Analysis
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Ian Bates of Prophecy: the chorus line of celebrities are the real enemies of Cannes, not the tech companies
Blaming tech companies for the current soul searching being undertaken by the Cannes festival owner Ascential has become a fashionable…
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George Parker: Andrew Essex on The End of Advertising
At the time I started to write this review, the world’s third largest holding company, Publicis, announced that they would…
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Cannes Lions gives thumbs down to (most) British agencies
Are Cannes Lions an accurate guide to the health of an agency, even a whole industry? Not everyone enters of…
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Tom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: why advertisers really need more training
On this week’s #MediaSnack Tom and David discuss training, knowledge and skills in media. As part of their review of…
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Jane Austin: adland needs to do more to counter stereotyping than award a Glass Lion
“Why do you need yet another panel on diversity when you have the Glass Lion?” observed an ECD out in…
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McKinsey says world’s top performing companies score highest in creative awards
Not being at Cannes I can’t speak about the quality of the presentations – I leave that to my good…
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Is big agency threat to Cannes about money or relevance?
Is Publicis Groupe right to pull out of the Cannes International Festival of Creativity and all the other big international…
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How Lego revived itself through embracing social disruption
By Anthony Svirskis As a case study in how a brand turned around its financial fortunes by wholeheartedly embracing the…
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Jane Austin: can film survive in a mobile-mad ad world?
Cannes Lions has long been referred to as adland’s Oscars. And in the same spirit, much excitement has long revolved…
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