Santiago Puiggari has been appointed president of McCann Worldgroup Argentina. He previously was president/CEO of Grey Group in Argentina and Chile while also a member of the Grey Latin America Leadership Council….New York-based marketing agency Campfire has promoted Jason Sutterfield from head of production to the newly created company role of COO. He reports to Jeremiah Rosen, president of Campfire. As COO, Sutterfield will oversee all daily agency operations, including production, human resources, partnerships, staffing, processes and infrastructure of the agency. In his previous position as head of production, Sutterfield led the production of some of the agency’s most notable client campaigns, including the recent multi-sensory fan engagement campaign for HBO’s Game of Thrones. Prior to joining Campfire, Sutterfield was executive producer at The Barbarian Group in New York, where he oversaw Samsung North American campaigns. Sutterfield has also served as director of technology and production at The Martin Agency in Richmond, Virginia….
FireAid Concert Features Major Music Stars, Shares Stories Of Loss To Raise Money For L.A. Wildfire Relief
Pop stars, first responders, rock stars and those who've lost everything in the devastating LA-area wildfires came together for FireAid, a massive benefit concert Thursday that combined spectacular performances with moving storytelling from survivors and reminders of the destruction.
In a night full of surprises, a reunion of Nirvana — fronted by St. Vincent, Kim Gordon and Joan Jett in the place of the late Kurt Cobain — tops the list. They launched into "Breed," "School" and "Territorial Pissings" respectively, inspired and unexpected choices.
Drummer Dave Grohl's daughter, Violet, then emerged on stage for "All Apologies."
Closer Lady Gaga, after powering through the Oscar-award winning "Shallow" and "Always Remember Us This Way" from "A Star Is Born," played a new song on the piano. "It's just for tonight, it's just for you," she said of the song she wrote with fiancé businessman Michael Polansky. "Time is a healer."
"All I need is time," she sang in the folk-y pop chorus. "To heal my broken wings and then I'll soar."
Green Day kicked off the massive show by launching into "Last Night on Earth" at the Kia Forum and were soon joined by Billie Eilish for the first surprise of the night. The lyrics are surprisingly astute: "If I lose everything in the fire / I'm sending all my love to you."
After their set, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong hugged actor Billy Crystal, who was there to welcome to the crowd at the Kia Forum.
"Our goal is simple tonight, to spend more money than the Dodgers spent on free agents," he joked. He told the audience U2 offered the first big donation of the night: $1 million dollars.
Crystal said he was wearing the clothes he had on when he evacuated. He lost his home in... Read More