The content revolution arguably began a decade or so ago with a series of big budget film-type films for BMW. Cars are still making the running although comedy has taken over. Recently we had Kelly Brook performing for Hyundai and ...
Read More »WPP tightens grip on global Jaguar Land Rover
Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover is selling container loads of cars to Americans, Chinese and just about anybody outside cash-strapped Europe; defying the sceptics who thought that its purchase by the huge Indian conglomerate was a recipe for disaster. It has ...
Read More »And today’s new agency from WPP is 171 Worldwide for HTC – with Robert Downey Jnr
WPP is becoming more like a department store than a holding company: what sort of agency would you like Mr Client? A big one that produces average stuff everywhere (Team Detroit for Ford) or something a bit more fashionable? One ...
Read More »WPP-owned Team Detroit’s new boss David Murphy has to be good at politics as well as selling Fords
WPP is famous for creating bespoke agencies for its clients (the latest is Plus for Chanel) but the daddy of them all is Team Detroit for Ford, a Dearborn-based operation that comprises people from six WPP agencies and handles all ...
Read More »WPP unveils first Lincoln ad from newly-minted bespoke agency Hudson Rouge
WPP, proud co-owner of Team Detroit with Ford (and Blue Hive outside the US for other bits of Ford) has set up a new agency called Hudson Rouge (well it’s based in New York) for Lincoln, Ford’s struggling luxury brand. ...
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