By embracing boringness, brands are able to bring some stability into the lives of consumers beleaguered by everyday forces of change, novelty and uncertainty, writes Geoff Copps.
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As MacKenzie leaves the Sun, does this signal an end to the excessively rude in popular British journalism – or is Murdoch simply having a clean-up ahead of Ofcom’s decision on 21st Century Fox’s Sky bid? By Raymond Snoddy.
A personalised web experience for every internet user, based on their behaviour, is not far off, writes Ohad Tzur. Here is what publishers need to know.
As VCCP Media is named Connected Agency of the Year at the 2017 Connies, CEO Catherine Becker and CSO Marie Oldham explore how connected we really are as an industry.
The secret sauce of planning is in danger of thinning to the point of gruel, writes Dominic Mills. Plus: Tesco’s ineffective advertising.
George Osborne’s interesting career change may turn out to be a master stroke for him personally – and provide a stimulus to national newspapers that want to deliver genuinely balanced Brexit coverage, writes Raymond Snoddy.
As with the case of media agency Goodstuff, thank goodness yet more top talent is now truly independent and able to raise capital and invest according to their own visions, writes Bob Wootton.
The current travails of the TV market may be many and varied, but are they enough to summon the specters of doom? Of course not, writes Dominic Mills. Plus: why headlines are god.
As the Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launches a platform to combat fake news, Raymond Snoddy wonders if he can pull it off.
