Politics

You expect the unexpected from Diesel and it doesn’t let us down here: a film for Pride Month showing not just to the tricky journey from the gents to the ladies but the final destination of a convent. Featuring trans ...

IPG Mediabrands’ Magna is the latest to unveil its crystal ball (no plurals please) for 2020 and it’s forecasting a 7.2% drop in global adspend with what it calls linear (offline) media tumbling by 16% with digital inching up one ...

Interpublic’s Michael Roth is clearly trying to take the lead on ad agency employment amid Black Lives Matter and has released some data showing IPG’s BAME (black Asian minority ethnic) representation, compared to a peer group of other “professionals” including ...

Keith Cartwright’s new US agency Cartwright & Grey (a co-venture with WPP) is clearly P&G’s choice for its more contentious offerings on political and social matters and here’s its new ‘Black Lives Matter’ effort. It poses a series of questions, ...

Even by Fox News standards Tucker Carlson is, um, outspoken from his right wing bully pulpit. And he’s dropped himself in it again with comments on the ‘Black Lives Matter’ George Floyd protest. At least he has with some of ...

S4 Capital’s Sir Martin Sorrell (below) has been speaking at CogX, described as the “global leadership summit and festival for A1 and breakthrough technology” (better than going to Cannes obviously.) Here are some of the highlights: The End of Print: ...

The ad business in the US is panicking mightily over proposed privacy legislation in California, forcing companies to allow consumers to opt out of the sale of their data – worldwide. At the moment opt out requests can be ignored ...

Instead of waffling on about “must try harder” Goodby Silverstein & Partners is making a big statement in the wake of the George Floyd killing (and the fatal shooting in Louisville in March of Breonna Taylor) with “Being black is ...

Newly-anointed BBC director general Tim Davie (how long will it be until he’s called CEO?) certainly has stamina: a seasoned marathon runner and someone who’s ridden out a turbulent decade at the Beeb. Davie (above) is still defined for many ...