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ITV has a lot of territory to defend as alternative viewing platforms gain ground, and Uncommon is helping the broadcaster do this with some very strong work. This new brand film pays tribute to the TV station’s public service remit, ...

It’s good news that advertising is represented in Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2019, but kind of strange that it’s an illustrated character whose inclusion looks confusingly like it could be part of a paid partnership. Jane Walker appears ...

Bet Toby Hoare never thought his last big job in advertising (assuming this is) would be as vice chairman of something called Wunderman Thomson – but it is. Hoare (below) is a former boss of Cordiant’s Bates group (once owned ...

Mother from the UK won Ad Age’s International Agency of the Year gong, following on its recent success as Campaign’s UK nomination. Readers with long memories may recall that it won MAA’s Agency of the Year too, the only one ...

Life has its burdens – obviously – but has it ever been quite as angsty as now? Especially if you’re a young man. We’ve had Gillette dipping both feet in the water (and getting them bitten) and now it’s Unilever’s ...

The UK may or may not be in recession or about to enter one as another six months of Brexit misery beckons but marketers seem to be trying to keep their end up. The latest IPA Bellwether Report from IHS ...

Bees are suffering it seems, with sone 700 American species threatened. So Pornhub and agency BETC Paris – who else? – are teaming with bee-saving organisations Operation Honey Bee and The Centre for Honeybee Research to launch ‘Beesexual,’ a new ...

Reading in MAA that Mother’s new campaign for Sky will continue to feature Idris Elba, I felt driven to burden MAA readers with my thoughts on “Star Fucking” in the ad biz. For years the title was held by BBDO, ...

Graham Fink, one of the ad world’s most talented and awarded creatives, is joining Seattle-based digital strategy and design studio This Place as CCO. This Place was co-founded by current chief design officer Ben Aldred and numbers T-Mobile USA, Ahold ...