Adweek names Lauren Greenfield one of the “10 Commercial Directors Making Today’s Coolest, Strangest and Loveliest Ads”

Congratulations to Lauren Greenfield, who is one of only 10 commercial directors to be featured in Adweek‘s Creative 100. “With her Always sequel, #Unstoppable (wherein girls put a beat-down on cardboard boxes that symbolize stifling gender stereotypes), as well as new spots for Toyota and Hallmark packing a reel that also includes work for Chevrolet, […]

Adweek profiles 10 Los Angeles agencies and producers who are “ready for their closeup”

Congratulations to the 10 Los Angeles–based agencies and producers singled out by Adweek for “making L.A. so hot right now.” They are Saatchi & Saatchi, David & Goliath, 72andSunny, CAA Marketing, Deutsch L.A., Mistress, TBWA\Chiat\Day, Gifted Youth, 180LA, and Tool. Read more about them in “Ready for Their Closeup.”

Adweek’s Talent Gallery features Jim Fiscus’ “Louie” key art

. Many thanks to prop/wardrobe stylist Gabrielle Rosenberg, who featured the above image by Jim Fiscus—key art for the FX series Louie—in Adweek‘s Talent Gallery! Related: Jim Fiscus’ “Louie” poster nominated by IMP Awards . .

Want to chat on Facebook about advertising?

Want to chat on Facebook about advertising? The site has just launched Facebook Studio, reports Campaign magazine, “a hub to view and discuss campaigns that have run on the social networking site.” . . From Facebook Studio: “It is an open platform, allowing agencies and brands to submit their work and to comment on and […]

Industry news: agency of the year, mag covers of the year, and more

. Wieden+Kennedy, whose Old Spice Red Zone campaign became a pop-culture phenomenon, was named AdweekMedia’s Agency of the Year. “…the Portland-Ore.-headquartered indie has had one of its best performing years in its 28-year history. It saw client growth in both Portland and New York, and increased its U.S. revenue and billings nearly 22 percent (billings […]

Like to photograph stripes? This contest is for you.

. Wired, which Adweek has named Magazine of the Decade (congratulations, Wired!), is sponsoring a photo contest inspired by the signature stripes on the mag’s spine. What do you need to do? Take a great stripe-y photo (see examples, courtesy of Wired, below). And submit it by midnight tonight, Pacific time. For more on the […]

Best & worst holiday cards

… James Cooper of Saatchi & Saatchi and Brian Morrissey of Adweek have posted their picks for the best and worst ad-agency holiday cards over at the AdFreak blog. Is it a little Grinchy to judge expressions of holiday cheer? Maybe. Is their survey exhaustive? Probably not. But whatever, it’s interesting to see what people […]

Afar, a new travel magazine and “media brand”

In the old days, when someone started a new publication, it was called a magazine launch. In our post-print world, though, such an event is referred to as the launch of a “media brand.” That means a highly functioning destination website with original content, including video; it means television programming; it means products. This is […]

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