Ben Bradlee: Champion for the Regional Business and Ad Community
By: Cary Hatch, CEO, MDB Communications With the passing of Ben Bradlee, there will be a plethora of media coverage about Watergate, Woodward and Bernstein, his relationship with Katharine Graham,…
Ben Bradlee: The Ultimate News Legend
By Geoff Livingston, Capitol Communicator Media Strategist Many newspapers have noted the passing of Ben Bradlee, including his long-time employer and our local…
Medifast Names GKV as Agency of Record
Owings Mills-based Medifast, Inc., a leading manufacturer and provider of weight-loss products and programs, named GKV in Baltimore, as agency of record.…
Cheerios Join Orioles Bandwagon
The hot topic in Baltimore this week is the Orioles, of course, and it seems everyone is getting in on the action. In Sunday’…
Ad 2 National Launches Logo Contest
Since 1947, Ad 2 has been focused on empowering advertising’s future leaders through educational programs, leadership development, networking opportunities and public service; but…
Earle Palmer Brown, a Legend in the D.C. Marketing Community, Dies at 92
Earle Palmer Brown, a legend in the D.C. marketing community, died at the age of 92. Although Brown downplayed his legacy to the…
Millennial Media to Buy Boston-Based Nexage
Millennial Media will buy Boston-based mobile advertising technology company Nexage for $107.5 million in cash and stock, reports The Baltimore Sun. The…
Comedy Central “skewers Redskins name controversy with South Park commercial”, Reports Washington Post
Comedy Central teased the 18th season of South Park, which premieres Wednesday, with a one-minute commercial during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s…
Baltimore Buzz
David Carberry, previously with Advertising.com and CBS Radio and WMAR-TV, launched Enradius, a digital marketing company based in Ellicott City that uses…
MGH’s “Vacation Days” Wins Best Ad Campaign from Baltimore’s City Paper
MGH in Baltimore announced it has earned the Best Ad Campaign accolade from City Paper’s 2014 Best of Baltimore list for its “Vacation…
Clear Channel Becomes iHeartMedia
Clear Channel is rebranding yet again, reports Advertising Age. Just two years after it stripped “radio” from its corporate title, the radio behemoth is…
ADWKDC 2014: My Take-Aways
Cary Hatch, CEO/Brand Advocate, MDB Communications, chatch@mdbcomm.com, @caryhatch The just-concluded ADWKDC 2014 certainly didn’t disappoint this year – the trends,…
Washington Examiner Tells Advertisers of Plans Under New Editorial Director
MediaDC CEO Lou Ann Sabatier introduced Washington Examiner’s new editorial director, Hugo Gurdon, to approximately 75 advertisers and potential advertisers at a private…
Print Media’s Marketing Comeback
By Ralph Crosby In my book, It’s The Customer Stupid, I wrote: “The combination of the growth of online marketing and the decline…
ADWKDC Update: Weitzman Accepted Silver Medal Award, and a Panel Discussed This Year’s Cannes Lions
Alan Weitzman of the Weitzman agency was honored with the DC Ad Club’s Silver Medal Award. Probably half of the 120-plus attendees…
