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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 ...

I see that the Cannes International Festival of Creativity took nearly £63m this year, 40 per cent from entries, 40 per cent from delegate passes and the rest from various partnerships. Agencies, notably Publicis and, to a lesser degree, WPP ...

With some 15,000 attendees from 100 countries across eight days, the Cannes International Festival of Creativity – Cannes Lions – is the planet’s biggest gathering of the advertising, creative, digital and marketing world. It’s also one of the biggest networking ...

New Yorker editor analyses fake news Donald Trump’s abuse of the truth is no longer funny, New Yorker editor David Remnick told Cannes. “It’s an emergency,” he said. He likened the spread of fake news to climate change, adding: “We ...

Cannes again. Normally we heave a deep sigh of resignation as we slap on the fake tan and brace ourselves for another week of waking up exhausted everyday to listen to people talk about themselves. This year however we are ...

The party’s over at Cannes, at least for the Daily Mail. Cannes organiser Ascential is cracking down on “inappropriate” behaviour at this month’s Festival and has singled out the Daily Mail/Mail Online for its raucous parties on yacht alley. The ...