Brian DiLorenzo comes over with him from MING
CP+B has hired Linus Karlsson as global chief creative officer. In this role, he will partner with global CEO Erik Sollenberg to lead CP+B. Karlsson will be based in CP+B’s office in Boulder, Colo.
Karlsson has served as chief creative officer of global brands at McCann-Erickson, led Chevrolet globally as creative chairman of Commonwealth/McCann, and co-founded Mother New York. Most recently, he founded and ran MING Utility and Entertainment Group, a creative company based upon design, technology and entertainment, which worked with clients such as IKEA, Polaroid and BMW. As part of Karlsson’s hiring, MDC Partners’ firm Plus Productions has acquired MING, and brought on MING CEO Brian DiLorenzo to lead the company.
Karlsson’s hiring comes at a time of significant momentum for CP+B, which includes Sollenberg recently joining the agency as CEO from leading Swedish creative agency and CP+B’s strategic partner, Forsman & Bodenfors. In addition, longtime client Domino’s recently announced a three-year extension of CP+B’s contract.
“Wherever Linus has been, great work has happened. He and I believe in the same things, and I can’t think of anyone better to help us start some revolutions,” said Chuck Porter, chairman, CP+B.
Sollenberg noted, “Linus and I share similar views on all the aspects that go into great creative. He has a love of the craft of advertising and an approachable leadership style that brings out the best in people. Who could have thought that two Swedes would end up here in Boulder, running what we believe is one of the greatest agencies of our time.”
“I love people and building things. Helping companies grow and find their focus is my passion,” said Karlsson. “I have long been a great fan of CP+B and their spirit of surprise and entrepreneurialism–creating their very own special place in our industry. Now, we have a chance to build upon that spirit, and add to the CP+B legacy in new and exciting ways for our clients.”
Carrie Coon Relishes Being Part Of An Ensemble–From “The Gilded Age” To “His Three Daughters”
It can be hard to catch Carrie Coon on her own.
She is far more likely to be found in the thick of an ensemble. That could be on TV, in "The Gilded Age," for which she was just Emmy nominated, or in the upcoming season of "The White Lotus," which she recently shot in Thailand. Or it could be in films, most relevantly, Azazel Jacobs' new drama, "His Three Daughters," in which Coon stars alongside Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen as sisters caring for their dying father.
But on a recent, bright late-summer morning, Coon is sitting on a bench in the bucolic northeast Westchester town of Pound Ridge. A few years back, she and her husband, the playwright Tracy Letts, moved near here with their two young children, drawn by the long rows of stone walls and a particularly good BLT from a nearby cafe that Letts, after biting into, declared must be within 15 miles of where they lived.
In a few days, they would both fly to Los Angeles for the Emmys (Letts was nominated for his performance in "Winning Time" ). But Coon, 43, was then largely enmeshed in the day-to-day life of raising a family, along with their nightly movie viewings, which Letts pulls from his extensive DVD collection. The previous night's choice: "Once Around," with Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfus.
Coon met Letts during her breakthrough performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" on Broadway in 2012. She played the heavy-drinking housewife Honey. It was the first role that Coon read and knew, viscerally, she had to play. Immediately after saying this, Coon sighs.
"It sounds like something some diva would say in a movie from the '50s," Coon says. "I just walked around in my apartment in my slip and I had pearls and a little brandy. I made a grocery list and I just did... Read More