Politics
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Jane Austin: sidelining of DEI at Cannes reflects an alarming regression
Remember when brands at Cannes wouldn’t shut up about how they wanted to save the world? Naturally, they didn’t mean…
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Channel 4 goes loud and proud on DEI
Not so long ago the world’s companies, including agencies and ad holding groups, were falling over themselves to boast of…
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Trump tariff wars hit global adspend, top marketers in no-man’s land
US businesses lined up behind Donald Trump in last year’s Presidential election and now they’re seeing the consequences: trade tariffs,…
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UK government unhealthy food ban in disarray
The UK government’s move to ban advertising before 9pm (and anywhere online) for so-called less healthy foods (high fat, salt…
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Pablo and Unlimited combo scoops more UK government business
The combo of independent Pablo and Accenture Song’s Unlimited seems to have taken over from M&C Saatchi as the UK…
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Channel 4 doesn’t need a visionary but it could do with a new vision
Is there a future for UK broadcaster Channel 4? The one-time enfant terrible of the UK broadcasting scene has been…
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Musk’s Tesla needs some urgent brand repairs
Agencies have been arguing until they’re blue in the face that brand building is the key to sustained corporate growth.…
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Publicis Groupe begins 2025 with 4.9% growth – sticks to forecasts despite Trumponomics
Publicis Groupe has started 2025 more or or less as it finished 2024, reporting organic growth in Q1 of 4.9%.…
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Apple cops big French fine – are Trump’s Big Tech buddies in Euro firing line?
How will Big Tech fare under Donald Trump’s new tariff regime? We don’t know yet of course (does Trump?) but…
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