Independent production company Sundog Pictures is launching its new feature documentary Breaking the Taboo online, replacing the traditional theatrical window with a global launch on YouTube. Breaking the Taboo uncovers the UN-sanctioned war on drugs, charting its origins and its ...
Read More »Tesco to dump failed US venture Fresh & Easy
All companies make mistakes at some point and Fresh & Easy was a massive one for Tesco. So now Tesco is to close or offload (if it’s lucky) its West Coast convenience store venture: not just putting the patient out ...
Read More »Sir Martin Sorrell reveals what he’s like – a bit
In an illuminating interview with Matthew Gwyther, editor of Management Today. Sorrell has just been voted their business leader of the year, or something, so he fronts up and reveals some of what bugs him personally – his relationship with ...
Read More »McCann takes on production specialists with Craft
McCann Worldgroup is taking on the independent production giants like Williams Lea-owned Tag with a big production arm of its own, Craft. Interpublic-owned Craft says it is happy to work with other agencies and creative companies but has no plans ...
Read More »Murdoch closes iPad paper The Daily – Rupert doesn’t really get new media does he?
Fairly fresh from losing over $500m on MySpace, News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch has now closed The Daily, his much-trumpeted iPad newspaper. Rupert says: “From its launch, The Daily was a bold experiment in digital publishing and an amazing vehicle ...
Read More »Hammer the tax avoiders like Starbucks and Amazon by all means – but don’t forget UK jobs
There’s a grave danger that the witch-hunt against global brands who fail to pay their “fair share” of UK corporation tax will boomerang on the political class that has instigated it. Google, Amazon and Starbucks have been chief whipping boys ...
Read More »M&C Saatchi opens new office in Stockholm
Talking of Scandinavia (which we were, Norway anyway) ambitious network M&C Saatchi Worldwide is opening an office in Sweden, its 27th around the world. The new agency will be headed by CEO Bjarte Eide (far right) with co-creative directors Martin ...
Read More »Taco Bell media planning task outs new Publicis Groupe media contender Spark
It seems that you can’t have too many media agencies these days (unless you’re Omnicom) and Publicis Groupe has quietly launched a third to add to Starcom and Zenith, Spark headed by long-serving Starcom exec Chris Boothe (left). Spark has ...
Read More »What exactly is going on with Oreo, The Martin Agency, Wieden+Kennedy and Interpublic?
Oreo, now owned by Mondelez, has added Interpublic’s The Martin Agency to its roster to handle US creative business. Which is a bit of a surprise as we all thought it was headed to Wieden+Kennedy Portland following that agency’s appointment ...
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