Cannes Lions scam investigation
Cannes Lions scam investigation
Below you will find a chronological list of the articles in a Mumbrella investigation into the issue of scam advertising and the Cannes Lions since June 2014.
- Press Lions yield two Silvers and a Bronze for Australia
- Outdoor wins at Cannes Lions
- Agencies won’t say where Cannes Lions award-winning print ads ran
- Cannes Lions: Winning ads were legitimate but it’s inappropriate to say where they ran
- Media agency did not book Panasonic’s Cannes Lions winning ad campaign
- Terry, Richard and Mark: Tell me, are these winning Australian ads actually scam?
- Second search for Cannes Lions winning Panasonic and McDonald’s ad campaigns draws a blank
- An open letter to the staff of Saatchi & Saatchi and DDB Sydney
- Award winning McDonald’s campaign ran in Rouse Hill Times
- Cannes Lions deadline edition of Rouse Hill Times also carried one-off Band-Aid ads
- Lost dog – can you help us find him?
- Shortlisted Cannes Lions ads ran once, in local parenting mag
- Photography company describes Cannes Press Lions entry as ‘love job’
- Comms Council CEO urges agencies dealing with illegitimacy claims to be transparent
- Marketers are the ones whose reputations are most at risk if they are complicit in scam advertising
- Terry Savage defends debated Cannes Lions entries saying ‘Super Bowl ads run once’
- Look beyond creative awards to boost agency credentials, warn new business experts
- With awards the more you get, the more you get
- McDonald’s CMO Lollback: Questioning our Press Lions win is tall poppy syndrome
- Comprehensive review raises questions over nine of 20 Australian Press Lions entries
- Another version of Leo Burnett’s ‘Bundy’ Lions entered Press ad ran in National Liquor News
- The Scam Lions? Count me out
- R/GA founder Bob Greenberg admits if scam work is innovative judges ‘let it pass’