Wieden+Kennedy axes 20% in Portland
Wieden+Kennedy Portland, the HQ of what remains the world’s flagship independent creative agency, is laying off 90 people, a swingeing […]
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AI is disrupting ads: here’s what Coach and Lil Nas X are doing with it
AI is encroaching steadily into the world of advertising, and with the recent launch of ChatGPT’s new Sora text-to-video tool,
WPP UK president Karen Blackett quits after 29 years
Karen Blackett is leaving WPP – no word on where she’s going – after three decades in which she has
Tannenbaum leaves IPG’s That Lot for social agency Kairos
Social and influencer agency Kairos has hired Laura Tannenbaum from IPG’s That Lot as its new MD EMEA. At That
Wonderhood marks leap year with extra day off
London’s Wonderhood Studios is to give all its employees an extra day’s holiday to compensate them for, in effect, working
More changes at WPP’s GroupM as EssenceMediacom US boss steps down
WPP is still ringing the changes at its US GroupM media operation. Now EssenceMediacom North America CEO Jill Kelly (below)
Brothers and Sisters nabs TNT Sports from Saatchi
Indie London agency Brothers and Sisters has reportedly nabbed the TNT Sports account from Saatchi & Saatchik without a pitch.
Vladimir Putin fronts up for PETA?
Vladimir Putin is everywhere these days (worse luck) but you don’t see him much in ad campaigns. Charity PETA (People
M&C hires sport-specialist creative director
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment – now described rather improbably as the “passions agency” – has hired Conall McAteer from
Miron embarks on long goodbye as CEO of UK media giant Global
Stephen Miron is stepping down as group CEO of Global, one of the UK’s biggest media and entertainment companies. Global