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IPG-owned Initiative Media is used to losing business sometimes – like many agency-owned media shops its fortunes rise and fall with those of the agency attached to it, in its case Lowe – but it must be a touch surprised ...

Wieden+Kennedy beat agency of record DraftFCB to the task of making Oreo’s Super Bowl ad and it always seemed rather odd that brand owner Mondelez (officially at least) stuck to the story that Oreo would then return to DraftFCB for ...

As my friend Stuart Smith has remarked, events like the Super Bowl and now The Oscars are, arguably, more important showcases for agencies (US ones anyway) than events like Cannes or The One Show. So thanks to the excellent Brandchannel ...

Former Kinetic boss has shaken up the out of home buying business no end by winning huge chunks of business for his UK indie Talon. Biggest client is Omnicom’s OMG; next big one might be one of Publicis Groupe’s Starcom ...

Here’s Wieden+Kennedy’s Oreo Super Bowl ad for Mondelez, with the obligatory consumer competition this time using Instagram. As everybody expected it’s a cookies vs cream bunfight, appropriately over the top and set in a library. And the verdict? It’s OK, ...

OK, here’s Merkley & Partner’s Super Bowl effort for the Mercedes CLA. This version anyway is 5×30 seconds, which comes in at about $20m on airtime (maybe they’re getting a volume discount). And surely the voiceover says you can get ...

Earlier today we had Hyundai Canada’s Super Bowl contender, now here’s the US version (these South Koreans really buy into that Super Bowl vibe – $4m for thirty seconds). This is for the Santa Fe SUV and you can see ...

Here we go: Deutsch LA have been busy bees; producing VW’s Jamaican-themed opus for the Super Bowl on Sunday and also this one for Taco Bell showing a bunch of senior citizens partying at the popular eaterie. Deutsch recently muscled ...

Roll up, roll up, for the most expensive ad in the world. Volkswagen is about to spend $10m on a single, minute-long airtime execution. Why so pricey? Well, it’s not production values that make it so – however meticulous the ...