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MAA Ad of the Week: Cornish Orchards from The Corner
As we pore over the entrails of the holding companies and the performance all round at Cannes (where were the…
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Is the NHS pushing for an alcohol ad ban? Government says no – so that could mean anything
When the current UK government says it really, really is going to do something the odds are it won’t. First…
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What you didn’t hear at Cannes: everyone’s now an ad agency – which is bad news for ad agencies
David Jones’ Brandtech Group was one of the two big new tech-based outfits that set out to change ad holding…
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Global regulators up stakes in murky media marketplace
The US Federal Trade Commission has conditionally cleared Omnicom’s proposed merger with IPG by accepting a consent order that prevents…
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And here’s another AI generated masterpiece….
Are your ears bleeding from talk of AI? Clients are excited about it anyway, judging by the chatter from Cannes.…
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James Kirkham: from Cannes to Tehran, and our split screen era
The Cannes Lions festival has always been a reliable mirror for the advertising industry. Delegates wearing sunglasses on panels, sitting…
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Media agency pioneer Dominic Proctor dies
Dominc Proctor, one-time president of WPP’s GroupM and a man who served in the front line as media agencies took…
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Alexandra Jardine: final thoughts on Cannes; entertainment reigns while ads end in basement
It was somehow symbolic of the prominence of old-fashioned creativity at Cannes this year that a talk by Unilever and…
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WPP triumphs as Cannes Creative Company of the Year
WPP has had a torrid time over the past 18 months or so; shipping accounts and losing its status as…
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