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The 10 Best Commercials of 2012

Source: AdWeek, Nov 25 2012, 11:01pm CST

After three decades, Sir John Hegarty and Dan Wieden are still trying to one-up each other. That was immediately clear at Cannes this summer when they took the stage together to celebrate the 30th anniversaries of Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Wieden ...

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Making a case for the small ad agency

Source: Gulfnews | Jun 19 2013, 3:15am CDT

In these days of the incredibly shrinking or even non-existent advertising budget, aren’t advertisers better off with small- to medium-sized independent agencies as opposed to humongous multinational organisations? While multinationals continue to off ...

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How Do Cannes and SXSW Compare and Contrast?

Source: Adrants | Jun 18 2013, 10:08am CDT

While we knew this was the case for several years now, SXSW Interactive has become a huge event generating conversation the world over. This year's event generated 1.1 million tweets in 5 five days across 200 countries and 19 languages. Social media mon ...

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W+K's Journey With Heineken Leads to Grand Prix in Creative Effectiveness

Source: AdWeek | Jun 17 2013, 2:30pm CDT

The Man of the World bumps into James Bond. CANNES, France—Wieden + Kennedy in Amsterdam picked up the Grand Prix in Creative Effectiveness here tonight for its remarkable Heineken campaign, which helped boost sales of the Dutch brewer's flagship bee ...

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Bogle becomes second BBH founder to be knighted

Source: Brand Republic | Jun 17 2013, 4:11am CDT

Nigel Bogle, the co-founder of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours list on Saturday. Nigel Bogle: knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours list Bogle’s knighthood follows that of fellow BBH co-founde ...

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Five great British TV ads

Source: Guardian Unlimited | Jun 17 2013, 3:40am CDT

Not only did this iconic commercial for Levi's 501s fail to win the 1992 Grand Prix, it wasn't even awarded a Gold Lion... its creators had to settle for Silver instead. Even though BBH's long-running campaign transform ...

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Clear Channel Outdoor to Challenge and Inspire Advertising Community at Cannes Lions 2013 with World’s First Hand-Painted Micrography Billboard Made from Tweets

Source: Business Wire | Jun 13 2013, 1:07pm CDT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE: CCO), one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the world, is launching a social media campaign on June 16th at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativit ...

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