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JC Penney Hires Y&R to Help With Turnaround

JC Penney Hires Y&R to Help With Turnaround

Can the WPP-owned agency make the retailer appealing to consumers again?

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Survey: Clients Must Improve Quality of Briefs to Agencies if They Want Better Work

Joanne Davis Consulting surveyed nearly 300 senior agency leaders around the world to get their take on where clients can improve.

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Publicis Groupe to Spend $4 Billion on Acquisitions Over Next Five Years

Publicis Groupe to Spend $4 Billion on Acquisitions Over Next Five Years

The French ad holding company has an insatiable appetite. After gobbling up big players, it's looking for small and midsize digital firms to buy.

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MEC Taps Carl Fremont As First Global Digital Chief

MEC Taps Carl Fremont As First Global Digital Chief

The hire comes as more marketers invest in global partnerships with digital media companies and shops streamline digital capabilities across regions.

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Boston Agencies, Marketers and Media Roll Out Community-Assistance Efforts

Boston Agencies, Marketers and Media Roll Out Community-Assistance Efforts

It's hard to imagine a more harrowing week than the one Boston has experienced. The list of the affected includes top agencies, production houses and marketers that are Boston-based or have large presences in the city.

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Check Out This Ridiculously Long Ad Running on Indian TV

Check Out This Ridiculously Long Ad Running on Indian TV

Ogilvy's behind a new commercial for Indian conglomerate Tata Group that clocks at over 3.5 minutes.

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How Hill Holliday Created Relief Effort One Fund Boston in Seven Hours

How Hill Holliday Created Relief Effort One Fund Boston in Seven Hours

Communicating mostly by text message, Hill Holliday, Hancock and the Boston mayor's office created the One Fund Boston within hours.

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Rosetta Taps Tom Adamski to Serve as CEO

Rosetta Taps Tom Adamski to Serve as CEO

The succession move comes two years after Publicis Groupe acquired the digital shop.

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Interpublic Loss Widens in the First Quarter, But Revenue Up

Interpublic Loss Widens in the First Quarter, But Revenue Up

Ad holding company CEO Michael Roth still thinks the company can deliver up to 3% organic revenue growth for 2013, and is upbeat on McCann's progress.

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Sarah Thompson Named CEO at Droga5, New York

Sarah Thompson Named CEO at Droga5, New York

After five years at the agency, promoted to oversee the New York office. The move makes her one of a small, but growing number of female leaders in the ad business.

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Omnicom Group Posts First Quarter Profit of $205 Million

Omnicom Group Posts First Quarter Profit of $205 Million

CEO John Wren brushes off Chevy loss, says he's optimistic about U.S. economy this year.

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How Google Creative Lab Links Product to Stellar Storytelling

How Google Creative Lab Links Product to Stellar Storytelling

Robert Wong, CCO of Google Creative Lab, reveals five ways the Lab inextricably links Google product with masterful storytelling.

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Six Things You Didn't Know About Tor Myhren

Six Things You Didn't Know About Tor Myhren

He's best known for the DirecTV Talking Baby ads. But here we uncover lesser-known facts about Grey New York's creative chief.

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Marketing Community Reacts to Boston Marathon Bombing

Marketing Community Reacts to Boston Marathon Bombing

Bombings sent local agencies scrambling to account for staffers. Twitter served as an information source; many brands went dark on social media.

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Publicis Posts Modest Revenue Bump, but Europe Remains a Concern

Publicis Posts Modest Revenue Bump, but Europe Remains a Concern

Noting downturn in Europe, Chairman-CEO Maurice Levy said that 2013 will be a challenging year.

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Chevy Repositions Impala to Flip Sales Ratio

Chevy Repositions Impala to Flip Sales Ratio

Once America's best-selling car, the full-size sedan has mostly been relegated to auto-rental fleets, police departments and car services.

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John McGarry's Son Exits McGarryBowen

John McGarry's Son Exits McGarryBowen

Doug Livingston hired from WPP's Grey to serve as new chief digital officer.

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In Middle of Cadillac Pitch, General Motors Hires Campbell-Ewald Exec

Steve Majoros, managing director at one of the agencies in Cadillac's ongoing agency review , named director of global marketing.

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Calling Young Creatives: Ad Age's Annual Cover Competition is Now Open

Calling Young Creatives: Ad Age's Annual Cover Competition is Now Open

The deadline is April 28th. One winning design will earn a free trip to the Cannes International Festival of Creativity.

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360i is Building a Klout-Like Platform to Help Brands Go Viral

The Dentsu-owned digital agency is mining the world of influencers in the hopes of hacking viral marketing.

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