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The 4As CEO Explains How the Organization is Rebuilding Itself in Public
A year into the job, Justin Thomas-Copeland is turning a century-old trade body into a service platform with agentic tools, a GenJam for creatives and a ‘4As in your pocket’
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Klick Health Makes Cannes History With a Double Crown
The world's largest independent health agency took both Healthcare Agency and Network of the Year in the same night
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OvareGroup Becomes TogetherWith Over Chicken and Malbec
Cannes is a place for celebration, but in some instances that isn’t on stage at the Palais. For Louisville-based OvareGroup,…
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Indies at the Beach: Discussing Indie Media, Creative and AI Issues
Two panels of indie reps took to the stage at LBB Beach to talk about issues facing the indie agency…
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Revisiting Cannes 2024 (With New Members)
A look at how the numbers changed
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Don’t You (Forget About Your Early-Year Campaign)
Let's get your work top-of-mind as we get closer to Cannes
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Cannes Lions 2025: We’re Back. We’re Bringing the Indie Energy. And Kyle!
Find us in the lobbies, cafés, and wherever the Wi-Fi holds
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The Cannes Lions Inside Skinny: How to Think Like a Juror
A look inside the minds of the judges
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Tapping Into the Cultural Pulse, This Cannes Report Is an Evergreen Must-Read
The Thought Partnership's special report illuminated important insights
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Serviceplan’s SPARK Academy: Igniting the Next Generation of Creative Talent
Quietly revolutionizing how young creatives learn, connect, and grow
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How Do Indies Feel About AI? The Human Touch Reigns Supreme
It's early days, with promise, but things we make as people matters
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#IndieThinking: The CMR-M1 Camera: AI That Will Blow You Away
The cool camera debuted at Cannes and exhibits how human creativity and tech can coexist
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#IndieWork: Rethink and the Amazing, Awesome, So Sweet, Very Good Cannes
The Pride of (Cannes) Lions: When taking big swings reaps big rewards on the industry’s biggest awards stage
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‘Our Industry Is Insane’: Some Refreshing Indie Candor From the Beach in Cannes
You probably didn't hear stuff like this in the Palais
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What Percentage of Indie Entries Won at Cannes? We Pulled the Data
Out of 832 trophies, 186 were indie
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Klick Health Had a Heck of a Week at Cannes: Behind the Winning Campaigns
A reminder that healthcare creativity doesn't need to be dull
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Tombras and Mother Walk Away With More Lions on Cannes Final Day
Rethink finishes strong to snap up indie agency and network of the year
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Rethink Wins a Grand Prix for Creative Effectiveness at Cannes Lions
It Has to Be Heinz also picked up a creative strategy bronze
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Here Are the Indie Cannes Lions Engagement Winners
Some very nice wins across Creative B2B and Data, Direct and Media