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Agency Above+Beyond made a punchy debut for Subway with an ad around a somewhat implausible ram raid, which we didn’t like very much. But it’s coming out punching again, taking on Napoli, the home of the pizza, with an offer ...

We all know you either love or hate Marmite but now the venerable brand is trying to turn haters into lovers via hypnosis – is this legal? You have to sign up for the “full experience” it says here. And ...

Facebook is running a nice ‘Privacy is Personal’ campaign by Possible, good because it’s clear, understated and human. Privacy issues continue to dog Facebook – and rivals like Twitter and Google – and will no doubt continue to do so ...

Something called the London International Awards seems to have landed itself in hot water at an event for young creatives in Las Vegas (no, me neither but it’s warmer than London) by inviting defenestrated Droga5 CCO Ted Royer to speak. ...

Can it really be 25 years since Smirnoff ran a global campaign? That’s what they say and Diageo’s biggest vodka brand is back with a cinema-style effort from 72andSunny New York, ‘infamous since 1864.’ Smirnov, as it then was had ...

It’s the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka this weekend and Japan’s own Honda, whose engines have enjoyed a modest degree of success this year with Red Bull, is celebrating its long association with the sport with a new ad from ...

Spark44 is the agency 50 per cent owned by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) which handles most of JLR’s work (you won’t be surprised to hear.) Some of it good, some somewhat last year, or decade, like the star-studded ads for ...

There’s a new kid on the data-driven block, Interpublic’s Kinesso, a “precision targeting and optimisation” outfit driven by IPG’s Acxion, the data business it bought last year for $2.2bn. This will include Cadreon IPG’s addressable media business. Kinesso’s CEO is ...

Sir Martin Sorrell isn’t just a critic (see yesterday) but a doer too. Now his new S4Capital has “merged” Firewood, claimed to be Silicon Valley’s largest digital agency with MediaMonks, the foundation of the S4 empire. Firewood, reported to have ...