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Media tycoon and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg – ‘call me Mike’ – has enlisted what he hopes is the power of advertising in his bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination, spending an eye watering $37m in a week ...

It’s a rum old state of affairs when the two of the liveliest characters in adland are well into their eighth decade but 74 year old Sir Martin Sorrell, currently disrupting away at S4Capital, has been joined in the limelight ...

Comedian and their comedy roasts are appearing more and more often in ads, sometimes to annoying effect – think Nationwide. They may be funny/diverting once but the same joke over and over again pales somewhat. But Greenpeace and agency Nice ...

Advertising Week has joined the ever-growing list of “supporters” abandoning Prince Andrew”s Pitch@Palace tech initiative, aimed at drumming up funds for start-ups. Andrew, AKA the Duke of York, was due to pitch up at next year’s Advertising Week Europe shindig ...

Here’s another effort to save the world – this time from the dreaded plastic – from Possible Moscow (still part of the WPP empire one presumes) for Greenpeace Russia. It’s an interesting spin on a hunting culture – with a ...

S4Capital’s executive chairman Sir Martin Sorrell (he really wants us to remember the executive bit) is bestriding the business world like a mini-colossus, as if nothing has changed from his WPP days (except he always works in a plug for ...

By Colin Wheeler So for England it wasn’t to be. Congratulations South Africa, and this will mean so much more than just winning a World Cup for the Rainbow nation as it continues to unite its diversity. But what a ...

The UK’s National Audit Office doesn’t think much of the Government’s ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign – costing a supposed £100m – reporting that: “On 1 September 2019, the government launched a major communications campaign to help individuals and businesses ...

Do Budweiser and new agency on the block Deutsch New York entirely get football? Latest in Bud’s ‘King’ campaign is one Sergio Ramos, captain of Real Madrid and veteran Spanish international who’s known, shall we say, for not taking prisoners. ...