The corruption case has also embroiled Havas Group, which allegedly provided advertising and related services at below market rates to two African presidential candidates. They both won and Bollore Group ended up with port concessions in both countries.

The award-winning campaign from McCann for State Street Global Advisors added another top honor to its trophy case Thursday night, when it captured the Grand Effie at a gala ceremony in New York.

As a statement on gender inequality? Please -- half the industry will be wearing black anyway.

The 4As and the UK's IPA are protesting Accenture's move to start a programmatic practice, citing blatant conflicts of interest.

Companies I've never heard of (or haven't paid attention to) are sending me notes saying that if don't respond soon, they'll take me off their email lists.

Publicis Groupe's Marcel is getting most of the ink right now. But on this side of the pond, Havas today unveiled a big bet of its own in the AI space.

Watch out, Fandango -- studio-backed startup Atom Tickets wants to eat your lunch. And now it's deploying some advertising firepower to help the effort. Popcorn anyone?

It's not quite as bushy as the facial hair that David Letterman is sporting these days, but the former Publicis Groupe CEO has a new hirsute look.

While some say WPP chairman Roberto Quarta has botched the handling of Martin Sorrell's departure, he has received support from the firm's biggest shareholder.

The awards keep rolling in to the Association of National Advertisers for the group's efforts regarding media transparency and its industrywide impact.