Yes, Kanye West has launched his bid to be president of the US, setting himself up as a rival to one-time pal Donald Trump and hoping to take votes off Democrat candidate Joe Biden. West, husband of Kim Kardashian, has ...
Read More »MullenLowe’s Laurence Green: real time notes from last night’s IPA Effectiveness Awards
5.20pm. Ten minutes ‘til showtime and I’m nervous. I always am at these IPA Awards, even when I don’t have a dog in the fight. They’re the advertising Olympics for me, you see, thanks to the extraordinary scrutiny of its ...
Read More »BBH wins the IPA Effectiveness Grand Prix for the second time in a row, this time for Tesco ‘Every Little Helps’
In 2018 BBH won the IPA’s Effectiveness Grand Prix for Audi, and in 2020 the agency – working with MediaCom – bagged the biennual award again, thanks to the Tesco ‘Every Little Helps’ campaign. The pic is of BBH joint ...
Read More »Grey wins Carlsberg international role
WPP’s Grey has won a role as Carlsberg’s “global advertising partner” although the Danish brewer says it will continue to work with local agencies too – good news for the UK’s Fold7 presumably, among others. Grey has handled Carlsberg’s Tuborg ...
Read More »Jack Daniel’s and Energy BBDO brew an internet winner with ‘Make It Count’
Jack Daniels, claimed to be the world’s most valuable spirits brand, may have another ‘Wassup’ on its hands with “I always wanted to do that,” the centrepiece of its first global campaign ‘Make it Count.’ From energy BBDO. The campaign ...
Read More »Leagas Delaney client World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize
Leagas Delaney has won lots of awards in its time but contributing to a Nobel Prize is something special. Longstanding client the World Food Programme (WFP) has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for its contribution to bettering conditions for ...
Read More »The Media and Marketing Podcast – Jo Allan of Newsworks
The latest Media and Marketing Podcast, hosted by John Reynolds, features newly-appointed Newsworks MD Jo Allan. Allan is a former senior executive at Dentsu Aegis Network. Newsworks is the marketing agency for British national newspapers. Listen to the podcast here.
Read More »FrmDecisions breakaway joins rival consultancy MediaPath
More upheavals in the increasingly busy world of media consulting: former FirmDecisions boss Stephen Broderick (below) and colleagues Fiona Foy, Tony Whittingstall and David Reid are joining rival MediaPath Compliance. Firm Decisions is the auditing and compliance division of listed ...
Read More »UK’s New Commercial Arts blasts on to world stage with Vodafone global creative
We all expected something special from New Commercial Arts – the new agency from adam&eve founders James Murphy and David Golding with former BBH creative Ian Heartfield and Wunderman Thompson’s Rob Curran – but winning Vodafone’s global creative in a ...
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