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CANNES 2013: Ogilvy's UK arm bags eight outdoor golds in good night for the agency

Ogilvy & Mather London bagged Gold Lions for all eight of its Expedia entries in the Outdoor Lions, while its sister agency Ogilvy France took home the Grand Prix.

Kia to sponsor Ashes content on TalkSport

Kia Motors will sponsor all content related to this summer's Ashes series between the England and Australia cricket teams, in a deal brokered by Havas Media Group.

News Corp break-up begins as stock drops on debut

News Corporation's publishing assets fell on their first day of trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) today as the long-awaited break-up of Rupert Murdoch's media empire began.

CANNES 2013: UK celebrates a dozen Media Lion award winners

UK media companies covered themselves with glory at this year's Media Lions after bagging more awards than any other nation, although Mindshare was the only UK agency to get a Gold Lion.

Karmarama's Mendelshon and Buonaguidi to appear on The Apprentice

Karmarama's London office is the setting for tonight's episode of 'The Apprentice', as candidates in the BBC One show are tasked with designing a dating website.

VCCP invites Coors Light fans to send a 'Damme cold call'

VCCP has unveiled the first major wide-reaching, digitally-centric piece of activity in its ongoing Coors Light campaign, which is fronted by movie star legend Jean Claude Van Damme.

CANNES 2013: PHD staff now come to work to play

After six months in beta, staff at Omnicom agency PHD will come into work everyday to play games, following the formalising of an initiative called Source, spearheaded by the worldwide strategy and planning director, Mark Holden.

CANNES 2013: Without brands Facebook would not exist, says Carolyn Everson

Carolyn Everson, the vice-president of global marketing solutions at Facebook, has spelled out the importance of brands to the social network.

CANNES 2013: Without brands Facebook would not exist, says Carolyn Everson

Carolyn Everson, the vice-president of global marketing solutions at Facebook, has spelled out the importance of brands to the social network.

CANNES 2013: In pictures

Catch up with the action in Cannes, including sessions from speakers including Jack Black, Jenson Button and Martha Stewart.

CANNES 2013: John Lewis' Inglis on winning his first Lions

It was the first time Craig Inglis, director of marketing at John Lewis, had attended the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, but it proved to be well worth the wait.

Muller Amore to sponsor Channel 4's First Dates

Müller Dairy's recently relaunched Amore yoghurts will sponsor Channel 4's new documentary series 'First Dates'.

CANNES 2013: Emery talks McLaren and the importance of adapting

Nick Emery, the global chief executive of WPP's Mindshare, has underlined the importance of adapting and embracing the creativity that involves.

CANNES 2013: Monday roundup from Live@Cannes

Day two of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity featured winners, intimate taxi rides and maps made of meat.

CANNES 2013: PHD is a massive multi-player game

Omnicom's PHD media network is attempting to transform its approach to strategy and planning by adopting the principles of "gamification" to its business.

CANNES 2013: Jane McGonigal on the super powers of gamers

Far from the stereotypes of gamers being introverted and susceptible to anti-social behaviour, the latest research conducted by Omnicom's PHD demonstrates the more games you play, the more motivated you are.

CANNES 2013: O&M London gets 12 nominations in press shortlist

Ogilvy & Mather London picked up 12 of the UK's 15 nominations in the Print Lions, with the agency's work for the travel website Expedia being nominated eight times.

CANNES 2013: AOL targets extreme emotion of Gen Y

Rene Rechtman, chief executive of AOL Be On, has examined the "extreme emotion" needed for content to resonate with Generation Y, in a session at Cannes Lions 2013.

CANNES 2013: UK gets 17 Media Lions nods

UK agencies, clients and media owners have received 17 shortlisted entries in the contest for the Cannes Media Lions, four fewer than last year.

Despicable Me 2 characters plot first Mumsnet takeover

'Despicable Me 2' "minions" will hijack the Mumsnet homepage and logo for one week from Monday 24 June, marking the first time the site has carried a takeover campaign in its 13-year history.

Campaign launches Live@Cannes blog

Campaign UK has teamed up with Campaign Asia, Marketing and PR Week US to launch Live@Cannes, a live blog of the Cannes Lions festival 2013.

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