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 ...
Read More »House 337 and BlinkInk craft winning wake-up call for PETA
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 ...
Read More »Women’s Equality Party takes aim at banal police messages with hard-hitting women’s safety campaign
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 ...
Read More »In a personality-free world Rupert Murdoch continues to intrigue at 92
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 ...
Read More »Le crunch: BBC boss Tim Davie and Gary Lineker were once Walkers allies
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 ...
Read More »Conservatives go for hard-hitting messages around immigration policy
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 ...
Read More »BBH notches Premier League win – some interesting issues down the line
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 ...
Read More »Does Sport England need a different tune for ‘This Girl Can?’
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 ...
Read More »Dentsu among top Japanese agencies indicted for Tokyo Olympics bid-rigging
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 ...
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