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Placed in the context of kids’ ambitions, this diatribe against Trump is very powerful. “When I grow up I want to… mock the disabled, put kids in cages, be a racist, divide the country, be a bully…” The list goes ...

Much speculation about what kind of ads will work – and be welcomed by a battered population – this Christmas. We all need cheering up a bit but the party gear will probably stay in the wardrobe. Much of the ...

Who’d be a forecaster these days – unless you’re an epidemiologist who at least gets to frighten us all on the radio. The latest AA/WARC forecast for UK adspend has been revised down and now says that full recovery from ...

WPP CEO Mark Read is claiming a win in the third quarter of 2020 with “just” a 7.6% fall in the like for liker revenue compared to -15,1% in Q2. Globally this metric amounted to (all minuses) 5.5% in the ...

The Walgreens Boots Alliance review has been going on for six whole months. Now, after the final shootout against Publicis Groupe, WPP has held on to the business – but only until the end of 2022, which doesn’t seem much ...

Nobody likes online paywalls very much but journalism isn’t free (to provide that is) and they are one way of supporting it. In the nearly ten years of More About Advertising we’ve been free throughout and intend to stay that ...

Is this The Lincoln Project’s final shot in its Republicans-against-Trump campaign? November 3 is looming after all and an emotional plea for people to vote for Democrat Joe Biden will take some topping. Selective of course, but that’s advertising for ...

Advertising Week was quick off the mark in securing an online interview with the new IPG chief, Philippe Krakowsky. He talks pretty openly about his background and his current life, and comes across as an interesting guy. He has got ...

Omnicom continues to bring up the rear among ad holding companies as they battle with the effects of Covid-19, seeing Q3 2020 organic drop 11.7%, half the drop in Q2 (24.7%) but still well behind rivals Publicis Groupe and Interpublic. ...