Just one day after winning the $400 million Volkswagen account, Crispin Porter + Bogusky has yanked the $45 million Spite account away from Ogilvy & Mather. Here’s the funny part yet a very common occurrence when accounts shift. Upon attempting to get comment on the move, Ad Week reports, “Ogilvy referred calls to the client. CP+B executives were unavailable. A Coke representative declined comment.” Another circle jerk. What a surprise. You’d think, at least someone would be jumping for joy and willing to talk about $45 million. We just don’t understand all this corporate, pass-the-buck, no backbone, media-shy, no comment stance in which grown up professionals insist upon engaging. Alex Bogusky and Coke should be running around exclaiming, “We are fucking stoked!”
