Comments on: More High Level Departures At Saatchi

By: Tony Granger Is Out Of The Rubber Room « Agency Spy

Tony Granger Is Out Of The Rubber Room « Agency Spy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:52:12 +0000

[...] Granger is supposed to be working at Young and Rubicam, but if you recall, that big bad dawg named Kevin Roberts was determined to [...]

By: Jonathan Smith

Jonathan Smith — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:36:18 +0000

Tony Granger was never called stroke. He was a God. Gods aren’t usually called stroke. Like any god his wrath may have been feared, but most creatives would follow him to the ends of the world. Hence Jan Jacobs and other foreign sounding names. If New York is a melting pot, he is simply picking one or two carrots. Sorry I didn’t find this article sooner.

By: chica

chica — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:56:43 +0000

chico,
what the creatives at y & r really need to get ready for is someone who will give a shit about selling their work if it’s good, someone who’s approachable and someone who’s a great thinker and listener. someone who always gives his employees credit before taking any himself. in other words, someone unlike gary goldsmith.

By: dailybiz

dailybiz — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:33:35 +0000

Chico – You are spot on about Harvey Marco. Not only is he a great guy, but he is solid gold in terms of ability and the work that he turns out. He turned Toyota around, and I can’t think of another auto company doing better ads.

By: what is the point of y&r? « the daily (ad) biz

what is the point of y&r? « the daily (ad) biz — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:41:52 +0000

[...] & (un)Remarkable is making another big change, bringing in Tony Granger from Saatchi & Saatchi. While this move seems to make sense [...]

By: Anti-scam

Anti-scam — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:22:41 +0000

Yes the rumors about Granger (and his two recently departed sidekicks) doing scam ads has been around for years. It followed them from London. Back in South Africa Granger earned the nickname Stroke because he was always adding his name onto the credits of other peoples work. It seems like the guy has an unhealthy obsession with awards and winning them at any cost and by any means

By: chico

chico — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:11:11 +0000

this is why i hate the industry, harvey marco deserves so much more credit than tony. he’s making REAL, good ads on a tough client. toyota is the high water mark of car advertising in the US.

can anyone name the publication those tide ads ran in?

By: why do agencies hit the skids? « the daily (ad) biz

why do agencies hit the skids? « the daily (ad) biz — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:41:17 +0000

[...] out the creativity of the young guns. Inertia takes over and the agency gets institutionalized. It’s possible to fight this, as Saatchi has done lately with Tony Granger in New York and Harvey Marco in LA, but it’s also [...]

By: chico

chico — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:31:32 +0000

the creative department at Y&R better brush up on making big, fake visual ads if they expect to catch tony’s eye.

hey agency spy, why don’t you do some digging on granger’s “cannes initiative” at saatchi.

what is it? well if you do some digging you should find out that he sat aside close to a million dollars to produce and enter fake ads. now that he left saatchi high and dry, people over there may be willing to speak up.

By: Ben Kraden

Ben Kraden — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:14:37 +0000

I have known Ann-Christine since her days as a cub reporter in elementary school and she has always had a nose for a good scoop.