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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: entries down, should Cannes do a Glastonbury and skip a year?
Cannes Lions awards entries dropped dramatically this year, by 25%. The organisers say this is because of the stricter criteria…
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Jane Austin in Cannes: Elon Musk defends notorious “Go f**k yourself” to advertisers
Elon Musk doesn’t want all advertisers to go fuck themselves, just the ones who aren’t fans of the disinformation, hate…
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Jane Austin in Cannes: marketing morphs into (new-style) funny old game
After years spent in a humourless wilderness, advertisers are re-embracing comedy. Why did it take them so long, one might…
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Jane Austin in Cannes: marketers pick a bad time to shrink from DE&I
You’d think the far-right surge in the European elections, racist and misogynist fervour escalating on social media and the possibility…
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