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Jane Austin in Cannes: Cindy Gallop calls out sexist behaviour at Cannes
Some male advertising professionals behind entries for the Glass Lion for Change category this year are definitely not practicing what…
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Jane Austin in Cannes: is it time to listen to the introverts?
There’s something about coming to Cannes Lions (year in year out) that makes you wonder about your life and your…
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Jane Austin in Cannes: Elon Musk defends notorious “Go f**k yourself” to advertisers
Elon Musk doesn’t want all advertisers to go fuck themselves, just the ones who aren’t fans of the disinformation, hate…
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Jane Austin in Cannes: marketing morphs into (new-style) funny old game
After years spent in a humourless wilderness, advertisers are re-embracing comedy. Why did it take them so long, one might…
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Jane Austin in Cannes: marketers pick a bad time to shrink from DE&I
You’d think the far-right surge in the European elections, racist and misogynist fervour escalating on social media and the possibility…
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Jane Austin in Cannes: first the annual salad of pointless verbiage…
Like clockwork, the creative industries descend on The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity every June to shape its future…
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Jane Austin in Cannes: a cry for help from battered CMOs – “I’m still branding”
Why aren’t CMOs looking more knackered? The only explanation can be industrial amounts of Botox and filler. I say this…
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Jane Austin in Cannes: creativity under fire – but a richly-deserved Film Grand Prix for CALM
Cannes week has ended and the AI backlash is already in full swing. Maybe it’s the collective hangover, but along…
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Jane Austin: work with activists and be more like Colleen – five Cannes commandments
Now that Cannes is behind us, it’s worth reflecting on what that was all about and what, if anything, we…
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