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Yes We Cannes: a Week of Celebration and HopeJune 29, 2009 Attendance and award entries were down 40 percent. Still, hope springs eternal in ad land, as executives expressed faith that the worst is over and celebrated work they hoped would show the way forward, including an inspirational presidential campaign and a scrappy effort for a small tourism account that became a global phenomenon. Read Full Article 
Cannes: Obama Wins Titanium, Integrated Prizes; Tribal DDB Scores for FilmJune 27, 2009 The marketing push that propelled Barack Obama to the U.S. presidency was honored with two top prizes -- the Titanium and Integrated Grand Prix -- at the Ad Festival in Cannes. The effort was created by a multi-agency team. Tribal DDB won the Film Grand Prix for an epic Philips spot called "Carousel." Read Full Article 
Cannes Video: Fred & Farid's Fred RaillardJune 27, 2009 Fred Raillard explains why he was surprised that the risky Wrangler campaign struck a chord with the Cannes Press jury. Read Full Article 
Cannes Video: P&G's Marc PritchardJune 27, 2009 P&G global marketing officer Marc Pritchard discusses his first trip to the Cannes festival. Read Full Article 
Cannes Video: Spike Lee on UGCJune 26, 2009 Spike Lee is in Cannes to talk about user-generated content and his participation in the MOFILM competition. Read Full Article 
Marketing Execs Hit the Reset ButtonJune 26, 2009 At a Cannes Festival panel, elite marketers from P&G, Kraft, McDonald's and Johnson & Johnson said advertising is more important than ever to their organizations. But that doesn't mean the procurement office won't squeeze agencies on price. Read Full Article 
Social Media Habits of Marketing's EliteJune 26, 2009 WPP CEO Martin Sorrell used his Cannes panel of top marketing execs to ask about their personal use of social media. The results were mixed. Read Full Article 
Cannes Video: Sean CumminsJune 25, 2009 The CumminsNitro CEO discusses his shop's triple-Grand Prix-winning Tourism Queensland effort. Read Full Article 
Martin Sorrell on Cannes Lions '09June 25, 2009 WPP Group's CEO shares his views on this year's Ad Festival. Read Full Article 
Cannes Report: Lessons From Brand ObamaJune 25, 2009 David Plouffe, Barack Obama's campaign manager, discussed lessons from the winning presidential run. Read Full Article 
Cannes Video: Saatchi's Gerry GrafJune 25, 2009 The Saatchi N.Y. CCO and Press Lions judge discusses his favorite work and the value of award shows. Read Full Article 
Steven Van Zandt on Music and AdsJune 25, 2009 The rocker and Sopranos star discussed music in advertising at the third Grey music seminar at Cannes. Read Full Article 
3rd Cannes Grand Prix for CumminsNitroJune 24, 2009 CumminsNitro's third Grand Prix for Tourism Queensland is a record for a single campaign. Read Full Article 
Microsoft's Ballmer Makes His Pitch at CannesJune 24, 2009 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer came to Cannes with a message for advertisers: His company is committed to the ad space. Read Full Article 
Cannes Report: Greenberg on Campaigns vs. PlatformsJune 24, 2009 R/GA's Bob Greenberg used his Cannes seminar to extol cloud-based computing. Read Full Article 
Cannes Video: La Comunidad's Jose MollaJune 24, 2009 U.S. juror Jose Molla, founder and ecd of La Comunidad, discusses the Outdoor Grand Prix. Read Full Article 
Cannes Video: Mediabrands' Nick BrienJune 24, 2009 Nick Brien, Mediabrands' CEO and jury president of this year's Media Lions, discusses what's so different about the work at Cannes in '09. Read Full Article 
Cannes Video: R/GA's Nick LawJune 23, 2009 The shop's N.A. creative chief talks about the blurring of digital and traditional agencies. Read Full Article 
Cannes: South African Shops Win BigJune 23, 2009 South African shops won two of three Grand Prix awards bestowed today at Cannes: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris in Outdoor and Net#work BBDO in Radio. Read Full Article 
Cannes Video: Isobar's Mark CranmerJune 23, 2009 From Cannes, Mark Cranmer, CEO of Isobar, discusses why creativity has been mostly an afterthought in digital. Read Full Article 
Cannes Report: 180 Takes Page From Joy Division's Old LabelJune 23, 2009 Is Joy Division the key to the new agency model? Read Full Article
CumminsNitro, Beacon Score at CannesJune 23, 2009 CumminsNitro scores for Tourism Queensland (shown), while Beacon Tokyo wins for Yubari. Read Full Article 
Festival Puts New Focus on Results for LionsJune 22, 2009 Effectiveness is going to play a greater role in determining winners at this year's Cannes, according to a look at the judging criteria. Read Full Article 
Adweek Covers Cannes in Real TimeJune 22, 2009 Our venue to cover the Cannes Ad Festival, RealTimeCannes.com, will live as a "stream," with fresh content building day and night. Read Full Article
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