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In the blue corner, barefoot Brian Whipple, global CEO of Accenture Interactive, kicked off his shoes and sipped a pint of beer. In the red corner, Martin Sorrell, executive chairman of S4 Capital, drank water with a slice of lemon ...

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 ...

Apple has been annointed Cannes Lions Creative Marketer of the Year for the first time. Cannes Lions MD Simon Cook says: “The company’s marketing and communications consistently showcases creative excellence. Apple Inc. has created a culture that drives marketing strategies ...

The British Arrows Awards, formerly the British Television Advertising Awards until it all got more complicated, has finished its deliberations and, to no-one’s great surprise Wieden+Kennedy’s ‘Nothing beats a Londoner’ for Nike is its ad of the year. Nike is ...

Advertising’s venerable Gunn Report which provides award rankings has been rebranded as WARC Rankings by newish owner Ascential, which owns and operates the Cannes Lions. Estimable MD Emma Wilkie is stepping down at the end of January. WARC stands for ...

One way or another India features heavily in awards these days and here’s another candidate that surely has a Cannes category in waiting. It’s by Dentsu Webchutney for Chakra Tea and the wheeze in question is a tea kettle that ...

Omnicom won Cannes this year with BBDO crowned network of the year for the seventh time and the UK’s adam&eveDDB named creative agency of the year followed by Omnicom/BBDO’s AMV BBDO and BBDO New York. Jung Von Matt was the ...

Cannes Lions has named the 413 jurors who’ll be sitting in darkened rooms as delegates sample the delights of La Croisette. This year they come from 50 countries including Georgia, Nigeria, Kenya and Sri Lanka for the first time. 46 ...

Those tectonic plates in adland are indeed shifting and conclusive evidence is that The&Partnership’s Johnny Hornby won’t be partying at Cannes on a yacht this year. Many of those who’ve enjoyed JH’s hospitality in the past are still mopping their ...