News Roundup: Saatchi, Ogilvy, Publicis, CKB, Mother, More ...
- Saatchi & Saatchi CEO Kevin Roberts has launched a diatribe against investment bankers: “Watching this latest meltdown from neighbouring TriBeCa has been horrendous. I don’t really care what happens to the bankers. In fact, I’m more than a little pissed that so many of them have walked away with fat cat bonuses over the last three years and we found no way to get that money back. What depresses me is what happens to the average person. Many employees at Saatchi & Saatchi have seen their 401K retirement funds decimated by the greed, stupidity, and arrogance of these so-called ‘Masters of the Universe’.”
- CKB Solutions, a new start-up marketing and strategy consultancy, has won the Hong Kong Rugby Union’s marketing consultancy account, after a pitch against Eight Partnership, Brand Rapport, TBWAHong Kong.
- Publicis has acquired full-service agency W&K Communications, continuing its Asia expansion that began several years ago.
- Mother has triumphed in the Stella Artois account race. Sources close to the pitch suggest it was a closely fought contest.
- Publicis China has overhauled its operations by naming Wendy Tseng managing director of its Beijing office.
- Helen Bonham Carter has voiced an ad condemning verbal abuse in the home. The 60-second commercial, created by Ogilvy Advertising, features a dysfunctional couple in a domestic environment.
Jim Edwards, a former managing editor of Adweek, has covered drug marketing at Brandweek for four years, and is a former Knight-Bagehot fellow at Columbia University's business and journalism schools. Follow him on Twitter or send him an email.
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