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First Virgin Media ad by VCCP features TV rapping about streaming service

Will the Greenpeace protests at Cannes stop agencies working with fossil fuel clients?

Will the Greenpeace protests at Cannes stop agencies working with fossil fuel clients?

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Cannes Lions 2022: final UK winners' table

Cannes Lions 2022: final UK winners' table

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Campaign podcast: CALM on ‘The last photo’, plus the best of Cannes Lions

Campaign podcast: CALM on ‘The last photo’, plus the best of Cannes Lions

Latest stories

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Marvel Studios’ King Valkyrie stars in Direct Line ad

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OMD UK appoints MD and chief client experience officer

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Global retains advertising contract for Gatwick Airport

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Guinness welcomes back the Irish summer

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Absolute Radio to wave goodbye to Golden Square

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Guap launches gala and awards show

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Beauty Pie opens ‘Warehouse of dreams’ in Covent Garden

Rahul Titus

Ogilvy PR ups Rahul Titus to new global influence role

AD OF THE DAY

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O2 roam freely

CANNES 2022

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Cannes Lions 2022 round-up: UK medal table, all the Grand Prix campaigns & more

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My free pass to Cannes and what it taught me

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Cannes Lions 2022: all the Grand Prix winners

Dentsu Creative Bengaluru receive their Agency of the Year award

Cannes Lions crowns agency, network and most creative company of the year 2022

The Work

Camelot UK Lotteries Limited "The chase" by Adam & Eve/DDB
July 01, 2022

Camelot UK Lotteries Limited "The chase" by Adam & Eve/DDB

Direct Line "King Valkyrie's time off" by Saatchi & Saatchi
July 01, 2022

Direct Line "King Valkyrie's time off" by Saatchi & Saatchi

Virgin Media
July 01, 2022

Virgin Media "Hyped" by VCCP

Ryvita "Live life with a little more 'ish'" by Havas London
June 30, 2022

Ryvita "Live life with a little more 'ish'" by Havas London

"Ukrainian bravery" by Banda Agency
June 29, 2022

"Ukrainian bravery" by Banda Agency

Projects & awards

Media Week 30 Under 30 main winners & Newcomers for 2022

Media Week 30 Under 30 2022: winners revealed

Channel 4 & Allies Represent Black To Front wins Grand Prix at Campaign Media Awards

Campaign Media Awards 2022: winners revealed

Global Agency of the Year 2022

UK shops among Campaign's Global Agency of the Year winners

Campaign Best Places to Work 2022 in association with Connor Broadley logo

Campaign Best Places to Work: Category winners revealed

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WeAre8, whose investors include Clare Balding (in white), win at British Media Awards

British Media Awards 2022: winners revealed

Campaign Creative Agency of the Year: Uncommon

Uncommon, Goodstuff, Neverland win at Campaign UK Agency of the Year Awards

Oliver Agency's Sharon Whale was crowned CEO of the Year at the Female Frontier Awards 2022

Campaign Female Frontier Awards: winners revealed

AMV BBDO scoop Agency of the Year at the Campaign Big Awards

Campaign Big Awards 2021: winners revealed

Agency of the Year: MG OMD

Media Week Awards 2021: winners revealed

Power 100 2021 (Images: HappyToast)

Power 100 2021: Who's on marketing's leaderboard?

UK winners of Campaign 40 Over 40 revealed

Editors' Picks

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Adam & Eve/DDB wants staff in the office four days a week

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‘People before spreadsheets’: How Next 15 wooed M&C Saatchi in takeover fight

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What I learned at Media 360: Ten takeaways from a media planner

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Publicis Groupe duo and VCCP report widest UK gender pay gaps

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EssenceMediacom could be a formidable competitor

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Campaign Ad Net Zero Awards launch to recognise companies leading way on sustainability

The Knowledge

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Stick or twist? Staff churn still on the cards a year after 'Great Resignation'

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M&A watch: Latest activity suggests Q2 tracking ahead of Q1

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Campaign's Pick of the Ads

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Watch Pick of the Ads: Episode three features Apple, Bumble, Visit Sweden and more

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Watch Pick of the Xmas Ads: Episode two features John Lewis, M&S, Boots, Tesco, Coca-Cola, Waitrose

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Watch Pick of the Ads: Episode one features Barclaycard, Burberry, Dunelm, Ikea and Wagamama

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Campaign unveils Pick of the Ads video series

Future of Channel 4

Campaign: 4 THE PEOPLE

‘4 The People’: ad industry letter calls for Channel 4 to stay in public ownership

Game, set, match: would a privatised Channel 4 have been able to net a deal to show Emma Raducanu's US Open triumph? (©GettyImages)

'No upside but significant downside' – ad industry rallies around Channel 4

Ukraine War

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It's our brand: Ukraine's government turns nation's bravery into biggest cultural export

Ukrainian flag flutters in blue sky on barricades (Getty Images)

Watch: Kyiv-based Banda on trying to work from a war zone

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Despair and shock: How advertising chiefs have been grappling with Russian exits

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Supporting our Ukrainian ad industry colleagues

Omnicom's logo pictured on a mobile phone, in front of a stock market ticker display

Omnicom to withdraw from Russia in 'orderly' exit

CAMPAIGN PODCAST

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Campaign podcast: Cannes Lions Awards, activism at the festival and Andy Warhol’s impact on adland

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Campaign podcast: Cannes, NFTs, Mother's new CCO Felix Richter and Campaign for creativity

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Campaign podcast: Adam & Eve's Four&Flex, Pitch Positive Pledge, Wavemaker's 'Kelly and Katie'

Alessandra Bellini and Maisie McCabe in conversation at Media 360

Campaign podcast: Advertising's talent crisis

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Campaign podcast: Christian Juhl on EssenceMediacom

Big Interviews

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Arthur Sadoun on staff bonuses, the metaverse and Cannes

The Information
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‘Bendrew’ on why they sold Goodstuff to Stagwell and growth ambitions

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Mark Read: 'We were actually back at number one and ahead of Publicis'

Mark Read on proving WPP doubters ‘wrong’ and battling Publicis to be biggest agency group

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Verica Djurdjevic: Channel 4's classy contrarian

Vicki Maguire: 'If you’re an introvert, I’ll find you a corner. And if you’re an extrovert, I’ll find you a stage'

Vogue's Vanessa Kingori on 'transcending' competitors, covers and BLM

New IPA President Julian Douglas: 'People are ripe for change'

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