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Five weeks ago we speculated (go on, predicted) that there would be big changes at Omnicom (and at Publicis Groupe) following the failure of the two ad giants’ proposed $35bn merger. The first such has come to pass with Omnicom ...

Omnicom, still licking its wounds (or maybe breathing a sigh of relief) after the failure of its merger with Publicis Groupe, has produce a timely acquisition all of its own – Germany’s agency of the year Heimat, which employs over ...

There are some signs that Apple is getting its mojo back – the iPhone 5S seems to have reclaimed the handle of most desirable phone from Samsung – which won’t hurt TBWA’s chances of hanging on to the account. And ...

More evidence emerges that Apple is rocky at TBWA – or that TBWA is rocking in anticipation. TBWA has replaced long-serving LA boss Carisa Bianchi with TBWA/Media Arts Lab exec Luis DeAnda (left), which may mean that the new, more ...

This is a more like it from Apple and TBWA: the launch commercial for the new iPad Air. Makes you want one (and hang the money) and it’s quite a long time since an Apple ad did that. The pencil ...

Advertising is always said to have played a pivotal role in the Apple phenomenon, ever since Ridley Scott’s iconic 1984 commercial launched the Macintosh. Founder Steve Jobs allegedly used to oversee all the ads along with TBWA Media Arts Lab’s ...

The Motherication of McCann carries on apace with the appointment of Zaid Al-Zaidy as CEO from chief strategy officer. Al-Zaidy (left) was previously CSO at TBWA London but before that worked with Co-CCOs (sorry for all these C-suites) Rob Doubal ...

My previous piece on the famous advertising lunch got me thinking about the ones that were truly about making history. When we went through the process of selling Simons Palmer to Omnicom it became clear the interest was purely for ...

I’ve just read a story written by a female journalist about the new Bridget Jones book where she reminisces about life as a scribbler back in the days when Bridget was a singleton. It got me thinking about the status ...