• Why BBH Bets on Creating Its Own Brands

    Agencies are forever trying to get out of the timesheet business. BBH was early to the new-product division vogue and is banking it can spin off successful startups out of agency-incubated ideas.


  • Can Facebook Improve TV Ads?

    Draftfcb is using Facebook app Likester to cull data on pop culture trends, the distinctive traits of specific TV audiences, and data on its own brands — based on Facebook likes. It’s using that information to tweak creative messaging on the fly.


  • Data is Overrated

    The digital media industry has a data fetish. But data without insight isn’t worth much, according to Resonate Networks CEO Bryan Gernert.


  • Review: Discovering The Doofus Disaster

    HarryBalls.com (yes, you read that right) brings its tongue-in-cheek stylings to a new Web series, “The Doofuses,” created with Xtranormal’s animation platform. Unfortunately, what worked well for animating the exploits of Tiger Woods doesn’t necessarily work for spoofing the venture capital process.