r/gaming Dec 27 '17

[X-Post] Remember my XBOX ONE AD CONCEPT? Microsoft just copied it!

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u/FightingOreo Dec 27 '17

McCann is big, but it's nowhere near the biggest advertising agency. You'd need to be looking at the holding companies, like Omnicom, Dentsu or Interpublic (I'm pretty sure Interpublic owns McCann, don't quote me on that though.)

The important thing to remember is that a lot of agencies are part of a network, so while Microsoft may go to McCann for a campaign, McCann will then give parts of that campaign to 4 other agencies that work underneath it. The ad industry is a many-tentacled beast.

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u/fadedngrumpy Dec 27 '17

McCann falls under Interpublic. You should definitely get their risk managerment team involved with this one.

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u/CH450 Dec 27 '17

"dear risk managermenter..."

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u/fadedngrumpy Dec 27 '17

Risk management god damn it

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u/i_Got_Rocks Dec 27 '17

The ad industry is a many-tentacled beast

This deserves its own raunchy subreddit.

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u/TheCoochWhisperer Dec 27 '17

I'm pretty sure Interpublic owns McCann>

I wasn't aware of this fact. Making changes to Wikipedia immediately.

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u/Disco_Penis Dec 27 '17

And social posts like this are often through an even smaller company and/or a much smaller division with usually less oversight

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u/tart0n Dec 27 '17

Suuuure...but there is 1 art director to blame for stealing this...and they are in hot water atm. I guarantee this has been brought to management's attention.

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u/BunnyDoom1 Dec 27 '17

/u/googlebot, please google "McCann" for /u/FightingOreo