Politics

WPP has joined the Media Freedom Cohort, comprising the likes of Associated Press, The New York Times, Microsoft, Google, BBC Media Action, Free Press Unlimited and more than 25 governments “to advance media freedom.” The Media Freedom Cohort was established ...

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is back with a new campaign from House 337, abandoning its usual high fashion territory for a faux kids’ film – ‘Red River Farm’ – with comedian and actress Jessie Cave. The ...

Travellers on the London Underground are bombarded by British Transport Police’s ‘See it. Say it. Sort it’ announcements about abandoned packages every 15 minutes or so. This incredibly annoying message is made worse as they turn the volume up even ...

Observers, and maybe some participants, often bemoan the lack of big personalities in the ad, marketing and media world. Since Sir Martin Sorrell was defenestrated from WPP the holding companies have been a more-or-less personality-free zone. Sorrell has done his ...

As the national crisis over Gary Lineker and Match of the Day – one which has involved the prime minister and even some important people – “inches to a conclusion,” according the Independent – it may be worth reminding ourselves ...

Rishi Sunak’s ambitious attempts to “Stop the boats” and lay down the law over immigration have been backed up immediately by some pretty scary-looking social media posts. At the same time, Gary Lineker is under fire for comparing the crackdown ...

BBH is probably having its best period since the halcyon days of messrs Bartle Bogle and Hegarty and the London agency has pipped Havas, Pablo and Wieden+Kennedy to the Premier League account, formerly handled by FCB Inferno. The Premier League ...

Sport England and FCB Inferno are back with more ‘This Girl Can,’ this time trying to close what they call the “enjoyment gap,” partly to blame, it seems, for the number of women not prepared (or able) to exercise. Sport ...

Dentsu, Hakuhodo, and ADK are among the firms and individuals facing criminal charges over bid-rigging for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Dentsu Group president and CEO Hiroshi Igarashi has already admitted Dentsu’s involvement and collusion in planning and fixing the pre-Games ...