Advertising, ad campaigns, ad agencies, and the people that make it happen

Further proof that, as my all time literary hero, H.G.Wells, once said… Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill pail...  McCann Erickson has now joined the Hewlett-Packard roster, winning business from the client's personal systems group (PSG) in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Africa. That business had previously been handled by Publicis Worldwide. My various spy sources inform me that McCann picks up an estimated $200 million in HP billings. McCann (May I be allowed to stick my pink thing up your whatsit) here and in London will provide advertising and marketing for HP’s PSG's "Intel-Inside" supported programs for its personal computers, hand-held communications devices and plasma TVs in the various regions. The win for IPG came after a review in which incumbent Publicis Worldwide in London and another roster shop, Omnicom Group's Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco, also participated, sources said!!! Well, all I can say is that it seems to be the same old, same old. Which if you need it to be translated… In the words of a well known WPP Financial Director… F**ck the work… It’s all about the money!” Otherwise known as...