Cannes Lions 2025 APAC winners: 'Vaseline Verified' a runaway hit
The Ogilvy Singapore work wins its second Grand Prix plus six more Lions on a day ...
3 days ago
Cannes Lions 2025 APAC winners: 'Vaseline Verified' a runaway hit
The Ogilvy Singapore work wins its second Grand Prix plus six more Lions on a day when India's top campaigns surge in awards.
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Havas rebrands Converged around AI at Cannes Lions
Chief executive Yannick Bolloré announces transformation into a fully AI-driven organisation, powered by human ingenuity. That, and more Croisette colour from our editor’s diary.
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Meta expands Advantage+ with Gen AI ad creativity ...
Meta has enhanced its Advantage+ advertising platform with new generative AI tools designed to help advertisers create personalised, brand-consistent ads at scale.
4 hours ago
TikTok commercial lead: 'We don't want to take the ...
Sofia Hernandez, global head of business marketing and commercial partnerships, spoke to Campaign about the importance of agencies.
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4 hours ago
Predictability is power, but only when business ...
Trust and predictability are practical tools for navigating complexity, but leaders must be steady, not static, says Edelman's CEO for Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.
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1 day ago
Croisette dispatches: Editor’s diary from the heart of Cannes
If you need a Cannes conversation starter, bring up AI—everyone’s tried it, everyone’s got an opinion, no one is shy about it. I’ll be criss-crossing the Croisette all week; keep an eye out for more dispatches.
1 day ago
WPP Media changes regional structure across Asia ...
The new 'APMEA' model divides WPP's media business across six sub-regions and names new leadership roles.
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Reddit launches two AI advertising tools to usher ...
Unveiled at Cannes Lions 2025, Reddit’s AI-powered tools are designed to help brands tap into the power of community conversations and real-time insights.
1 day ago
Mid-week newsmakers in the world of marcomms
Hakuhodo, Nando's, BBDO, Clemenger Group, Havas, WPP, Bastion, Edelman, and more, in Campaign's weekly roundup.
1 day ago
Campaign's Agency of the Year 2025 opens for entries
Now in its 32nd year, AOY has added two new AI-related categories as it recognises exceptional leadership, agencies, brands, and work across local, regional, and global markets.
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1 day ago
Scrutiny over media trading will be a top story in ...
Five of Campaign's global editors spoke on a panel at Campaign House in Cannes.
2 days ago
WhatsApp officially introduces ads in updates tab
For the first time, WhatsApp will display ads and offer paid subscriptions for exclusive content in its Updates tab, expanding its revenue streams while keeping personal messages ad-free.
2 days ago
Dentsu China unveils new media agency heads
Guang Cui, CEO of Dentsu China, will oversee media agencies, as Dephin Lim joins from WPP and Derek Huang transitions from Merkle to lead Dentsu X.
2 days ago
AI won't kill advertising, it won't save it either: ...
“Go make something wonderful,” Apple's Tor Myhren tells the creative industry as he bets on the irreplaceable power of human minds.
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3 days ago
Creativity isn’t just for New York, London or ...
Enkhbayasgalan Tungalag reminds the industry that world-class ideas can be born in yurt camps as easily as Madison Avenue; it’s time the global stage paid attention.
Agency Report Cards 2024
The Information
5 hours ago
Agency Report Card 2024: PHD
With robust retention rates in 2024 and an expanding presence in China, PHD had a league-topping year. But with new business wins on the slow and an impending merger, it remains to be seen how the agency can overcome incoming challenges.
The Information
3 days ago
Agency Report Card 2024: OMD
OMD APAC kept competitors on their toes with major account wins, standout campaigns, and a clean sweep of top industry awards. But with the incoming complexities of the Omnicom-IPG merger, questions remain about its next phase of growth—and how integration could reshape its market edge.
The Information
Jun 13, 2025
Agency Report Card 2024: Ogilvy
Ogilvy APAC celebrated a strong creative year in 2024, clinching top regional honours at Cannes Lions. Yet operational headwinds, particularly in China, tested its resilience and reshaped its growth strategy.
The Information
Jun 12, 2025
Agency Report Card 2024: MullenLowe
In 2024, MullenLowe weathered the loss of significant Unilever business by securing new clients, yet still faces challenges in regional cohesion, despite pockets of creative success.
Market Shake-ups
May 30, 2025
Mindshare, EssenceMediacom China chiefs exit
Campaign understands that both Mindshare and EssenceMediacom’s China chiefs are stepping down; WPP Media pushes regional restructuring post rebrand.
May 22, 2025
GroupM tells staff about redundancies as restructure...
Employees being informed this week about roles at risk of redundancy.
May 19, 2025
Why has GroupM lost its way for so long? The buck ...
The visceral response to the latest restructuring has been a lament for the way the holding company has moved too slowly and downgraded its agency brands over many years.
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May 14, 2025
GroupM restructures across Asia, Indonesia ...
Staffing cuts across Asia have begun as GroupM transitions to a “single operating model” under the soon-to-be-rebranded WPP Media banner.
The Work
1 day ago
Cannes Lions 2025: See all of the Grand Prix winning work this year
Bookmark this page to watch all of the standout Grand Prix winners from the 72nd Cannes Lions Festival.
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2 days ago
Hong Kong’s harbourfront gets ballsy to break men’s health taboos
Men's health clinic, Noah, and BBH Singapore team up to tackle men’s health with what looks like a pair of giant inflatable balls.
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Jun 13, 2025
Apple Watch’s heart story strikes a chord in Japan
Apple’s new Japan campaign tells the real-life story of a heavy metal fan whose Apple Watch alerts help detect a life-threatening heart condition just in time.
Jun 10, 2025
A new game makes tricky talks about boundaries and respect feel easy
An effort by DDB Melbourne.
Jun 9, 2025
Got2be and Jung von Matt Nerd launch Roblox games for Pride month
Activation features two games based on the history of the LGBTQ+ movement.
Focus
Unlocking China Opportunities
Your Guide to Understanding Evolving Consumer Preferences by Alibaba
Getting real How eos became Gen Z’s most-loved ...
Behind the scenes of the most effective marketing campaign in the world
Indies as One: The World's Top Independent Agencies
According to the World Federation of Advertising, nine out of 10 marketers do not believe their current agency model will fit future needs. They foresee greater demands for simplification, specialisation and integration from agencies.
Insights on video marketing in Southeast Asia
The first Southeast Asia YouTube Works Awards celebrates the most effective and creative advertising on the platform, where winners don’t just represent the best of their market, but the whole region.
Meta: Every connection is an opportunity
Relationships with the community grows in parallel as businesses begin to expand. Meta facilitates this growth by helping people and businesses intersect, connect and grow together across its platforms. In this series, Campaign Asia-Pacific partners with Meta to explore innovative solutions, including AI integration, Reels ads, Business Messaging, measurement and performance in order to optimise the consumer journey and help brands grow.
Pioneers Panel Series
‘Pioneers’ is a thought leadership series, brought to you by Campaign and Facebook, exploring emerging trends and cutting-edge insights on the changes that will shape the future of the marketing and advertising industry for years to come.
Events
May 27, 2025
Campaign360 2025 Singapore
Campaign360 returns on 27-28 May 2025 in Singapore! The event will cover engaging discussions led by Asia's leading brand marketers, focusing on navigating budget challenges, collaboration between the entire C-suite and CMOs, and differentiating your brand in a competitive market.
May 27, 2025
Women Leading Change Awards 2025
Campaign Asia-Pacific's Women Leading Change Awards Asia-Pacific continue to celebrate the outstanding women who challenge, innovate, and lead across our industry.
PARTNER CONTENT
PROMOTED
Jun 10, 2025
Microsoft at 50: How the tech giant is reimagining ...
As Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary, its advertising arm is quietly becoming a force in gen AI - offering brands a trusted, innovative partner in a noisy, hype-driven market. VP at Microsoft Advertising, Nick Seckold, weighs in on the tech giant’s legacy and its AI-driven future.
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PROMOTED
Jun 5, 2025
Confessions of a CMO: Global-regional trends ...
Campaign sat down exclusively with John Harris, CEO of Worldwide Partners, Inc.(WPI), the world’s most collaborative agency network, and Humphrey Ho, president of Helios Worldwide and Asia Pacific board director at WPI, for an in-depth discussion on how the role of the CMO is evolving within today’s rapidly shifting marketing landscape.
PROMOTED
May 28, 2025
Where to draw the line with AI: Lessons from Yahoo, ...
In a fast-evolving AI landscape, marketers from Yahoo, Geox and UNI China share where they push forward—and where they push back.
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PROMOTED
May 28, 2025
How Harbin Beer rewrote the rules of product placement
Harbin Beer flipped retail conventions by embracing the coldest, most overlooked corner of the fridge and proved that insight beats visibility.
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