soft-drink war watchers were intrigued last week by the hiring of five new creative people at Lowe & Partners. It was the most junior of the hires, however, that really [...]
Bailing out: Burnham resigns from Fallon McElligott <b>By Jim Kir</b><br clear="none"/><br clear="none"/>McDonald’s last week took its $25-million “tweens” assignment away from DDB Needham Chicago and handed it back to Leo Burnett. The assignment, for the
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At the same time, Needham was able to pick up a dinner assignment from Barnett and will retain most of its promotional work. The whole exchange is more or less [...]
“Infomercials: a market in transition” <b>By Barry J. Cutle</b><br clear="none"/><br clear="none"/>Think about the last time you saw the Fuller Brush man or the Avon lady, and you will have a good idea about where some infomercials are coming from. Visit
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The FTC’s focus on the future is no accident. In October 1991, in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of National Consumers Week, the Commission co-sponsored a symposium titled “Consumer Protection [...]
New owner, editor plan fresh direction for ‘Post’ <b>By Hanna Liebma</b><br clear="none"/><br clear="none"/>NEW YORK–The New York Post will be moving away from the slashing sensationalism that has been the paper’s hallmark since it was bought by Rupert M
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“It’11 be a different paper in a month,” said Hamill. The Post will become a “tabloid-plus that will retain all the great classic slam-bang tabloid spirit.” The aim, he added, [...]