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The UK’s Daily Mirror newspaper has survived a lot of things – even the noxious Robert Maxwell (whose shade still haunts us via the unlikely route of Buckingham Palace resident Prince Andrew and his pal Ghislaine) – but Covid-19 is ...

Sir Martin Sorrell (below) seems to have made a new brigade of enemies by branding PR as, inter alia, defined by “press releases,” (fair enough), “gin-soaked lunches” (didn’t have too many of those pre-lockdown) and “analogue” (has this man no ...

Looks like Hancock’s Half Hour, the once-daily media briefings on Covid-19, usually hosted by health secretary Matt Hancock, are about to make a comeback – although not about the virus we hope. The Government is reportedly planning to introduce “White ...

The World Out of Home Organization (WOO) – which represents Out of Home media owners, national associations and specialist media agencies worldwide – has appointed New Commercial Arts to handle a major global campaign to promote the medium as Covid-19 ...

Omnicom has lured French car giant Peugeot away from Havas after 30 years – with a new bespoke agency called (bear with us) O.P.EN, short for OMNICOM for PEUGEOT Engine. O.P.EN becomes Peugeot’s global agency of record on a three-year ...

The news about Andy Main (below) being seduced by WPP to leave Deloitte’s and take on the captaincy of the good ship Ogilvy is a glimpse of the future for the industry. Across the board historically the top job usually ...

Latest data from Ada shows the UK population is returning to the high street with footfall up across shopping malls, department stores and supermarkets Talon Outdoor reports the latest findings from their proprietary Out of Home data management platform Ada, ...

Amazon is the world’s most valuable brand in these straightened times according to research firm Kantar, worth $415bn (up 32 per cent on last year.) The top ten is Amazon; Apple ($352bn + 14%), Microsoft ($326bn + 30%), Google ($323 ...

S4 Capital’s Sir Martin Sorrell is still busily deal-making (via Zoom presumably) lining up a deal to buy Australia’s Lens10 digital agency to be merged with programmatic business MightyHive and a headline-worthy addition to S4’s board, former Ogilvy boss Miles ...