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Out of home giant Clear Channel is finally to escape from the clutches of US radio operator iHeart Media which is restructuring to escape huge debts (a mere $20bn) incurred by private equity “investors.” Clear Channel is best known for ...

Sarah De Martin is the UK MD of Artefact, Europe’s largest independent data-driven marketing group. She was previously managing partner at Omnicom’s OMD, and has previously worked at Initiative and Starcom. Desert Island Ads At Artefact, we’re in the business ...

Mother is trying a new approach to global expansion by appointing its first set of international executive creative directors, Susan Hosking and Peter Robertson. The pair – both from New Zealand – have been working together at Mother London since ...

British Airways is marketing its centenary this year (the centenary of its many forebears actually, it didn’t become BA until 1974) with an Ogilvy campaign hymning..good old Britain. And flying the flag (a rather more memorable BA campaign than anything ...

WPP’s new agency construct Wunderman Thompson has unveiled its new logo from sister firm Landor – in essence a big plus sign cross plus the names – and some more visual stuff intended to summarise its new dynamic nature. So ...

Adam&eveDDB has won Unilever’s Surf after a pitch, with a brief to take on P&G’s Bold and own label brands. So will it be a god old-fashioned battle of the brands with two ladies in a kitchen discussing whose is ...

Carling was first brewed in Canada (by a Brit) and is now owned by Canadian brewing giant Molson Coors – so what could be more relevant in its first TV campaign for two years than focussing on its British heritage ...

Out of Home (OOH) is a thriving medium in the media landscape, particularly due to the continued rise of digital. There has been ample investment by media owners into this area, which has culminated into a strong Digital Out of ...

Microsoft was the top scoring big brand at last night’s NFL Super Bowl according to behavioural science firm System1 Research. It’s ‘We All Win’ featuring its adaptive controller which lets children with disabilities play video games and use tech hardware ...