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From the bizarre press release to Steve King’s impressive rise through the ranks, Dominic Mills unpicks the changes under way at the top of Publicis Groupe

The third-party cookie – the lifeblood of online advertising – may be about to die. PageFair’s Dr Johnny Ryan outlines the impacts this will have for media and advertising. Brace yourself.

With the help of social media it could easily be possible to assemble an American majority who accept the “alternative facts”, writes Raymond Snoddy. So what can be done?

Geoff Copps, head of research at Mediabrands Marketing Sciences, explains how fascinating consumer insight can be gleaned from using different types of textual analysis.

There’s too much self-interested froth killing the creativity in advertising, writes Bob Wootton. It’s time to ditch these new obsessions and reclaim the big idea.

Why are people working in media and advertising choosing to discard centuries of understanding in an attempt to get with the kids, asks Route’s James Whitmore.

After yet another rebrand, the last 17 years have been erased from RKCR/Y&R’s history, writes Dominic Mills – plus: why Robert Senior quit, and beware of Facebook bearing gifts.

Senior figures from News UK, Mindshare, Sociomantic, Bloomberg, Sky Media, REaD, Impact Radius, Exterion, Capture, Zenith and Jaywing reflect on the latest IPA Bellwether report.

Following the appointment of Sir David Clementi as the new chairman of the BBC, Raymond Snoddy wonders whether the former banker needs to do a bit of extra homework before sinking his teeth into the job.

The volume of branded content will continue to grow because UK consumers simply don’t like ads, writes Jane Ostler.