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Omnicom completes £60m Adam & Eve acquisition

Omnicom completes £60m Adam & Eve acquisition

Omnicom has announced it is acquiring London's Adam & Eve in a deal estimated to be worth around £60 million. A&E will now be merged into DDB London.

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Big Jubilee Lunch project in TV push

Big Jubilee Lunch project in TV push

McCann London has created a TV spot designed to raise awareness of The Big Jubilee Lunch, the Eden Project's bid to get people together with their neighbours for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee on Sunday 3 June.

 
 
Sainsbury's rapped by ad watchdog after Asda complaint

Sainsbury's rapped by ad watchdog after Asda complaint

The ad watchdog has ruled that a TV ad misled consumers about which stores were participating in Sainsbury's Brand Match scheme but has dismissed several other complaints about the campaign from Asda.

 
 
Beckham channels Beethoven in Samsung viral campaign

Beckham channels Beethoven in Samsung viral campaign

Samsung has released an online video for the Galaxy Note mobile phone starring former Manchester United and Real Madrid footballer David Beckham.

 
 
Durex lube online ad gives complaints the slip

Durex lube online ad gives complaints the slip

An online video ad for Durex, the Reckitt Benckiser-owned condom brand, has been cleared by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), after it received complaints about its sexual content.

 
 
Old El Paso readies Jubilee-themed campaign

Old El Paso readies Jubilee-themed campaign

Old El Paso, General Mills' Mexican food brand, is to launch a targeted outdoor and digital campaign as part of activity to celebrate next week's Jubilee weekend.

 
 
Samsung Olympic spot invites people to 'take part'

Samsung Olympic spot invites people to 'take part'

Samsung is rolling out an online and cinema spot featuring David Beckham, Jamie Oliver and Victoria Pendleton, inviting people to ''take part in the true spirit of the Olympic Games".

 
 
Government readies £120m media buying review in marketing shake-up

Government readies £120m media buying review in marketing shake-up

The Government is preparing to review its media buying business, currently handled by WPP's M4C and expected to be worth in the region of £120m next year, as part of a shake-up in its approach to its marketing activities.

 
 
Celebrities back same-sex marriage campaign

Celebrities back same-sex marriage campaign

Stephen Fry, Sir Richard Branson, Yvette Cooper MP and pop-group The Saturdays have become the first high-profile names to support the same-sex marriage campaign for the Coalition for Equal Marriage.

 
 
Cadbury Wispa launches £3.5m ad campaign

Cadbury Wispa launches £3.5m ad campaign

Cadbury Wispa has launched a £3.5m ad campaign to promote its bitesize addition, targeting teenagers who may not have heard of the brand before its 2008 relaunch.

 
 
Irn Bru says hello to 'Fanny' in latest ad

Irn Bru says hello to 'Fanny' in latest ad

Irn-Bru, the soft-drink brand owned by A G Barr, is airing a humorous TV ad running under its 'Gets You Through' message, which features a humorous take on the name "Fanny".

 
 
ITV poaches Channel 4's creative chief Phil Lind

ITV poaches Channel 4's creative chief Phil Lind

Phil Lind, acting creative director at Channel 4, has been appointed to the position of creative director at ITV Creative following the departure of Chaka Sobhani.

 
 
Ogilvy acquires stake in Myanmar's leading agency

Ogilvy acquires stake in Myanmar's leading agency

WPP's Ogilvy network has acquired a stake in Myanmar's leading advertising agency Today Advertising as it looks to establish a presence in the market.

 
 
Ogilvy & Mather chief Hugh Baillie steps down

Ogilvy & Mather chief Hugh Baillie steps down

Hugh Baillie, Ogilvy & Mather's chief executive, is stepping down from the helm at the agency.

 
 
Safestore launches first ever TV ad

Safestore launches first ever TV ad

Safestore, self-storage company, has unveiled its first TV ad campaign.

 
 
Nike kick-starts global football campaign starring Ribery and Neymar

Nike kick-starts global football campaign starring Ribery and Neymar

Nike is focusing on the new generation of football players in its 'My Time is Now' campaign, which stars Santos FC's Neymar and Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery.

 
 
Campaign Viral Chart: Musical flashmob plays its way to the top

Campaign Viral Chart: Musical flashmob plays its way to the top

A flashmob for a Danish orchestra has been shared 17,067 times this week, playing its way to the top of the latest viral chart.

 
 
Tenser and Matthews broaden BBH's digital production offering

Tenser and Matthews broaden BBH's digital production offering

Bartle Bogle Hegarty has bolstered its digital production department with the appointments of Josh Tenser as head of digital production and Alex Matthews as head of creative technology.

 
 
One LIfe launches Guinness World Record campaign for DJ Relay

One LIfe launches Guinness World Record campaign for DJ Relay

Charity One Life is launching a campaign to support its Guinness World Record attempt for the longest DJ Relay.

 
 
Daily Diary - It's a Family Affair

Daily Diary - It's a Family Affair

What do you do when you're a creative agency and you want to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support? You throw your doors open to an art exhibition with some of London's top illustrators and designers of course.

 
 
Wickes rolls out first social media campaign

Wickes rolls out first social media campaign

Wickes, the DIY retailer, has made its first foray into social media with the launch of a Facebook app, which allows fans to create a sharable digital portfolio of their DIY projects.

 
 

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Welcome to the first incarnation of a new element in Campaign in which we invite experts to burrow beneath the surface of the catch-all that is "digital". Google, Isobar Mobile, JWT London, LBI and MBA share their insights on mobile.