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It’s the British Open golf at Portrush in Northern Ireland and some big stars have been caught in the rough – local favourite Rory McIlroy (who hasn’t been the same since he appeared in those awful Santander ads) and Masters ...

Publicis Groupe CEO Arthur Sadoun has a problem. His long-awaited ‘Power of One’ transformation is still stuck in the garage it seems, as the French ad holding group reports second quarter organic growth of just 0.1 per cent, missing analysts’ ...

Campaign seems to have landed itself in hot water with its cover story interview with Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, editor Claire Beale producing a long mea culpa today. She says the reaction from readers was overwhelmingly negative – making ...

Publicis has taken another powder in North America, losing Ebay’s media account to WPP’s MediaCom in a closed pitch between the two holding companies. Mediacom already handled the $250m global business in Europe and Australia. Publicis CEO Arthur Sadoun today ...

The men’s football season is almost upon us (does it ever go away?) and Puma seems to be first out of the blocks with this effort from French agency Lafourni, hymning the style and swagger that make up ‘the flow.” ...

Is Omnicom – which owns BBDO, TBWA, DDB and Omnicom Media Group among others – doing well or badly? Its shares fell three per cent yesterday when it reported a 3.6 per cent drop in second quarter revenue in Q2 ...

Here’s a viral ad success story from China, poking fun at customers: surely not? Actually it’s from Taiwan for national carrier China Airlines, courtesy of Leo Burnett, and the Chinese language version has over six million YouTube views. Which tells ...

Who’s the best actor in ads? Move over Idris Elba and even Robert De Niro, surely it’s former Man United enfant terrible Eric Cantona? We’ve already had him wowing the ladies of Alsace by pretending to be a farmer and ...

Thinkbox, the UK commercial TV marketing body, has appointed Mother to its creative account. Mother takes over from The Red Brick Road which handled Thinkbox for its first 12 years. Media stays with MediaCom. Thinkbox marketing director Andrew MacGillivray says: ...