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AB InBev has joined P&G and others in making at least some of its own ads, in its case with the in-house Draftline agency. It’s quicker and cheaper they say. Here’s a new effort for Bud Light (usually in the ...

Cannes seems to be delivering this year and it’s US agencies that are delivering most of the goodies. Three Craft Grand Prix were awarded: Film Craft for the much-lauded New York Times’ ‘The truth is worth it’ campaign from Droga5; ...

Chrissy Teigen is one of the funniest, sarkiest people on Twitter. The celebrity wit, author, and wife of John Legend, once tweeted: “I always have a note in my pocket that says “John did it” just in case I’m murdered ...

UK creative director Neil Dawson (below), a co-founder of BETC London which briefly flourished by winning Diet Coke and Bacardi globally, has set up a creative company Neil A Dawson and Company. Neil A Dawson starts with what today seems ...

London agency Impero has been looking at what it calls advertising’s “brain drain” – remember those, it used to be scientists abandoning the UK – in a new report called Rebranding Advertising. Burn-out, mental health, a lack of diversity and ...

Wieden+Kennedy’s ‘Dream Crazy’ campaign for Nike featuring US football player Colin Kaepernick won the first of what may be a number of Grand Prix at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity. Outdoor jury president John Patroulis said the Nike work ...

Welcome to the new MAA Book Shop (see ads right.) The idea to create an online book store dedicated to advertising came out of conversations with people who admitted they had never read a book on the subject. This seemed ...

Shnoosee Bailey is executive creative director of HeyHuman. Prior to HeyHuman she was ECD at Saatchi & Saatchi X and creative director at Publicis Dialog. My Top Tips for Cannes Once again, we’ve seen some impressive work from the industry ...

In stark contrast to McCann’s new Diet Coke adlet, Pepsico and AMV BBDO have re-united Paul Rudd and Michael Pena (who starred in Ant-Man in 2015 – no, me neither) in a big budget astronaut number. You kind of know ...