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DDB creative chief Amir Kassaei threatens Cannes boycott over alleged vote rigging

DDB creative chief Amir Kassaei threatens Cannes boycott over alleged vote rigging

By Stephen Foster on June 25, 2012

DDB creative chief Amir Kassaei (left) is not one to pull his punches: he’s already accused other holding companies (for which read WPP, the winner of the most-awarded holding company gong this year and last) of vote rigging and now he says DDB (and presumably owner Omnicon) might pull out of the festival if these [...]

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