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Bacardi USA Shifts Media Duties to Mindshare

Bacardi USA Shifts Media Duties to Mindshare

The global spirits marketer has moved digital and traditional media planning and buying to WPP's Mindshare from KSL.

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Agencies Ready for the 'Year of Experiential'

Agencies Ready for the 'Year of Experiential'

Some call it stunt marketing. Others term it experiential marketing. But whatever name you use, it's hot.

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WPP Chief Executive Martin Sorrell Takes Cut to Annual Salary

WPP Chief Executive Martin Sorrell Takes Cut to Annual Salary

Holding Company bows to shareholder pressure after last year's meeting in which 60% of them rejected his $20 million pay package.

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Intel Taps Leo Burnett's Arc for Digital, Shopper Marketing

Intel Taps Leo Burnett's Arc for Digital, Shopper Marketing

The Publicis Groupe shop will market laptops, tablets, smartphones and Ultrabooks on digital channels and in stores.

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Six Things You Didn't Know About AKQA's Rei Inamoto

Six Things You Didn't Know About AKQA's Rei Inamoto

Rei Inamoto is behind some of adland's most innovative projects, from building Delta Airlines' apps to leading the charge on a student category at Cannes.

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Three Top Marketers With Agency Backgrounds Reveal Why They Switched Sides

Three Top Marketers With Agency Backgrounds Reveal Why They Switched Sides

Execs from Mondelez, Gap and Target discuss differences in control, pressure and creativity, plus what agencies just don't get about clients.

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Seven Strong Unions Earn Honorable Mention in Ad Age's Agency-Client Marriages Contest

Seven Strong Unions Earn Honorable Mention in Ad Age's Agency-Client Marriages Contest

From Haworth And Target to Doner And Bush Brothers, these partnerships prove notable.

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20 Agency Folks Describe Their Alternative-Career Fantasies

20 Agency Folks Describe Their Alternative-Career Fantasies

From being on tour with Radiohead to being a weatherman or a wrestler, adland is ambitious.

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Digital Agency 'Newsrooms' Brand Oil Spills and Cat Videos

Digital Agency 'Newsrooms' Brand Oil Spills and Cat Videos

Agencies have unique industry insights, but can they make 'brand journalism' work for themselves and clients?

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So You Want to Start an Agency? Pin These Tips to Your Wall

So You Want to Start an Agency? Pin These Tips to Your Wall

Here are 11 things you need to know, starting with: The world does not need another ad agency.

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Unilever Taps 360i for Ben & Jerry's Digital Business

Unilever Taps 360i for Ben & Jerry's Digital Business

Dentsu digital shop picks up its first business for Unilever. Edelman keeps global business for now.

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Publicis Kaplan Thaler and P&G's Charmin Take Silver in Ad Age's Best Agency-Client Marriages Contest

Publicis Kaplan Thaler and P&G's Charmin Take Silver in Ad Age's Best Agency-Client Marriages Contest

Charmin and Publicis Kaplan Thaler have adopted the sort of closeness and openness that can only be achieved by having a good sense of humor about your work.

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How to Retain Talent? Teach Them to Leave, Says KBS+

How to Retain Talent? Teach Them to Leave, Says KBS+

Entrepreneur course at KBS+ retains talent with in-house course on startups that motivates, widens career-path options.

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Does Your Company Need an Agency-Relations Director?

Does Your Company Need an Agency-Relations Director?

Deb Giampoli describes her job as everything from marriage counselor to adviser to "agency slut."

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Who Was Mather? Meet the Lesser-Known Men Behind Famous Agency Names

Who Was Mather? Meet the Lesser-Known Men Behind Famous Agency Names

Their surnames may hang on the doors of the industry's leading agencies, but these individuals had little to do with the shops' successes.

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U.K. Grapples With Brain Drain as Talent Takes Off for U.S., China

U.K. ad agencies are losing top talent to the former colonies as key players head for higher salaries in the States or the friendlier tax climes of Asia.

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P&G Moves Global Gillette Account to Grey

P&G Moves Global Gillette Account to Grey

After a seven-month review, P&G has moved the global Gillette account to Grey from longtime shop BBDO.

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Lawyers and Insurers Invade PR Shops' Crisis-Management Turf

Lawyers and Insurers Invade PR Shops' Crisis-Management Turf

Marketers with reputation challenges no longer automatically turn to public relations, as consulting firms and others offer similar services.

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Why Local Digital Advertising Agencies Have Upper Hand in China

Why Local Digital Advertising Agencies Have Upper Hand in China

International agencies dominate many aspects of China's marketing industry, but local players have the upper hand when it comes to digital -- and that's why they're the M&A target du jour.

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Meet 11 Creatives Whose Careers Are Red-Hot

Meet 11 Creatives Whose Careers Are Red-Hot

Creativity presents its annual roundup of talent you should definitely be keeping tabs on.

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