Media

While predictions abound about what’s coming our way in 2020, one thing is for certain: another year of regular pitches and account reviews. Setting aside the business uncertainty caused by clients repitching, we all know that the pitch is the ...

Independent Out of Home specialist Talon Outdoor has appointed Imran Elahi to the newly created role of head of digital. Elahi is charged with driving digital OOH innovation alongside Talon’s Strategy and Transformation teams. Elahi (left) has more than ten ...

Do teaser ads work? Here’s an enigmatic effort from Super Bowl regular Doritos featuring Sam Elliott and Lil Nas X (no, me neither). Does Doritos merit such drama? May do if Goodby is on the case. And Budweiser is reprising ...

Fewer Super Bowl ads seem to have surfaced early this year (after all if you’re spending $5m on thirty seconds it may as well be a premiere.) Budweiser, a Super Bowl regular, has probably spent rather more on this and ...

The recent furore around the BAFTA short list is a reminder that our audiences expect to see diversity on screen. BAFTA has been working on expanding its membership for a while, so the shortlist – criticised for its absence of ...

BBC director general Tony Hall (aka Lord Hall of Birkenhead, there are some perks in that vale of tears) is stepping down, leaving the job of hanging on to the licence fee in face of a hostile Tory government to ...

Drinks giant Diageo has shortlisted inclumbent Dentsu Aegis’ Carat, Publicis Media and Omnicom’s PHD for its global media planning and buying account, worth an estimated $1bn. Diageo brands include Johnnie Walker, Guinness and Smirnoff. In the pitch, like some other ...

It’s an industry obsessed by youth, so you’ve done pretty well if you’ve held on to a job in advertising past the age of 40. Now there’s a new awards show, 40 Over Forty, that offers the opportunity to admit ...

Havas Media UK and Ireland CEO Matt Adams (below) is leaving to join digital agency Brainlabs as global MD. Adams is leaving on a high as the hitherto largely unremarked Havas Media has topped this year’s Campaign media agency new ...