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WPP Communications Chief Chris Wade Departs After 13 Years

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media business from WPP. And in June, it lost both Paramount’s media business and Mars’ $1.7 billion media account to Publicis. WPP has also faced layoffs across its media agencies following the rebrand of GroupM to “WPP Media. Rival Publicis Groupe won Coca-Cola’s U.S. Email SUBSCRIBE Loading.

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Nick Lawson Hired as Chairman of UK’s i-media

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Subscribe Sign In Agencies Brands Creativity Media TV Commerce Tech Creators Revolving Door Nick Lawson Hired as Chairman of UK’s i-media He had been global chief executive at EssenceMediacom i-medias new chairman, Nick Lawson. i-media By Mark Mwachiro --> U.K.-based i-media is one of the U.K.’s

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Publicis Conseil Wins 2025 Cannes Lions Agency of the Year

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Subscribe Sign In Cannes Lions Agencies Brands Creativity Media TV Commerce Tech Creators Cannes Lions Publicis Conseil Wins Cannes Lions Agency of the Year 2025 The French agency took home 18 Lions across campaigns for AXA, Renault, Orange, and more Publicis Conseil is widely regarded as the leading French agency.

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As AI Advances, Staff-Level Jobs at Ad Agencies Decline

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Subscribe Sign In Agencies Brands Creativity Media TV Commerce Tech Creators Data & Insights As AI Advances, Staff-Level Jobs at Ad Agencies Decline Manager and director roles, however, have remained relatively steady in recent years Staff positions at U.S. advertising and marketing companies are down more than 10% since January 2022.

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Marketers Will Need to Double Down Against Divisiveness

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The success of advertising rests on clear, concise, and culturally considerate communication. Yet only 22 days into 2025, legal mandates and corporate maneuvers would suggest that facts are not important to consider when crafting what we say, how we say it, or how we show it. Everyone was left a little shaken following Mark Zuckerberg's.

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Apple’s Tor Myhren Says ‘AI Will Not Save Us’ in Rallying Cry for Human Creativity

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Subscribe Sign In Cannes Lions Agencies Brands Creativity Media TV Commerce Tech Creators Cannes Lions Apples Tor Myhren Says AI Will Not Save Us in Rallying Cry for Human Creativity The marketing leader opened Cannes Lions by arguing for human craft as the industrys superpower. Like last year, AI will likely be a hot topic at Cannes Lions.

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6 outdated AI marketing trends you should retire in 2025 by Comarch

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AI-powered social media monitoring (sentiment analysis) Then: In the late 2010s, AI was widely used for basic social media listening, primarily focused on monitoring brand sentiment through keywords and simple text analysis.

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