GM Snubs ‘Survivor,’ Creatives Take Over Agency, PR Surveyed

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– GM has ended its sponsorship of Survivor which, of course, has nothing to do with the show’s recent announcement this year’s team would be split by race.

– Over at Dallas agency Dieste Harmel & Partners, Creative Director Mack Simpson tells us ECD Aldo Quevedo has moved up to President and Chief Creative Officer turning the agency into, as he says, an asylum run by the patients.

– Strumpette, the proverbial thorn in the side of the PR industry, has launched a survey to determine “if the profession has the political will to make the necessary changes to move forward.”

– When you shop, there’s no reason a couple of Hyundais shouldn’t follow you up the escalator as they do in this Istanbul mall.

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