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The New York Mets are doing so poorly their last two series, even their sponsors seem to be paying for it.

During Wednesday’s Mets broadcast from the Milwaukee Brewers’ ball park — the seventh game in a row dropped by the injury-plagued New York baseball club — the Mets broadcast team used a sponsor time slot to complain. Not about the fact that routine fielding plays aren’t being made. Not about the fact that almost every day another man is added to the growing disabled list.

Nope, they used the Twisted Tea “Twisted but True'” segment to lament the fact that there is no milk for coffee in the press area at Miller Park.

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Earlier this month, we posted on a pending lawsuit involving a DDB employee based in New York and allegations made against the agency, its holding company and three of its executives.

The complaint stems from the alleged behavior of the plaintiff’s supervisor, DDB Chief Digital Officer Joe Cianciotto. When our post went live, we knew little about the details of the suit beyond the fact that it was filed by a creative director who accused Cianciotto of sexual harassment.

After the story ran, we heard from the plaintiff’s lawyer, one Susan Chana Lask, Esq., who labeled agency statements about the suit “inaccurate” and offered her own narrative.

Lask cited our story in sharing details of the federal suit–officially filed today in the Southern District of New York–via her LinkedIn account. Lask makes this statement in her post:

“[The plaintiff] originally filed anonymously to protect his privacy but today revealed his name after threats from Omnicom and DDB to terminate him and sue him for libel.”

He is Matthew Christiansen, creative director on the State Farm account. Among the allegations that he and his lawyer made public via this document:

• After Christiansen was hired, Cianciotto “immediately commenced a harassment campaign against him by repeatedly accusing Matthew of having AIDs just because he was gay…”
• “To mock the LGBT community, Joe drew pictures of gay male employees fornicating and of Matthew naked with his penis erect commenting on Gay Equality.”
• “Joe drew and circulated sexually explicit pictures of Matthew in the office and posted on Facebook.”
• “Complaint certifications say that a woman’s sexual harassment complaint against Joe is at the EEOC.”
• “The complaint alleges that employees complained to management Peter Hempel. He defended Joe and would threaten them.”

The statement, which effectively serves as a press release, includes this quote from Christiansen:

“When he accused me of AIDs, I was paralyzed with fear that people would shun me. I feared that he had access to my medical records because I am HIV positive, a private matter. DDB never apologized for the harassment and asked me to leave instead.”

It also includes links to images of the drawings mentioned.

We have reached out to DDB for a statement on this latest development in the case and will update the post if/when we receive one.

Howard Stern announced that this season of “America’s Got Talent” will be his last, and while some NBC insiders believe he simply may be engaging in brinksmanship, the shock jock insists that he’ll leave the show when it goes on hiatus in September.

Speaking Wednesday on his SiriusXM radio show, Mr. Stern said the demands on his schedule left him with little choice but to bail on NBC’s hit competition series after four seasons on the judges’ panel.

“I gotta tell ya, I’m going through my own career evaluation right now[and] I’m just too fuckin’ busy doing ‘America’s Got Talent’ and doing the radio show and everything,” Mr. Stern said. “You know, something’s got to give. NBC’s already asked me what my intentions are for next year, whether or not I would come back. And I kinda have told them I think this is my last season. Not ‘I think’this is my last season.”

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Bicoastal content studio Humble launched a five-minute long anthem video for A Force For Good, “a new social movement inspired by the Dalai Lama and dedicated to transforming the world in practical and positive ways,” based on a new book by Daniel Goleman, entitled A Force For Good: The Dalai Lama?s Vision for Our World.

The lengthy spot combines four vignettes into a single message on the importance of compassion. Each vignette was directed by a different director or directorial team: “The Mother,” directed by Sasha Levinson; “Broken Jar,” directed by Humble executive creative director Sam Stephens and creative director Chris Mauch; “The Driver,” directed by Rudi Schwab; and “Plastic Beach,”  directed by Samuel + Gunnar. These vignettes never directly intersect, but rather follow similar arcs showing transformations caused by acts of compassion. Viewers who stick with the lengthy video will be glad to see a sense of completion brought to each story arc. Mechler Media also worked on content development for the campaign, with CrossBeatNY handling communications, website development and social media elements.

“This project really resonated deeply with everyone at Humble and it presented a great opportunity to bring together a variety of directors and teams to achieve an amazing final product,” explained Stephens. “It was a team effort in the truest sense of the word.”

“Everyone who ended up participating in this project ? from our staffers to freelancers to talent and even to people we met on the street during filming ? was so passionate about this message and excited to contribute their services to a great cause,” added Persis Koch, vice president and executive producer, Humble. “It was a really refreshing experience and shows the universal power of positivity and paying it forward.”

Credits:

Anthem Video

Produced By: Humble
President / Executive Producer: Eric Berkowitz
Vice President / Executive Producer: Persis Koch
Executive Producer: Sam Stephens
Executive Producer: Andrea Theodore
Executive Creative Director: Sam Stephens
Creative Director: Chris Wolfgang Mauch
Writers: Sam Stephens, Chris Wolfgang Mauch, Sasha Levinson
?The Mother? Director: Sasha Levinson
?A Broken Jar? Directors: Sam Stephens, Chris Wolfgang Mauch
?The Driver? Director: Rudi Schwab
?Plastic Beach? Director: Samuel + Gunnar

New York Crew:
Head of Production: Elizabeth Durkee
Producer: Scott Gracheff
Producer: Chelsea Conklin
Production Coordinator: Audrey Crowell
1st AD: Jeffrey Lazar
1st AD: John M. Tyson
Director of Photography: Kate Arizmendi
Director of Photography: Rudi Schwab
Casting: Jodi Kipperman
Editor: Jane Keller
Assistant Editor: Vance Tucker
Assistant Editor: Julie Tarrab
Assistant Editor: Shelby Cotton
Music: Matt Nakoa
Music: Michael Hewett
Music: Samuel Kim
Audio and Mix Master: Joseph Miuccio @ Pure Sound
Color: Alex Bickel @ Color Collective

Iceland Crew:
Executive Producer: Jonbi Gudmundsson
Line Producer: Eidur Birgisson
Director of Photography: Elli Cassata
Casting: Iceland Casting
Production Company: Storveldid
Color: Alex Bickel @ Color Collective

End Card Design & Animation: Susan Armstrong
Behind The Scenes: Jason McConville

Campaign and Website Development

CrossbeatNY
Head of Strategy: Becky Wang
Head of Technology: David Justus
Head of Production: Amber Wimmer
Community Manager: Jen Mozenter
Community Manager: Claire Schlissel
Partnership and Outreach: April Norris
Lead Developer: Geoff Roth
Creative Director: Katie Morgan
Designer: Juliana Ossa

Melcher Media
President and Chief Executive Officer: Charles Melcher
Chief Operating Officer: Bonnie Eldon
Senior Editor/Producer: Lauren Nathan
Associate Digital Producer: Shannon Fanuko

Every weekday, we bring you the Ad Age/iSpot Hot Spots, new and trending TV commercials tracked by iSpot.tv, a company that catalogs, tags and measures activity around TV ads in real time. The New Releases here ran on TV for the first time yesterday. The Most Engaging ads are showing sustained social heat, ranked by SpotShare scores reflecting the percent of digital activity associated with each one over the past week. See the methodology here.

“Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus may think Old Navy’s low prices are laughable, but they’re no joke. The 15-second spot touts bargain prices like an $8 dress and up to 60% off the entire store — we wouldn’t kid you. Scouting big sales works up a thirst. Vita Coco and Blue Moon offer to quench yours with two new spots. The beverage companies released ads yesterday titled “Just Drink” and “What Makes and IPA White.”

Don’t expect any laughs from Klennex’s latest ad. The No. 5 most engaging spot features a girl crying on the school bus when a male classmate comforts her and offers a tissue, saying, “the thing is, people think boys are loud and immature and don’t care about feelings, but the thing is, they’re wrong.” It’s an aww-worthy moment that’s sure to melt hearts.

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Sur ses grandes toiles, James Rieck reprend des modèles féminins de publicités rétro qu’il peint à sa manière, sans dévoiler leur visage en entier. Il porte une grande attention au language du corps, aux vêtements et aux sourires très figés des modèles, en proposant des peintures hyperréalistes très bien exécutées.

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Univision Communications Inc. canceled its telecast of the Miss USA pageant next month, after Donald Trump derided Mexican immigrants during his speech announcing his presidential campaign.

Declaring his candidacy for the Republican nomination last week, Mr. Trump said Mexicans bring drugs and crime to the U.S.

“They’re rapists,” he said.

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