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Try-scoring marketing giant Tony O’Reilly dies at 88
Old hands often lament the (relative) lack of personalities in adland but they’re usually talking about agency supremos like Frank…
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Publicis doubles down on DEI/ESG agenda with LaFond-Dufour from McCann
Lots of companies may be frantically backtracking on DEI (it costs money strangely enough) but Publicis Groupe is doubling down…
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Biter bit – AI cheerleader WPP hit by deep fake scam attempt
Be careful what you wish for, with the latest “transformative” gizmo too. WPP CEO Mark Read (below), who has made…
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Former Kinetic boss MacCallum joins Miroma Founders Network
Former Kinetic UK CEO Ali MacCallum has resurfaced as MD of Miroma Founders Network (MFN), a joint venture between Miroma…
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Ascential’s Contagious names its top worldwide creative agencies
Ascential-owned Contagious, which describes itself as a creative and strategic intelligence service for agencies and brands, has named its annual…
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Leo Burnett debuts with retro effort for Confused.com
Connfused.com was one of the big UK agency pitches of last year with Leo Burnett, enjoying a rich vein of…
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Clare Hornby launches fashion brand ME+EM internationally – with T&Pm
Haven’t heard much from Johnny Hornby recently someone said the other day and, indeed, one of adland’s more interesting and…
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Stagwell’s Penn paints a positive picture as growth returns in Q1
Mark Penn’s Stagwell now includes the former MDC, an ad holding company that resolutely failed to make money, alongside his…
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Can others muscle in on creativity as ad holding companies retreat?
Advertising has always been an easy business to enter but, on the creative side anyway, a hard one to scale.…
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