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Ad folk are ever willing to place themselves between a lion’s jaws in the pursuit of new business so here’s a big opportunity: Elon Musk has said he’s considering running ads for Tesla, after years of relying on word of ...

More total barminess from Twitter owner Elon Musk. He launched a Twitter poll on Sunday (saying he’d abide by the verdict) asking users if he should step down as CEO. Surprise, surprise 57.5% of 17.5m who responded said ‘Yes.’ Only ...

Elon Musk’s misguided and, latterly, crazed acquisition of Twitter for $44bn (a fair amount of it borrowed) hasn’t brought much benefit to anyone. Musk himself as well as the thousands of Twitter employees sacked and those remaining in fear of ...

Wieden+Kennedy New York’s ‘Built Ford Proud’ is a blue collar campaign if ever there was one and its latest iteration – readied for the Kentucky Derby (blue collar too) – takes a pop at an unnamed individual who’s very noisy ...

Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44bn (with a third of the money coming from banks) but it’s far from clear how he’s going to get the money back. But maybe that’s not the point. Very rich people (Musk is ...

Snickers owner Mars has denied Twitter gossips that it’s changing the format of its top selling confectionery to remove so-called “dick veins’ from its surface. Following a Twitter kerfuffle when someone noticed a smooth Snicker, Mars said: “contrary to what’s ...

Is Donald Trump the man to rein in social media? Given that he seems to operate largely via Twitter this is a strange prospect – but the Donald is threatening Twitter with an un-specified ‘executive order” after it placed a ...

Women’s domestic abuse charity Solace Women’s Aid is using a new Twitter feature to reveal a hidden side of domestic abuse. #HiddenAbuse Solace says that it takes six and a half years for a woman to leave an abusive relationship ...

Last month Twitter rolled out a new video ad bidding option. It allows advertisers and marketers to run videos of 15 seconds or shorter, but they’ll only be charged if the user watches the ad for a full six seconds. ...