“Why do you need yet another panel on diversity when you have the Glass Lion?” observed an ECD out in Cannes this week who shall remain nameless. With sexist ads back in the news this week, it is a comment ...

Snapchat’s Ferris wheel gets Arthur Sadoun in a spin The Snapchat Ferris wheel in front of the Palais this year has made one important French man very, very angry. Ad Age reports that Publicis Groupe boss Arthur Sadoun stated the ...

The robots are taking over at Publicis Groupe Publicis Groupe is stopping all of its agencies around the world from participating in awards shows and trade shows for over a year, so no Cannes for them next year. The cash ...

Cannes Lions has long been referred to as adland’s Oscars. And in the same spirit, much excitement has long revolved around who will win the Film Grand Prix. But the extent to which this is still valid is debateable in ...

The UN steps in to ban stereotypes in ads You know there’s trouble when the UN shows up. The United Nations was in Cannes this week to gather together the world’s biggest advertisers, including Google and Facebook, to combat “the ...

New Yorker editor analyses fake news Donald Trump’s abuse of the truth is no longer funny, New Yorker editor David Remnick told Cannes. “It’s an emergency,” he said. He likened the spread of fake news to climate change, adding: “We ...

Cannes again. Normally we heave a deep sigh of resignation as we slap on the fake tan and brace ourselves for another week of waking up exhausted everyday to listen to people talk about themselves. This year however we are ...

Up to seven in ten women across the globe experience physical and/or sexual violence at some point in their lifetime. Despite decades of campaigning to combat the problem, it’s feared that under our current climate of fear and intolerance, it’s ...

Cannes Lions 2016 will be chiefly remembered as the backdrop to the mother of all hangovers, with the Brexit result puncturing the advertising bubble at the week’s end and giving the industry even fewer reasons to be cheerful. But, along ...