Variety published news this morning that Universal has engaged Etan Cohen to write and Kevin Lima to direct the live-action version of Candy Land. This is the latest installment of Hasbro’s deal with Universal Pictures, meant to take the toy giant’s board game megabrands to the big screen. Inspired by the sales phenomenon that resulted from the first Transformers movie on…

Agency Disintermediation. It’s a scary thought for those of us in the agency business. A client wakes up one day and thinks to him or herself, "Why do I need my agency?"

While agencies are still out there and ads are still getting made, there is no question that the agency business is under…