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Snapchat is redoubling its efforts to take on Facebook-owned Instagram and TikTok and has hired former Wieden+Kennedy star Colleen DeCourcy as its chief creative officer (CCO.) Former W+K CCO and president DeCourcy (below) says: “At Snap I’ve met a thoughtful ...

Engine Creative, still waiting to see what it’s going to be called under Next 15 ownership, retained the Green Flag roadside assistance business recently although Churchill departed to join Direct Line at Saatchi & Saatchi. Now it’s back with a ...

You have to hand it to the7stars (named after a pub), Britain’s biggest media independent and seemingly capable of spreading its wings too. Now it’s won Cunard’s combined UK creative and media business without a pitch, creative from Alpha Century ...

Creature London has sold to Dutch communications group, Candid, and is now the lead creative agency in a stable of 12 media, digital and creative companies, most of which are based in Holland. One of Candid’s Dutch agencies, XXS, is ...

Publicis Groupe has tightened its hold on the BT UK business, CRM moving to Digitas from WPP’s Wunderman Thompson with fellow Publicis agency Saatchi & Saatchi picking up BT Sport business, both without a pitch. Saatchi handles BT’s main consumer ...

Audiences for Rupert Murdoch’s new Talk TV are plummeting according to reports, with less than 60,000 people watching much-trumpeted (not least by him) Piers Morgan’s flagship Uncensored show. This was less on one night than Nigel Farage managed on GB ...

Mother LA has debuted for Peloton, good news for the nascent outpost of the London agency, not so good for adam&eveDDB New York which won Peloton a couple of years ago. Mother’s new line is ‘Motivation that moves you.’ The ...

The British public’s prudish streak is out in force this week. The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an Adidas ad for showing women’s breasts, and a Tesco ad for (almost) using swear words. Adidas caused some commotion earlier in the ...

The perils of pitching are nothing new but — despite a lot of talk — little is ever done about the problem. Maybe because plenty of people enjoy the drama, and everyone enjoys winning. Now that mental health is higher ...