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Another day, another WPP AGM and a release pings in from old boss Sir Martin Sorrell’s spanking new S4 Capital. WPP AGMs seem positively soporific these days, compared to the good/bad old days of SMS. There isn’t even a shareholder ...

Iain Hunter is ECD of Stack. My Top Tips for Cannes It’s big, bold, brash, in-your-face Cannes, so I hope the campaigns that win are the ones that nod to the occasion. Ambitious, smart ideas that can be simply sold-in ...

Anyone who watches UK daytime TV (full disclosure, your correspondent sometimes does) will be familiar with van rental firm Vanarama’s chirpy staff hymning Van-A-Rama. Compared to much of the stuff (endless funeral plans, equity release schemes) it’s not the worst. ...

M&C Saatchi and media agency the7stars are reported to be launching a new agency M&C7: “to help clients align their media and creative thinking.” M&C London CEO Giles Hedger and the7stars co-founder Jenny Biggam are in charge. Creative agencies have ...

Sychronised orgasms are clearly a good thing (read the other day that ladies take 13 minutes on average, men rather less) so BETC/Havas in Brazil has created a campaign for Jontex’s new condom promoting this desirable end. Using various animals: ...

With Cannes Lions 2019 on the horizon, YouTube has released its Cannes YouTube Ads Leaderboard celebrating the most popular global video ads since last year’s festival. The Cannes Leaderboard shows a distinct trend towards long-form content, with winning ads averaging ...

Passengers at London’s busiest station Waterloo are being invited to join the Men In Black (London branch) in a diverting campaign from Sony Pictures to promote the new Men in Black: International film. The installation features MIB stars Chris Hemsworth ...

Gary Vaynerchuck’s VaynerMedia is one of the more interesting (relative) newbies on the ad scene and now the US-based agency has hired Leo Burnett’s former deputy CEO Sarah Baumann (below) as MD. VaynerX chairman and VaynerMedia CEO Vaynerchuck says: “After ...

Evian replaced its “Babies” campaign in the US last year with a more millennial-friendly approach, where “Live Young” became “I Wanna #LiveYoung.” The ads talked about electrolites and starred Gen Z celebs, but they just weren’t as cute as the ...