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Ian Priest, the president of the IPA, has called for a rethink of the pitching process as he addressed advertisers and clients at the first ‘Adaptathon’ at Altitude London on Thursday.
Newspapers have to do a better job to sell their story and proposition to agencies, an audience at MediaTel’s The Future of National Newspapers conference was told last week.
Banks, with the inclusion of gay people in a host of their recent ads, seem to be reflecting modern life much better than most. Mainstream advertisers should take note, says Dominic Mills.
Only the Dalai Lama or the Windsor family should anoint successors five years ahead of time, but that is the way the Publicis and Omnicom merger is heading – placing the interests of Maurice Levy and John Wren before anyone else, including clients and stakeholders. By Dominic Mills.
As Omnicom and Publicis announce a merger that will create the world’s largest marketing and advertising powerhouse, Dominic Mills asks why neither party seems to be able to provide a decent rationale for such a move – and concludes other forces are at work…
New York’s Pivotal Research Group has cautioned that media owners whose revenue base is skewed towards advertising – and especially those whose advertiser base skews towards large brands – are likely to see negative impacts from the Publicis and Omnicom merger.
As the latest IPA Bellwether survey shows a sharp upward revision in marketing budgets in Q2 2013, Newsline has captured reaction from across the industry, including opinion from adconnection, WAA, Jaywing, MEC and Geometry Global.
‘Dumb Ways to Die’ might have won five Grand Prix prizes at Cannes, but it’s a joke, argues Dominic Mills. A nice piece of work, of course – but public safety ads are a lot easier to do than solving the major marketing challenges for the serious clients who look to Cannes for the inspiration to really shift attitudes and products.
Pioneers of new advertising and commercial opportunities in the connected industry were celebrated at the inaugural Connected Consumer Awards last night – with Virgin Media, Thinkbox, Civolution, Grand Visual and Mindshare winning their categories.