Alex Bogusky, Advertising's Elvis, Tells Fast Company Why He Quit MDC and the Ad Biz

"Miles [Nadal, CEO of MDC:] started getting phone calls from some clients that didn't like things that I had said," Bogusky tells Fast Company exclusively.

Earlier today MDC Partners, the parent company of Crispin, Porter + Bogusky ("ad agency of the decade," according to Advertising Age), announced that Alex Bogusky, perhaps the most influential figure in American advertising today, has resigned from MDC. The announcement, in the form of an innocuous press release, shocked the ad world...