Finance
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Are we likely to get ads on the BBC under Tim Davie?
Newly-anointed BBC director general Tim Davie (how long will it be until he’s called CEO?) certainly has stamina: a seasoned…
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Is Keith Cartwright’s launch deal with WPP’s Grey a new adland creative model?
Timing is (almost) everything in launching a start-up, often crises like Covid-19 create opportunities for some: James Murphy and David…
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Coronavirus creativity: WhatsApp from AlmapBBDO
So you can make proper ads in lockdown: WhatsApp has had a pretty good ‘World War C’ even though its…
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Has Covid-19 taken ad agencies back to where they started – in-house media handmaidens
Research firm Forrester is predicting that US agencies will lose 52,000 jobs through 2021, 35,167 in 2020 and 16,758 in…
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WPP’s Read promises action in wake of George Floyd tragedy
WPP’s Mark Read has made arguably the strongest statement of intent among agency big bosses about George Floyd, promising, among…
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The&Partnership bangs the drum for American business
“The chief business of America is business” opined President Calvin Coolidge (not usually known for his eloquence) in the pre-Wall…
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Churchill helps kids chill out with mindfulness audiobooks
Brands seem to go in one of three directions in response to Covid-19. There’s the empty “We’re here for you”…
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Does former BBDO star Geg Hahn’s new venture herald a new wave of creative independents?
Former BBDO New York CCO Greg Hahn, laid off by the Omnicom-owned giant in its Covid-19 retrenchment, has bounced back…
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Ad holding company bosses weigh in to George Floyd crisis
The bosses of three ad holding companies – John Wren at Omnicom, Interpublic’s Michael Roth and Publicis’ Arthur Sadoun have…
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