The Publicis Groupe share price was rising unsteadily this morning – and WPP with it, in sympathy perhaps – after the collective panic attack that hit markets yesterday after Publicis CEO Arthur Sadoun (below) reported growth falling by 0.3 per ...

One of the many benefits of being an A-lister is you and your mates can make ads for each others’ extra-acting products, as here with Hugh Jackman (Laughing Man good works coffee) and Ryan Reynolds (Aviator gin.) The two are ...

Paris in the spring evidently hasn’t sprung yet judging by these two outstanding print campaigns – from BETC Paris celebrating 100 years of Danone yogurt and TBWA\Paris for McDonald’s McDelivery service – but it’s still looking pretty good. Here’s Danone. ...

Adam&eveDDB is launching a global campaign for Mars’ Dreamies cat treats, which sounds pretty good. But the TV ads are a somewhat curmudgeonly twenty seconds. Presumably this bright idea came from global media agency MediaCom. Oh well, c’est la vie ...

Publicis Groupe is the first of the big ad holding companies to report its full year figures for 2018 and they’re a mixed bag, showing how hard it is in today’s marketplace for such companies. Organic revenue in 2018 rose ...

WPP via its GroupM media operation has achieved a coup, luring top-rated Pivotal Research Group analyst Brian Wieser to be its global president, business intelligence. Wieser spent eight years at Pivotal and has also worked at Interpublic’s Magna Global, Lehman ...

Campaign reckons that adam&eveDDB, Havas, Uncommon Creative Studio and Wonderhood Studios are pitching for the big Virgin Media account, formerly held by BBH. DDB handled it before BBH and its exit was a reason for the merger with adam&eve. Havas ...

Tennis ace Roger Federer ditched Nike in favour of a $300m ten-year contract with Uniqlo despite admitting that he was at the “back end” of his career. Well Uniqlo needs some bang for its bucks so it’s produced this. Federer ...

Out of home giant Clear Channel is finally to escape from the clutches of US radio operator iHeart Media which is restructuring to escape huge debts (a mere $20bn) incurred by private equity “investors.” Clear Channel is best known for ...