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Warwick Cairns Mark Stockdale Kathryn Patten
11 hours ago

Here’s a thought: The ad industry still needs big personalities

While personality cults around agency founders seem a relic of a less enlightened past, three experts argue that to break the rules and take back control, advertising needs at least a few larger-than-life figures.

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