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Jane Austin: au revoir Cannes and vive la France
Cannes Lions ended on a high note, with the surprise appearance of President Macron addressing Cannes Lions via video to…
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Jane Austin: will the ad industry pass the taste test?
You can’t buy taste. In fact, the more money people have, the more detached they become from the entire concept…
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Jane Austin: best emerging trend at Cannes? Advertisers investing in journalism
The importance of investing in journalism, and thereby helping to support democracy the world over, isn’t a subject that usually…
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Jane Austin: are Publicis and WPP on different sides in the humans vs robots debate?
Two sides are battling it out to own the future of the industry: AI and humans. The question is who’s…
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Jane Austin: is Cannes Lions the new Hollywood?
Cast your mind back to the 80s and 90s when advertising was a breeding ground for film industry talent, with…
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Jane Austin: Buzzwords at Cannes: microdramas go viral, storytelling makes a comeback, AI gets too big for its buzz
Like so many other things we treasure in this industry, our vast lexicon of jargon has been taken over by…
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Jane Austin: reasons to be cheerful about going to Cannes this year
Civilisation is in flames yet somehow the ad world keeps turning. As you start mentally packing your suitcase for another…
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Jane Austin: Adland is stuck in an AI-sized bubble – plus a memory of someone who put people before expediency
The big lesson from Cannes? The industry’s living in an AI-generated dream world A fascist president is wreaking global havoc…
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Jane Austin: lessons from David Droga on becoming an ad legend
It’s the end of an era in advertising, and not just because AI is potentially putting the entire industry out…
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