- Cannes Lions Festival Going All Digital For Second Straight Year
MAD, Steve McClellan - Wednesday, April 7, 2021
The awards portion of the event will return (it was cancelled last year) and cover two years of work. ...
- France's New Lockdown Puts Another Wrench In The Works For This Year's Lions Festival
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Friday, April 2, 2021
For now, the new lockdown is effective through April, but French officials have described the latest COVID-19 surge in such dire terms it won't come as a surprise if t ...
- Ascential Doubles Down On MediaOcean Rival Hudson MX, Leads New $63.5 Million Round
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Hudson MX, a media-buying technology startup has closed a $63.5 million round of venture funding led by Ascential plc. The round, which comes a year after Ascential made a $ ...
- Cannes Lions To Resume Live Festival In June
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Like many other events in the past year, the Cannes Lions 2020 festival was converted to a virtual event. The awards portion was postponed. The organization cautioned that attendance th ...
- Publicis Groupe, WPP Mark 'Entente Cordiale' At Cannes-Dos
MAD, Larissa Faw - Friday, June 26, 2020
In addition to brand and non-profit winners two special awards were announced including the "Entente Cordiale Award" recognizing the "great collaboration" for the Moldy Whopper campaign. ...
- Cannes-Do: The Plot Thickens
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Arthur Sadoun and Maurice Levy star in a new video stylized like a caper film in which they embark on a mission to the South of France. And yes, th ...
- Rose Or Not Rose Is The Choice Offered By New Cannes-Focused App
MAD, Larissa Faw - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Mar-tech firm Cognitiv is releasing the "Rose / Not Rose!" app to give Cannes regulars a chuckle or two as they ponder the what-ifs of a live Cannes Lions 20 ...
- Virtual Cannes Lions Gathering Is Just Around The Corner
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Thursday, June 11, 2020
Seems like ages ago that the in-person event was cancelled, but a virtual version including a few special awards and lots of inspiring conversation is taking place June 22-26. ...
- Cannes Lions To Launch Lions Live Platform
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, April 20, 2020
Cannes Lions is launching a global creative platform, called Lions Live, that will run throughout June, allowing adland to network and share views as well as receive free insights a ...
- Cannes Lions Festival Cancelled
MAD, Steve McClellan - Friday, April 3, 2020
Festival organizers announced the decision early Friday after it became clear that a number of holding companies would not participate in the program in any form this year given t ...
- Does Cannes Cancellation Create Opportunity For More Inclusive Festival?
MAD, Larissa Faw - Friday, April 3, 2020
An emerging group of independent shops say this cancellation presents an opportunity to reimagine the entire award process, not just for Cannes, but across the entire industry. ...
- Cannes 2020 Gets Canned
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, April 3, 2020
After it became clear there was very little interest in attending Cannes in October, the 2020 Cannes Lions festival and awards have been cancelled, Mediatel writes. ...
- Is Cannes Lions Festival Working On Plan C?
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Thursday, April 2, 2020
The festival, already delayed until October, is now contending with the likelihood that many, if not most of the holding companies, will be no shows or have a reduced prese ...
- Agencies Appear Reluctant To Attend Cannes Lions
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, April 2, 2020
Strained budgets and furloughed staff mean many agencies will not be attending the delayed Cannes Lions awards five day in the South of France this October. "Campaign" has been readi ...
- Cannes Lions Wants To Hear Your Inspiring COVID-19 Marketing Story
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Monday, March 30, 2020
The group is collecting stories of how agencies and marketers are responding creatively to the COVID-19 crisis and aggregating them on an open-access microsite. ...
- Cannes Lions Festival Postponed To October
MAD, Steve McClellan - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
The group had earlier secured alternative dates and had said it would make a decision no later than April 15. ...
- Cannes Lions Eyes Shifting Festival To October
MAD, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
The Festival has secured alternative dates in October (26-30) with plans to make an official decision no later than April 15. At the very least, organizers want the industry ...
- Industry Ponders Fate Of This Year's Cannes Lions Festival
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Monday, March 2, 2020
France has banned indoor gatherings of more than 5,000 people and Cannes organizers are said to be scrambling to draw up an action plan. ...
- Ascential Invests $10M In Startup Media-Buying Processor Hudson MX
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, February 24, 2020
Ascential PLC, a B2B media holding company best known for operating the Cannes Festival of Creativity/Media Lions, has taken a minority stake in Hudson MX, a startup competing with media-buyi ...
- Cannes Lions 'Open For Business' Despite MWC Cancellation
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, February 17, 2020
Despite coronavirus prompting the cancellation of MWC this year, the organisers of Cannes Lions have announced they remain "firmly open for business," "Campaign" reports. ...
- FCB Sponsors New Young Lions Marketer Competition Category
MAD, Larissa Faw - Thursday, January 16, 2020
This Marketer competition will be open to young brand marketing professionals (30 years old or younger as of June 22, 2020), with each team consisting of two marketers from t ...
- Panelists Ponder Workforce Transformation At Cannes
MAD, Larissa Faw - Monday, June 24, 2019
Hilton has invented room service, martinis and red velvet cake. Now, the hotel brand seeks to redefine the workforce, proclaimed Kelly Kenny, Global CMO, Hilton. ...
- UK Fails To Win A Single Grand Prix Trophy At Cannes 2019
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, June 24, 2019
"Campaign" is lamenting that UK awards at Cannes Lions have dropped by nearly a quarter. The site points out that the UK did not win a single Grand Prix trop ...
- Cannes Conversation: DAN's Doug Ray Commands 'Attention'
MAD, Larissa Faw - Friday, June 21, 2019
CANNES, FRANCE--The U.S. Chairman of Media at Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) is helping spearhead the group's new Attention Economy project to determine whether it is possible to measure attention. ...
- Laugh, Cry, Care: The Surest Paths To Cannes Gold
MAD, Scott Donaton - Friday, June 21, 2019
CANNES, FRANCE--The somewhat guilty pleasure of watching movies on a workday is part of what makes judging the Entertainment awards so rewarding. ...
- WPP's Mindshare Takes Media Network Of The Year Honors At Cannes
MAD, Steve McClellan - Friday, June 21, 2019
Starcom was runner-up and MediaCom, last year's winner, was third. ...
- Sir Martin Is No 'Sparklepony'
MAD, Larissa Faw - Friday, June 21, 2019
CANNES, FRANCE--Sir Martin Sorrell is a "Burner," having attended the Burning Man Festival three out of the last four years with plans to attend this year as well. ...
- Cannes Conversation: IPG's Engelgau Supports GDPR-Type Rules For The U.S.
MediaPost Live, Larissa Faw - Friday, June 21, 2019
CANNES, FRANCE--Now that he has a larger platform at the holding company, Engelgau is eager to serve as an industry leader to advocate for federal standards tracking privacy. ...
- Snapchat Embraces Narcissism With Latest Cannes Activation
MediaPost Live, Larissa Faw - Friday, June 21, 2019
CANNES, FRANCE--This year, the social media brand partnered with Los Angeles-based artist Alex Israel for a superficial, but totally-LA experience combining the physical with the digital. ...
- Omnicom Wins Top Holding Company Honors, Wieden Is Agency Of The Year At Cannes
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Sunday, June 23, 2019
Cannes Lions wrapped on Friday with Omnicom taking home holding company of the year honors for the second year in a row. Interpublic was second and WPP came in th ...
