Apple May Part Ways With Ad Agency TBWA, Plans to Tap Beats' Jimmy Iovine for Marketing RevampApple may be planning to part ways with longtime ad agency TBWA/Media Arts Lab, according to a new report from
The New York Post. Citing industry buzz, the report suggests that Apple is ready to put its entire advertising account "up for grabs."
The Cupertino company is also said to be planning to leverage Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine to bolster its marketing efforts. Beats is well-known for its aggressive marketing tactics and clever advertising campaigns that have skyrocketed its headphones to popularity. Most recently, Beats launched a "
The Game Before The Game" advertisement for the World Cup, featuring
key players wearing Beats headphones.
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What's more, the industry is buzzing that Apple will look to music maestro Jimmy Iovine, the boss of newly acquired Beats headphones and its sister music-streaming service, to help it regain its marketing mojo.
"Apple bought Beats for a lot of reasons," said one new business executive at a top agency. "They think they're marketing geniuses. It is safe to assume Beats would be part of an assessment of all [
Apple] partners."Apple's troubles with advertising agency TBWA began
back in 2013, after Apple's Phil Schiller sent a tense email to the agency following a line of highly popular Samsung commercials with the tagline "The next big thing is already here."
Apple reportedly considered parting ways with TBWA at that time, but instead began working on building out its own
in-house advertising solution while continuing to allow TBWA to produce some of its
recent popular advertisements like "
Powerful."
Despite continuing a relationship with TBWA, Apple has pitted its in-house team against its longtime partner and it has also invited outside agencies to offer pitches on major projects, suggesting tension between the two companies has been ongoing.
Apple has plans to hire 1,000 employees for its
in-house team, which may end up replacing outside agencies altogether when complete. Most recently, Apple's in-house team created "Strength," the company's
newest advertisement that takes advantage of the "Chicken Fat" song and focuses on fitness.
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