Always writing in my notes app ✍️ Agencies Reporter at @Adweek | Formerly: @NBCNews @NewhouseSU ‘22 🍊, @DailyOrange, @TODAYShow & @timesunion
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BREAKING: Today marks the launch of my Substack!
It's called Doors at 7. A one-stop shop for band profiles, album reviews and much more.
Please consider giving my debut story a read, which is a throwback to my 2019 interview with @MtJoyBand.
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Cameron Winter audience moment:
“You named your goose Cameron after me? Someone in the front asked me to name the goose. … Did you ask me to tickle you? I’m flattered you think very highly of my wingspan, but it’s really a bit of a ways.”
“Security, tickle that man”
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This was from night one of @geese_band stop in @ForestHillsStdm. After night two, when I was fully engulfed in the mosh pits, I set out on a concert review. Two weeks and 3K words later, if you’re a Geese fan, there’s a lot here:
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Full story and views from the @geese_band pit:
doorsat7.substack.com/p/gees…
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I saw @geese_band during both nights that it performed at @ForestHillsStdm. Then I proceeded to write 3,000 words about the experience.
For a band that likes to act nonchalant, after two nights one thing became evident: Geese gives a f--k.
Full story below 👇
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I reviewed both nights of @geese_band at Forest Hills:
doorsat7.substack.com/p/gees…
Step aside, Scaramucci, we have a new unit of measurement in politics for commentators to use in the years to come: The Zacharia Minute.
Breaking News: President Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was fired after less than a week on the job, according to people familiar with the matter. nyti.ms/4yuECpZ
ChrisCicchiello retweeted
Matt MacDonald has left @VCCP to become chief creative officer at @Omnicom's Merkley+Partners. He starts in November and will reshape the agency’s creative direction. The role has been vacant since Andy Hirsch retired in 2024.
Read more 👉 adweek.it/4hQz7eQ
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Really truly shocked that Cameron Winter, the guy who rails against taxes (maybe even commits tax evasion) with @geese_band would let them levy taxes on me for his live solo album.
ChrisCicchiello retweeted
.@WPP has named Tyler Turnbull, McCann’s global CEO, to lead WPP Creative.
Turnbull joined McCann’s top role in December 2025 and guided its integration into Omnicom. Before that, he led FCB Global and helped revitalize its Canadian agency, winning clients including @HomeDepot, @AirCanada, and @bmwcanada.
Read more 👉 adweek.it/475JFlx
These scam texts are getting harder to ignore. How did they know my weakness was a well-made seafood fra diavolo?!?
Geese at Forest Hill Night 2🪿🪿
@geese_band
Concert review coming soon on Doors at Seven:
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Jon Cook, the global CEO of @VML_Global and @WPP Creative, is leaving the holding company after three decades to pursue the “next chapter” of his career.
Learn more 👉 adweek.it/4rK5m41
ChrisCicchiello retweeted
Former @Converse CMO Rodney Rambo departed the company in January, and had nothing to do with the widely-condemned ad that was recently released. Yet, he received hundreds of threats from social media users regarding the ad.
Read the full story 👉 adweek.it/4hsbCIN
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24 Seven, a staffing company in the creative marketing space, has launched 24 Seven Agencies, a rollup of three agencies: Futureman, SketchDeck, and Markacy. Each wields distinct focuses on brand activations, brand design, and performance marketing, respectively. adweek.it/4dvlujO
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.@gutagency has retained @TimHortons’ Canadian creative account after a competitive review, extending a partnership that began in 2018 and made Gut the chain’s agency of record in 2021, including celebrity-led campaigns such as work with @justinbieber. adweek.it/4yhWWmS
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For the past four years, @crispinagency CEO Maggie Malek has turned to former Crispin art director Ben James for advice, a relationship that naturally led to him joining in August as the agency's new chief creative officer.
Read more👉 adweek.it/4hJRXp6
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After 13 straight quarters of declining sales, @DaveandBusters has hired @gutagency as creative AOR and Mediaplus as media AOR, following a pitch that included incumbents @Deloitte Digital and @DentsuX. adweek.it/47k1s8q
