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2017

23 OctoberNow £400m Sky, Campbell’s and Marriott review media accounts out of WPP
23 OctoberIs John Lewis planning a Gruffalo-style Christmas?
23 OctoberMcgarrybowen scores in Green & Blacks TV debut
23 OctoberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: who wants to be a media CEO?
20 OctoberIs F&B’s new Herbal Essences epic a good or bad hair day?
20 OctoberM&C’s Justin Tindall takes a kicking for diversity comment
20 OctoberMother hires raft of creatives for New York and LA
20 OctoberChristi Tronetti of Isobel: what brands need from agencies in an age of uncertainty
19 OctoberSnapchat leads social media ad growth, Facebook lags
19 OctoberIKEA turns up the volume in new Buzzman campaign
19 OctoberPublicis claws its way back in Q3 but may tempt a predator
19 OctoberTube bosses get their knickers in a twist over Lineker nudity
18 OctoberWall St Journal shows its perky side in new T&P campaign
18 OctoberLeaner Omnicom reports lower revenue, higher profits
18 OctoberGlobal force Anomaly wins major IKEA sustainability project
18 OctoberWPP delves into opponent ADK’s animation business
17 OctoberAdvertising Association fights to keep post-Brexit doors open
17 OctoberMullenLowe lands Amazon’s Whole Foods account
17 OctoberNew-style Leo Burnett London has dramatic new look
17 OctoberNow Publicis Groupe shuffles its UK media chiefs
16 OctoberADK says it’s going ahead with Bain Capital deal regardless of WPP objections
16 OctoberNatures Menu picks HeyHuman as first creative agency
16 OctoberWhat do John Lewis, adam&eve and Michel Gondry have in store for Christmas?
16 OctoberWhat will W+K London make of the dreaded Bud Light?
16 OctoberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: could Accenture buy Publicis Groupe?
16 OctoberHogarth Worldwide: from localisation and adaptation to creative excellence
13 OctoberAnomaly welcomes Sally Hansen to new reality of ‘Shetopia’
13 OctoberCorden’s back in town for Keurig – does he ever go away?
13 OctoberCHI’s Golding unveils ‘Bitcoin Bonus’ to drive machine magic
12 OctoberRocket wins £15m Freeview media
12 OctoberBurnett’s Sobhani reveals new creative influx
12 OctoberIsobel turns on the style for property company Hammerson
12 October180 Kingsday confirmed as Qatar Airways global agency
12 OctoberWPP’s Sorrell lets rip in ADK takeover battle
12 OctoberMore revolving doors: now Frampton exits Havas Media
11 OctoberWil Publicis’ new Spine put some backbone into data?
11 OctoberWill Voxi’s ‘endless connections’ connect with yoof?
11 OctoberWPP weighs fallout from Weinstein Company investment
11 OctoberBETC goes to the barricades for – cashmere?
11 OctoberMedia agency revolving doors at Carat, OMD and Starcom
10 OctoberFallon’s Collins to be new boss of Leo Burnett (and Fallon)
10 OctoberWhy agencies can’t ignore ethics as they chase the money
10 OctoberOMD’s Mendonca joins media brain drain away from agencies
10 OctoberNew-style BETC opens in LA with online dance project
10 OctoberBoursorama’s “bank you’d recommend” banks on Buzzman
9 OctoberTom Denford and David Indo of ID Comms: what’s ahead for 2018 media pitches?
9 OctoberWhich is the dog’s dinner – Pets At Home or Vodafone?
9 OctoberDove’s Facebook howler is a real beauty
9 OctoberGiles Keeble: advertising and selling, money or principle and where’s that great US work?
6 OctoberRosapark offers a breasts eyes view of Kalenji sports bras
6 OctoberDoes new CCO Karlsson signal better times at MDC’s CP+B?
6 OctoberWCRS pulls out all the stops in new Warburtons epic
6 OctoberGovernment promises “transparent” media review as big groups pitch for £140m
6 OctoberPublicis poaches Saffirio from Omnicom as Italy country boss
5 OctoberBurnetts’ Lawson is to be new Y&R London boss, Sharpe moves over to head VML Europe
4 OctoberPizza Hut’s new home delivery service is marooned in the 70s
4 OctoberMcCann raids Droga5 for new biz chief Lackey
4 OctoberNeil Davidson of HeyHuman: how brands can humanise AI
4 OctoberMore on musical chairs in London’s adland
4 OctoberWPP’s GTB orchestrates the emotions for £40m Fiesta relaunch
4 OctoberIotec: mobile ads have marketers well confused but that doesn’t stop them doing more of it
4 OctoberSainsbury’s tries to connect us to dinner in W+K’s latest
4 OctoberMentos says hello to a (possibly) bemused world
3 OctoberWho Wot Why lures client lead Faircloth from CP+B
3 OctoberDentsu Aegis wins over WPP in global AB InBev media review
3 October18 Feet & Rising lands transatlantic Popchips campaign
3 OctoberBuzzman provides a new spin on hot air for South Park game
2 OctoberBain Capital to buy Japan’s number three agency ADK
2 OctoberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: how to tackle ad fraud
2 OctoberIs it time for the holding company cockroaches to show what they’re made of?
2 OctoberBest ads of 2017: Now matches giants adam&eveDDB and Jung von Matt in September
29 SeptemberAdam&eve debuts telepathic Bulldog, wins for UK at Clios
29 SeptemberCreative Spirit launches in US by pitching with top agencies
29 SeptemberCHI offers multi-tasking sexy chocolate in Godiva debut
29 SeptemberAudi sends in the clowns in new BBH winner
29 SeptemberAdam&eveDDB spins a new move for EA Sports’ Ronaldo
28 SeptemberJohn Hegarty reveals the best (true) story he’s told
28 SeptemberNow WPP adds to the pressure on Cannes owner Ascential
28 SeptemberPlayboy founder Hugh Hefner dies at 91
27 SeptemberPublicis boss Sadoun poaches Ogilvy UK chief Annette King
27 SeptemberWPP’s Sorrell hints at professional mortality at Adweek
27 SeptemberDroga5 aims the YMCA squarely at Trump’s America
27 SeptemberTelecoms firm Wind swaps technology for a boy and his bee
27 SeptemberNew model The&Partnership debuts for Toyota Europe with ‘We Choose Hybrid’
26 SeptemberWieden+Kennedy backs new indie Callen – so long as it stays independent
26 SeptemberBelow-the-line suits the top line at M&C Saatchi
26 SeptemberHow Hogarth steered the ad production revolution
26 SeptemberSaatchi and Saatchi wins global Asics account
25 SeptemberVerizon’s Oath debut is something of a four letter word
25 SeptemberNew Domino’s is the official food of everything – bar creative
25 SeptemberBen Pask of Rare: five ways for marketers to find happiness
25 SeptemberAdam&eve signs up Famous Five for nostalgic GWR debut
25 SeptemberTom Denford and David Indo of ID Comms: how Amazon will break the duopoly
22 SeptemberGrey London wins Tuborg’s global creative account
22 SeptemberGoogle shows its funny side in new search film from BBH
22 SeptemberBMB debuts for loneliness campaign with thought-provoker
22 SeptemberFacebook pledges to clean up network – again
22 SeptemberNow Martin launches a triangle solo for Geico
22 SeptemberSt Luke’s’ Richard Denney: why Jeremy Craigen is my ad hero
22 September“John, this will never work” from Jung von Matt wins for Mini

2016

30 DecemberWhat’s on the minds of the holding company bosses as 2017 hoves into view?
30 DecemberRoyal Caribbean tries new bearing on cruise ads
30 DecemberMark Andrews of M8 Content: best ads of 2016
23 DecemberTom Denford and Stef White from ID Comms: the power of media to do good
23 DecemberStarcom raids Maxus for €600m Fiat media
23 DecemberBBH springs Christmas surprises for Tesco
23 DecemberJane Austin: why this slick bank ad from Russia is industry’s worst of 2016
22 DecemberPublicis wins out in £400m Mars media review
22 DecemberBrothers and Sisters unleashes Center Parcs forest fun
21 December180 Amsterdam’s Tony Bartolucci and Hannah Smit: best ads of 2016
20 DecemberGrey’s Townhouse deal with P&G shows importance of production for holding companies
20 DecemberIt’s cold turkey for phone lovers this Xmas says Three
20 DecemberNick Baughan of Maxus: best ads of 2016
19 DecemberFacebook owns up to yet another data cock-up
19 DecemberOmnicom and Publicis dragged into US Justice Department production-rigging probe
16 DecemberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: will it be jail time for production crime?
16 DecemberIs this horse opera from Martin tearjerker of the season?
16 DecemberBuzzman for Meetic shows it’s not just BETC in Paris
16 DecemberCritical Mass invests in mobile agency Prolific
16 DecemberRick Chant of We Are Pi: best ads of 2016
15 DecemberMAA Advertiser of the Year is IKEA…and some awards we won’t be giving
15 DecemberMatt Williams of Partners: best ads of 2016
15 DecemberA memory of great CDP art director Alan Waldie
14 DecemberHey Human’s Shnoosee Bailey: best ads of 2016
14 DecemberAdam&eveDDB to make Super Bowl debut with Skittles
14 DecemberDDB’s Wendy Clark aims to recapture creative glory days with new CCO Ari Weiss
13 DecemberStephen Joss of DDB and Tribal: best ads of 2016
13 DecemberLevy stays on strategy as his office disappears
13 DecemberM&C and Found turn on the style for Peroni
13 DecemberCan Nike overturn mobile phone mania?
13 DecemberNow MD Hurrell quits MullenLowe for Mcgarrybowen
13 DecemberStella McCartney’s Christmas box: sinister clowns
13 DecemberPornhub livens up lonely Christmas nights
12 DecemberMurdoch closes on Sky but he may have missed the best
12 DecemberAnomaly and Isobel go extra mile at Christmas
12 DecemberGiles Keeble: the truth isn’t the truth any more it’s Google – what about ads?
12 DecemberGeorge Parker: where’s Luther when you need him?
9 DecemberDavid Indo from ID Comms: why we need to talk about programmatic
9 DecemberWas Nick Studzinski key to Accenture/Karmarama deal?
9 DecemberVinomofo uncorks a grubbier Bear Grylls
9 DecemberApple edits down Romeo and Juliet to 30 seconds
9 DecemberJeremy Bullmore reveals the flaw in agency/client marriage vows
8 DecemberAnd the MAA Agency of the Year is…..
7 DecemberWunderman Amsterdam wins Grolsch global digital
7 DecemberNow agencies are under the cosh for allegedly rigging production bids
7 DecemberTwo alternative Christmases: Carphone’s Lemon and Brexit from KFC and BBH
7 DecemberJames Murphy of adam&eveDDB: best ads of 2016
6 DecemberYouTube names its big UK and global Xmas winners
6 DecemberNew list of adland’s top earners show striking absence of advertising people
6 DecemberAna and Hermeti Balarin of Mother: best ads of 2016
6 DecemberCan Microsoft beat Apple in the Christmas sweetness and light stakes?
5 DecemberSnapfax: UK’s most hated hit the shredder
5 DecemberCoke’s global Christmas ad lacks truck appeal
5 DecemberGeneral Mills boost for US agency newcomers
5 DecemberConor Brady of Critical Mass: best ads of 2016
2 DecemberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: Facebook’s growing pains
2 DecemberTom Denford of ID Comms picks his Desert Island Ads
2 DecemberPaula Coral: what I’m going to do about it
2 DecemberCHI’s Sarah Golding to be IPA’s second woman president
1 DecemberForsman unveils another Volvo Trucks blockbuster
1 DecemberDavid Billing of Above+Beyond: best ads of 2016
1 DecemberWho wants to buy some adam&eve founders?
30 NovemberNobody made better ads than CDP did for Hamlet – have we found out everything and learned nothing?
30 NovemberBETC Paris uncorks carnage in the kitchen for Canal+
30 NovemberWhat does GroupM’s spanking new [m]Platform tell us about changes at WPP?
30 NovemberDanone lines up creative heavyweights for yogurt pitch
30 NovemberLucky Generals wins C&C’s Tennents, Bulmers Irish
29 NovemberAccenture takes first big step into creative with Karmarama acquisition
29 NovemberMomentum’s Mike Kettles picks his Desert Island Ads
28 NovemberRadio 4 comedy tests the sound barrier with ‘Women talking about cars’
28 NovemberBulldog Skincare Christmas debut courtesy of adam&eve elves
28 NovemberIs H&M’s new Wes Anderson Christmas epic stuck in a tunnel?
28 NovemberCode d’Azur’s Kim Nieuwenhuijs-Griffioen: best ads of 2016
25 NovemberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: who are the world’s best CMOs?
25 NovemberLatest from Snapfax: Boris loses sparkle, Wayne’s wedding and challenged mannequins..
25 NovemberNow Samsung’s Galaxy bursts into Christmas
25 NovemberMike Nicholson of Brave: best ads of 2016
25 NovemberGiles Keeble: in a divided world are ads striving to be politically correct?
24 NovemberAgeism debate: the intent is good but can adland actually afford to be less ageist?
24 NovemberGrey Canada shows the other side of Christmas in a print cracker for The Salvation Army
24 NovemberBig advertisers wake up to perils of digital and data – well, some of them do
23 NovemberCHI wins McVitie’s global and Godiva – we think
23 NovemberMad Man Don Draper buys the world a Coke
23 NovemberASA cans Heinz ‘Can Song’ campaign
23 NovemberGiles Keeble: how advertising discovered ‘post-truth’ before the OED – and the trouble with Big Data
23 NovemberAdscam’s George Parker: best (and worst) ads of 2016
22 NovemberJWT finds a roar for new WWF save tigers campaign
22 NovemberApple and Spanish Lottery: two ways to tear ducts
22 NovemberCan new agency Krow cut it for Labour?
22 NovemberFormer BBH star Emma Cookson joins You & Mr Jones
22 NovemberMike Nicholson of Brave picks his Desert Island Ads
22 NovemberLucky Generals’ Premier Inn campaign: bang on strategy or plain boring?
21 NovemberMatt Williams: all style and no substance – the dire state of modern-day car marketing
21 NovemberIs Prada perplexing on purpose in new online epic?
21 NovemberNow it’s McDonald’s’ turn to tug the Xmas heartstrings
21 NovemberEngine rolls out new customer engagement platform
18 NovemberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: GroupM conflates awards and transparency
18 NovemberMulberry serves up fascinating Christmas oddment
18 NovemberSnapfax top shreds: Toblerone trumps Trump!
18 NovemberOmnicom’s new McDonald’s agency is..We Are Unlimited

2015

31 DecemberBest ads of 2015: IKEA by Buzzman
30 DecemberBest ads of 2015: Wieden+Kennedy’s ‘Jackson’ for Three
30 DecemberAdam&eveDDB debuts ‘Good Thinking’ for Aviva
29 DecemberThree big questions that will engage adland in 2016
28 DecemberJames Corden orchestrates a special ‘carpool karaoke’ for McDonald’s
28 DecemberBrothers and Sisters strips down Center Parcs to the ‘bear necessities’ of modern life
28 DecemberGeorge Parker: Scotts headline Super Bowl build-up
24 DecemberSainsbury’s wins Christmas battle of YouTube views
23 DecemberWill 2016 see pressure from investors to break up the giant marcoms holding companies?
23 DecemberOffice party rules from Davidson Pearce and Mad Men
23 DecemberVW drops ‘Das Auto’ and motors back to Volkswagen
22 DecemberWill Saatchi’s ‘Stoner Sloth’ drive teenies to drugs?
22 DecemberWas Dick Whittington the first Shoreditch hipster?
22 DecemberBest ads of 2015: Droga5 for Under Armor, JWT New York for Wilkinson Sword
22 DecemberJohn Billett: how agencies ended up owning the media
22 DecemberCancer Research UK launches documentary epic in debut campaign from Anomaly
21 DecemberHeineken buys Red Stripe from Diageo as merger mania takes over the beer market
21 DecemberWill Comcast/NBC spark a bidding war for ITV?
21 DecemberBank of America moves to IPG’s Hill Holliday
18 DecemberSupermarket pitch wars, GroupM’s Connect, all change at UK Mediabrands – and other stories
18 DecemberMatt Charlton: why the best Christmas ads of 2015 (and any other year) are the ones that get people talking
18 DecemberHostelworld shows travel giants BA and Thomas Cook how to make holidays interesting
18 DecemberBlow for Grey as global CCO Myhren heads for Apple
18 DecemberCreative Belgium sets out to make ‘ad babies’
17 DecemberBest ads of 2015: Leagas Delaney for Penfolds, adam&eveDDB for Lloyds
17 DecemberBBC’s ‘Pure Drama’ shows best of RKCR/Y&R
17 DecemberMaurice Levy becomes the star of his own ads in (un)traditional Publicis Christmas video
17 DecemberAudi Quattro takes to the unseasonal slopes
16 DecemberIt’s that man Jude Law again – this time for Lexus
16 DecemberBBC poaches adam&eve creative stars for another effort at in-house agency
16 DecemberMatt Williams: introducing the MAA great (and not so great) Global Content Awards
16 DecemberCineplex unveils an everlasting snowman for Xmas
15 DecemberHarvey Nichols and a surprise from Kwik Fit top Realeyes ‘most engaging’ Xmas ad poll
15 DecemberRKCR/Y&R makes print debut for Baxters
15 DecemberLacoste unleashes a ‘winter croc’ for Xmas gifts
15 DecemberMatt Williams: parental lessons in content marketing from a three week old
14 DecemberWPP takes control of Australia’s STW with 61 per cent
14 DecemberBest ads of 2015: ‘France is in the air’ from BETC Paris and FCB Inferno’s teacher recruitment
14 DecemberRobert Dyas produces gay and straight Xmas howler
14 DecemberPorsche 911 competes with itself in US launch campaign
11 DecemberMore pain on the US media front for IPG and Publicis as $870m L’Oreal moves to WPP’s MEC
11 DecemberLola scores with ‘Anagram Christmas’ for Scrabble
11 DecemberEvan Wray: digital advertising – moving the conversation beyond emoji in 2016
11 DecemberAldi launches surprise creative review out of McCann
11 DecemberExclusive: MullenLowe CEO Alex Leikikh on his plans for Interpublic’s new network
10 DecemberAll change at RKCR/Y&R as Sharpe takes CEO reins
10 DecemberHavas lures Forristal from BBH for top people job
10 DecemberGravity Road pulls a Christmas cracker for Three
9 DecemberHere’s how 2015 was for Facebook
9 DecemberM&C Saatchi begins renewal process with choice of Burnett’s Justin Tindall as creative chief
9 DecemberMcDonald’s denies its own ‘secret recipe challenge’
9 DecemberBest ads of 2015: Joint for Amazon Prime, Grey Germany and ‘Lovely Skirt’ for Lenor
9 DecemberOmnicom to set up new P&G media agency to fend off client conflict problems.
9 DecemberGiles Keeble: why agency house styles, names and keeping the best of the old with the new all matter
8 DecemberMercedes’ new fashion campaign flounders in latex
8 DecemberWhy former boss Michael Grade is wrong to switch sides on Channel 4 privatisation
8 DecemberBest ads of 2015: eis.de from Jung von Matt, Angry Birds from Wieden+Kennedy
8 DecemberP&G moves $2.6bn North America media to Omnicom
7 DecemberWhat does WPP’s Sorrell think of the Publicis revamp?
7 DecemberJWT offers ‘absolutely nothing’ for Kit Kat’s Christmas
7 DecemberIs the UK really set for a 2016 ad boom?
7 DecemberClemenger BBDO ups Twitter’s Periscope in new campaign for Tourism Victoria
7 DecemberGrey New York celebrates Canon’s ‘Rebel With A Cause’
4 DecemberBest ads of 2015: Ogilvy’s #LeBigSwim for Kronenbourg, DawsonPickering for Collect+
4 DecemberIs ‘Ice’ Xmas campaign too Leo Burnett for the Co-op?
4 DecemberW+K Portland heaps further indignities on KFC
4 DecemberW+K’s new Jazz campaign does what it says on the tin
3 DecemberCoke shoots itself in the foot down Mexico way
3 DecemberT&P launches social media ‘influencers’ agency
3 DecemberVolvo Trucks and F&B follow Jean-Claude Van Damme with four-year-old test driver Sophie
3 DecemberAgency networks sidelined as Publicis reorganises itself into client-centric ‘hubs’
3 December101 founder Laurence Green picks his Desert Island Ads
2 DecemberDiageo offers up a 45-minute silent epic for Lavagulin
2 DecemberZulu Alpha Kilo gets the holiday spirit with ‘Jingle Butts.’
2 DecemberBeeb sprouts a morale booster with RKCR/Y&R Xmas ad
2 DecemberAMV BBDO turns to humour for Drink Driving campaign’s Xmas TV comeback
2 DecemberWho’s the winner of our 2015 UK Agency of the Year?
1 DecemberWieden+Kennedy makes Xmas ad debut for Tyrrells
1 DecemberDuracell gets the Lucasfilm treatment for Star Wars
1 DecemberJung von Matt bids for heartstrings at Xmas number one
1 DecemberMobil 1 salutes McLaren tie-up with not-so-speedy Jenson
1 DecemberPaul Simons: why agency cultures only work if everyone starts from the same place
30 NovemberWhy Agency of the Year gongs matter to agencies – but what about clients?
30 NovemberKate Robinson of Hogarth: how to scupper an international campaign with one simple mistake
30 NovemberBest ads of 2015: would-be lifesavers from Ogilvy Paris and Grey UK
30 NovemberF&B readies another ‘Live Test’ epic for Volvo trucks
27 NovemberMatt Pye quits Cheil UK in Hammersley reshuffle
27 NovemberMore best ads of 2015: F&B for Volvo, WCRS’ Muppets
27 NovemberIt’s the battle of the John Lewis Xmas ad spoofs
27 NovemberChambord from W+K shows why the best digital campaigns are really ads by another name
26 NovemberDLKW Lowe bumps up Post Office Christmas
26 NovemberAre these the best two ads of 2015?
26 NovemberOld Spice unites Mustafa and Crews in Xmas love-in
26 NovemberFCB Inferno signs ex-M&C creative chief Elspeth Lynn
25 NovemberLucky Generals rises to the occasion for Paddy Power’s new IPhone app
25 NovemberHP bets on 180 LA for crucial rebranding campaign
25 NovemberOmnicom buys Brazil’s Grupo ABC as it ramps up acquisition plans
25 NovemberGiles Keeble: were these the ideas behind the UK’s Christmas ad show stoppers?
25 NovemberPaul Simons: why agencies are in the shape they’re in – and my Agency of the Year nominee..
24 NovemberM&C Saatchi faces a battle to regain departed glories

2014

31 DecemberJacob’s Creek rests case on ‘Made by Australia’
31 DecemberXaxis boss Brian Lesser on the future of digital video and WPP’s role in a brave new media world
30 DecemberMatthew McConaughey goes in to bat for Lincoln again – this time with some Strand-style solitary gloom
29 DecemberDoes JWT’s new HSBC Advance campaign bridge the gap between big company image and reality?
29 DecemberWeight Watchers and W+K launch personal coaches
24 DecemberChristmas greetings to Forsman & Bodenfors, King James and, of course, all our readers
24 DecemberGordon’s takes on designer gins with Gordon The Boar
24 DecemberCommunisis buys integrated agency Life for £23m
23 December2014 – the year global adland’s dogs didn’t bark
23 DecemberRuth Peters: have yourself a data-driven Christmas
22 DecemberMaurice Levy looks back on his ‘annus horribilis”
22 DecemberOgilvy Frankfurt tries art to add magic to Coke’s Dorna
19 DecemberJen Smith of Maxus: life beyond the Beacon – what’s next in store for retail tech?
19 DecemberHyundai unleashes online ‘Exobaby’
19 DecemberIan Styles of DesignStudio: why YouTube is still a missed opportunity for brands
19 DecemberAnatomised creative partner Mike Everett picks his Desert Island Ads
19 DecemberJohnnie Walker walks out of BBH into Anomaly
18 DecemberBBH New York sends a timely reminder to Diageo
18 DecemberGlobal adland presents its very own Game of Thrones
18 DecemberSamsung launches do-it-yourself ‘Holiday Dreams’ extravaganza through R/GA
18 DecemberGiles Keeble: that was the year that was – print ads, creative directing, digital and, er, Xmas
18 DecemberAdvertisers look for in-house solution to problem of digital media transparency
17 DecemberBBDO Toronto’s creepy ‘documentary’ for Skittles
17 DecemberSteve Sponder: what Facebook’s tough new brand post rules mean for content creators
17 DecemberAlbion ECD Andy Cutbill picks his Desert Island Ads
17 DecemberWPP CEO Martin Sorrell has a new boss – private equity man Roberto Quarta
17 DecemberJesus comes to London – courtesy of Mother
16 DecemberDare, Elvis and Identica up for sale as China’s BlueFocus buys Cossette agencies in North America
16 DecemberAshley Madison plumbs the depths down under
16 DecemberKeith Hunt: why 2015 will be the year of yet more marcoms disruption
15 DecemberApple hits the right note with TBWA’s ‘The Song’
15 DecemberInvestec win takes in-house agency Oliver to Cape Town
15 DecemberIan Maynard: advertising may have its A List but the rest of the media world doesn’t care
15 DecemberFocus groups can Christmas at Ogilvy Paris
15 DecemberGeorge Parker: MAA’s 2014 Titanium Dildo Awards
12 DecemberPlan B agency says clients are like an ‘Elf on the Shelf’
12 DecemberNew agency FCB Inferno gives BMW a Stone Age retread
12 DecemberWorld exclusive! Ebenezer Scrooge on the Christmas ads
12 DecemberW+K Delhi’s ‘Warrior Princess’ and the flip side of Xmas from BETC and Partners Andrews
11 DecemberAMV and Caviar Digital team to light the night for Proviz
11 DecemberWhy Tesco’s listing deals with suppliers may hold the key to its wider price problems
11 DecemberSaatchi Tokyo’s muscle magic for Shark Steam Cleaner
11 DecemberThe MAA US Agency of the Year is…Droga5
10 DecemberBorn again Co-op plugs convenience asset in new Christmas campaign from Leo Burnett
10 DecemberShaun Moran of Soul: the best ads of 2014
10 DecemberGrey Toronto’s timely plea for gun sense in America
9 DecemberAnd the MAA UK Agency of the Year is…adam&eveDDB
9 DecemberDroga5 sprinkles its magic on Under Armour
9 DecemberPaul Vallois: the Christmas digital naughty and nice list
9 DecemberMoney cascades out of Tesco but new CEO Dave Lewis is still wearing his happy Christmas hat
8 DecemberBrothers and Sisters founder and ECD Andy Fowler: the best ads of 2014
8 DecemberCrispin Porter tells the Fruit of the Loom Christmas story with admirable economy
8 DecemberCanon and JWT offer Glazer-style view of urban deer
8 DecemberW+K Amsterdam tipped for Netflix in Europe
8 DecemberPremier Foods tried its ‘invest for growth’ delisting threats on agencies first
8 DecemberGeorge Parker: Winston Fletcher, gnarly clients and me
5 DecemberAMV and Pepsi Max try to light up dingy Southwark
5 DecemberWho’d want to be Cadillac’s creative agency?
5 DecemberBBH unveils caring, sharing KFC kid
5 DecemberCHI adds a dash of colour to the British seaside for Carphone Warehouse
4 DecemberW+K Amsterdam shows off the ‘Dunkman’ for Nike and Foot Locker – or should that be ‘Jumpman?’
4 DecemberQCM debuts online/social campaign for Hendrick’s Gin
4 DecemberDentsu Aegis snaps up social media agency Tempero
4 DecemberMatt Williams: the great ad conundrum – great in a minute, gone in thirty seconds
4 DecemberGrey offers up more animal magic for McVitie’s
3 DecemberUS fund giant Blackrock picks Tag and Mindshare for $400m global ad account
3 December‘Write for yourself not for a client’ says DLKW as it launches second Winston Fletcher Fiction Prize
3 DecemberMaxus hires Oliver Cassel as ‘biddable media’ head
3 DecemberDroga5 makes compelling film for Kids Company charity
3 DecemberCara Delevingne makes musical debut in Lagerfeld’s Christmas epic for Chanel
3 DecemberYouTube names top UK Christmas ads – so far
2 DecemberHarvey Nichols and adam&eve subvert Christmas once again with ‘Could I Be Any Clearer?’ guide to presents
2 DecemberContagious London spoofs ‘Whatever’s Comfortable’ for Save The Children Christmas Jumper fund-raiser
2 DecemberH&M noses ahead in Christmas glitter stakes thanks to Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett
2 DecemberPaul Marsden of Syzygy: the future is already here – but today’s digital innovators are in China
2 December72andSunny’s Carlo Cavallone: the best ads of 2014
1 DecemberIs the UK’s ad of the year Mother’s ‘Beds’ epic for IKEA?
1 DecemberPrince Harry invites world to #FeelNoShame about Aids
1 DecemberMobiles.co.uk scores online with ‘The Phone Drop’
1 DecemberFearless Group’s Peter Gibb: the best ads of 2014
1 DecemberToby Shaw of Celebrity Cruises: the inside story of a (£5m) media pitch
28 NovemberNoelle McElhatton: what we can learn about agency marketing from Saatchi, Iris, Sapient Nitro and W+K
28 NovemberJames Murphy of adam&eveDDB: the best ads of 2014
28 NovemberHow can out of home recapture the great age of posters in a new and more complex media era?
27 NovemberAdam&eve makes toe-curling debut for Unilever’s Maille
27 NovemberJohn Hegarty sets up The Garage for start-up companies
27 November18 Feet’s Jonathan Trimble: the best ads of 2014
27 NovemberThe&Partnership hires Conor McNicholas from Redwood to launch new content agency
27 NovemberDurex puts some tech into condoms and ‘pleasure gels’
27 NovemberOystercatchers awards show how new business pitches have become an industry inside an industry
26 NovemberThe Red Brick Road’s David Miller: the best ads of 2014
26 NovemberMatt Williams: tweeters track world’s most terrible ad
25 NovemberScottish Power is up to its old call-calling tricks – and so are UK cancer charities
25 NovemberEpica Grand Prix goes to BBDO’s Beeps
25 NovemberNeil Dawson of Dawson Pickering: the best ads of 2014
25 NovemberSeven likes the taste of Monty The Penguin
25 NovemberCheil Worldwide snaps up integrated agency Iris
24 NovemberOld Spice and Wieden+Kennedy try ‘mad moms’ to lay the ghost of Isaiah Mustafa
24 NovemberNew cinema research from DCM is over-rich mixture
24 NovemberMarion Cotillard walks on water for Dior

2013

31 DecemberFold7 ad debut for Gocompare offers a rosy view of the green green grass of Wales
30 DecemberHas Sky missed a trick with Michael Caine ad debut?
30 DecemberTragic death of Mita Diran blamed on agency overwork
30 DecemberPiers Morgan – from chat show host to cricket punchbag
24 DecemberNow Samsung says Galaxy Gear holds key to romance
23 DecemberChina grapples with security pants marketing
23 DecemberWhat does the fox say about YouTube ad success?
23 DecemberMaurice Levy turns himself into a variety turn for Xmas
23 DecemberAre these the best integrated campaigns of 2013?
22 DecemberWill the real Charles Saatchi please stand up?
20 DecemberRupert Staines of RadiumOne: programmatic targeting is online advertising’s version of ‘Big Bang’
20 DecemberApple says a traditional Christmas needs an iPhone
19 DecemberVolvo tops Visible Measures’ 2013 hit spoof ads
19 DecemberAction man Carter Murray speeds through London merger of DraftFCB and Inferno
19 DecemberDroga5 partner WME buys sports outfit IMG for $2.3bn – but the really interesting player in this is Silver Lake
19 DecemberSamsung unveils star-studded Galaxy football team
19 DecemberMAA’s Agency of the Year is…actually there are two
18 DecemberA memoir of Peter O’Toole from George Parker, Heston’s crap mince pies and various Chinese whispers
18 DecemberMark Andrews: my agency, ads and person of the year
18 DecemberChina’s BlueFocus takes another big step on world stage with We Are Social social media agency buy
18 DecemberJerry Judge: my campaign, agency and person of the year
17 DecemberWPP strikes deal with ‘global influencer’ Richard Attias
17 DecemberSanto produces brilliant fatherhood tale for Coke
17 DecemberLeo Burnett hops on Isaiah’s Old Spice bandwagon
16 DecemberManchester’s Love takes Johnnie Walker Black to China
16 DecemberMarilyn Monroe blockbuster from Chanel focuses attention on bespoke WPP agency Plus
16 DecemberCumminsRoss lures top creative duo from BBDO
16 DecemberWhy a connected world means it’s time for shopper marketing to escape the curse of shelf wobblers
13 DecemberDirect Line and EE line up Christmas reviews
13 DecemberEcotricity bashes UK energy gang with windmills spin
13 DecemberStephen Foster’s agency, ads and person of the year – plus some thoughts from Giles Keeble
12 DecemberBETC’s Evian ad tops YouTube poll, Puma for JWT, VCCP scoops London agency gong, more phone hacking tales
12 DecemberWithings strips off in a good cause – but which one?
12 DecemberWho scored highest in our UK Christmas ads round-up?
12 DecemberHamlin in, LePlae out as Arnold digests Volvo loss
11 DecemberPaul Simons: my person, agency and ad of the year
11 DecemberRobert Jenkins: where would I work now?
11 DecemberMcgarrybowen’s Droid Maxx campaign shows you can film the brief – and still make a good ad
10 DecemberWhy the undercover Economist is entitled to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s long walk to freedom
10 DecemberBeware the appointment of a new marketing director – as CHI is finding out with ‘successful’ client Argos
10 DecemberOgilvy’s Graham Fink picks his Desert Island Ads
9 DecemberFord’s Mustang muscles into Europe with Sienna Milller
9 DecemberNow WPP snaps up digital policeman Crystal Semantics
9 DecemberLaura Wade of Maxus: why branded content needs to change to fit a hyper-connected media world
9 DecemberGeorge Parker: my agency, ads and person of the year
6 DecemberUnilever cuts, debunking Millenials, the ‘Nutcracker’ ad with Spob and Freddie and more Ron Burgundy
6 DecemberKatarina Nielsen of Flock Associates: hotels show us why a Big Idea doesn’t have to be an advertising idea
6 DecemberMichael Lee: my agency, ads and person of the year
5 DecemberIs this Japanese ad the scariest commercial ever?
5 DecemberMemo to UK politicians: don’t get hung up about gender-specific ads to girls and boys – they’re different
5 DecemberIs Barclays tip-toeing down the agency-bashing route?
5 DecemberKBH rolls out mobile-enabled interactive traincards
4 DecemberHavas London poaches Somers from Burnett as new MD
4 DecemberKate at 40 scores PR triumph for Playboy at 60
4 DecemberInnocean’s Nick Flora launches Kenya orphans appeal
4 DecemberNike drives Rooney and McIlroy straight down the middle to launch Ordem football for Brazil world cup
3 DecemberWieden+Kennedy’s Three pony gets the CGI treatment for surprise Christmas comeback
3 DecemberWPP merges 24/7 into Xaxis to try to steal a march in the online media marketplace
3 DecemberTesco walks the talk at Xmas with food donations
3 DecemberDeutsch NY goes 3-D for PNC’s Xmas Price Index
2 DecemberNew blow for Havas as Volvo switches to Grey London
2 DecemberNow drugs giant GSK joins the agency rebate gang
2 DecemberForgiato wheels tries to make metalwork sexy
2 DecemberHarvey Nichols and DDB summon up spirit of Scooge
2 DecemberEric Cantona scores for Ogilvy and Kronenbourg
29 NovemberPublic/private parts, sing along with KFC and BBH, Boots and Mother get real for Christmas
29 NovemberDroga5 Europe wins global Radox assignment
29 NovemberUK agencies muddle through (and Sir Martin Sorrell earns eight times more than anyone else)
28 NovemberHas BBH produced the great ad we’ve been waiting for?
28 NovemberSprint’s decision to appoint Figliulo start-up shows the marcoms giants don’t have things all their own way
28 NovemberPaul Vallois: is it time to view procurement people as partners rather than obstacles?
28 NovemberGeorge Parker: how Thanksgiving became ‘Black Friday’
27 NovemberSarah Lund sweaters up for Save The Children Xmas ad
27 NovemberD&AD shows what it’s made of in W+K call for entries
27 NovemberMichael Lee: what clients and agencies are missing with the demise of the Three-Martini Lunch
26 NovemberGiles Keeble: where would I work now?
26 NovemberNew film celebrates BMP creative genius John Webster
26 NovemberOslo agency Futatsu Industries tries the healthy approach to sex shop advertising
26 November&Co’s ‘Made From Cool’ Christopher Walken campaign for Jack & Jones wins Epica film Grand Prix
25 NovemberKmart scores 13m YouTube hits for Joe Boxer
25 NovemberWPP’s Sorrell forecasts an Omnicom/Publicis Groupe brain drain when merger closes
25 NovemberKerry Lee of Flock Associates: how outdoor can win a share of the social media experience
25 NovemberJeremy Garner of Weapon7 picks his Desert Island Ads
22 NovemberMcDonald’s boss blames DDB and Burnett for sales flop
22 NovemberWorld exclusive! Ebenezer Scrooge on why he hates Christmas ads even more than Christmas
22 NovemberGiant posters work best says new blowUP research
22 NovemberWhat’s so special about WPP media agency Maxus?
21 NovemberEven the great Martin Scorsese stumbles on Dolce & Gabbana’s ‘Street of Dreams’
21 NovemberHavas pays price for Santander sport celebs car crash
21 NovemberNow Walker Media joins the POG media collection
20 NovemberDel Campo Saatchi produces art for gum classic
20 NovemberCheil UK sheds Samsung image with new Coke brief
20 NovemberLeagas Delaney launches new London eating app
20 NovemberNew online research claims a third of ads are going to porn sites and other undesirables
20 NovemberTalon’s Eric Newnham wins ‘serial entrepreneur’ crown
20 NovemberSurely it’s time to curb the TV gambling bonanza?
19 NovemberThe clock is ticking on a bid by WPP for Interpublic
18 NovemberWes Anderson Prada car crash disappears
18 NovemberBacardi shows its ‘untameable’ family values in new global campaign from BETC
18 NovemberMoray MacLennan: how M&C Saatchi International is building a new kind of marcoms empire

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