Campaign articles from June 2008

Campaign archives from June 2008

Flybe reviews pounds 7m ad business.(Flybe British European)(advertising)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Short-haul airline company approaches London and regional agencies to contest creative account. Flybe, the short-haul airline, has asked agencies to pitch for its pounds 7 million advertising account. It has approached at least two...

Wunderman chiefs leave in restructure.(Wunderman Europe)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Marcus Starke, the president and chief executive of Wunderman EMEA, and Alexei Orlov, the global executive vice-chairman, are leaving the network without jobs to go to. It is understood that Wunderman has no plans to replace Starke. ...

Agencies line up for First Choice DM task.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... First Choice Holidays, the TUI-owned travel operator, is on the hunt for a lead direct marketing agency and has approached a number of undisclosed shops with a request for information. WDMP, which was appointed to handle a customer...

BMB beats two for pounds 5m Freeview brief.(Beattie McGuinness Bungay)(DTV Services Ltd.)
June 27, 2008... Beattie McGuinness Bungay has scooped the pounds 5 million Freeview account after a three-way pitch. The agency beat Wieden & Kennedy and St Luke's to the business, and replaces Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners, which was appointed...

Luxury car marque Rolls-Royce seeks ad agency.(advertising agency)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Rolls-Royce is on the hunt for a UK advertising agency. The BMW-owned luxury car manufacturer has approached a number of shops through the AAR. A shortlist is expected next month, with a final result scheduled for August. It is...

Shortlist cuts senior commercial team.(Shortlist)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... The free men's weekly Shortlist has scaled down its senior commercial team, resulting in the departure of its advertising director and associate publisher. Jo Fraser, the advertising director, and Tom Bailey, the associate publisher,...

Farfar founder joins Agency Republic.(Anders Gustavsson)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Agency Republic has hired Anders Gustavsson, a founding partner at the Swedish digital hotshop Farfar, to take on the role of creative director. Gustavsson, who founded Farfar alongside Matias Palm-Jensen, Per Nasholm and Nicke Bergstrom...

Amsterdam Worldwide splits from StrawberryFrog.(Amsterdam Worldwide)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Amsterdam Worldwide, the Dutch agency breaking away from micro-network StrawberryFrog, is to take on StrawberryFrog's European clients including Panasonic, Chevrolet, Opel, Asics and Onitsuka Tiger. The new agency is being headed by the...

Publicis forms new holding company.(Publicis Groupe S.A.)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Publicis Groupe has launched a subsidiary holding company called VivaKi, which will house its global media operations alongside its digital offering. VivaKi will incorporate Digitas, its digital creative network, its media networks,...

Lowe hires Goodby Silverstein planner.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Lorenzo Bresciani, a strategy planning director at Goodby Silverstein & Partners, is to join Lowe London as its global strategy director for Inbev next week. Bresciani joins the agency after working at Goodby Silverstein for the past 18...

Drinkers 'imitate peers'.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Study finds peer pressure, not advertising, is responsible for binge drinking. Demands for tighter rules over alcohol advertising by ministers and MPs have been called into doubt by new research for the ad industry. A study for the...

BMB poaches Tribal's Stephen Reed.(Beattie McGuinness Bungay )(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Beattie McGuinness Bungay has poached Stephen Reed from Tribal DDB to head its digital creative offering. Reed, the associate creative director of Tribal, replaces Jon Williams, who joined Grey at the start of the year. Reed is...

RKCR lands British Library/Lindemans.(Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R)(British Library)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R has won the creative briefs for the Australian wine brand Lindemans and the British Library. Lindemans has appointed RKCR/Y&R to handle a pounds 2 million brief to reposition its wines, owned by the...

Krow scoops Natural History Museum creative account.(Krow Communications )(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... The Natural History Museum has appointed Krow Communications as its advertising agency following a review overseen by the AAR. Krow's first task is to develop a campaign for the museum's Charles Darwin 200th Anniversary exhibition,...

Cheethambell nets pounds 2m Chicago Town.(Cheethambell JWT)(Town Pizza)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Cheethambell JWT has won the pounds 2 million above-the-line business for Chicago Town Pizza, the UK's fastest growing pizza brand. The agency picked up the account following a three-way pitch against the regional agencies Driven and...

AMV picks up digital brief for Sainsbury's.(Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO)(J Sainsbury PLC)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has won the digital business for Sainsbury's Finance following a pitch against four multi-discipline agencies. AMV pitched against AKQA, Tullo Marshall Warren, Big Mouth Media and the incumbent on the business,...

Euro promotes Atkinson.(EHS Brann Group promotes Matt Atkinson)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... EHS Brann Group appoints new MD as former chief takes on global digital role. Matt Atkinson, the chief executive of the EHS Brann Group, has been promoted to the newly created role of global head of the digital network Euro RSCG 4D. ...

The Week: Advertising news - Heinz drops kissing ad.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Heinz has pulled a commercial for its Deli Mayo variant following a number of complaints from consumers to the Advertising Standards Authority. The ad, by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, features two men kissing. The ASA has received more than...

The Week: Advertising news - ASA bans Fiat 'green' ads.(Advertising Standards Authority)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... The Advertising Standards Authority has banned two print ads for Fiat for making misleading claims over the price of its low-emission cars. The ASA said two ads, by Krow Communications, reflected the lowest-priced cars in the ranges,...

The Week: Advertising news - WSTA backs campaign.(Wine and Spirit Trade Association )(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... The Wine and Spirit Trade Association is backing a campaign aimed at consumers who are concerned about overzealous restrictions on the promotion of alcohol. The Responsible Drinkers Alliance claims to represent the 'moderate drinker' and...

The Week: Advertising news - Pot Noodle gets mobile site.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Unilever is launching its first dedicated mobile site for Pot Noodle this week. The site, Potnoodle.mobi, was created by AKQA and will feature existing online content, such as the 'tipping pot' film, new branded content and TV ads. ...

The Week: Advertising news - DCSF reveals internet plan.(Department for Children, Schools and Families)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... The Department for Children, Schools and Families has unveiled plans to make the internet safer for children. It is setting up a council on child internet safety and is planning to reinforce the initiative with a pounds 9 million...

The Week: Media news - ITV aims to cut PSB output.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... In its fight to increase its ratings in the digital TV market, ITV is looking to reduce its public service broadcasting output and focus on programmes that are more attractive to advertisers. The broadcaster wants to slash pounds 150...

The Week: Media news - IoS slashes coverprice.(The Independent on Sunday )(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... The Independent on Sunday has cut its coverprice from pounds 1.80 to pounds 1 in response to falling circulation figures. The paper slashed its price to pounds 1 in April and in June last year, when it relaunched. However, since it raised...

The Week: Media news - WSJ revamps management.(The Wall Street Journal)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Robert Thomson, the managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, has made a number of changes to its management structure. The moves follow a comment from the newspaper's owner, Rupert Murdoch, that its editorial structure meant that every...

The Week: Media news - BBC tells C4 to make cuts.(BBC Worldwide Ltd.)(Channel 4 Television Co.)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... The BBC's director-general, Mark Thompson, has rejected proposals for Channel 4 to receive a stake in its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, to help plug its estimated pounds 150 million funding hole. Instead, the BBC advised Channel 4 to cut its...

The Week: Media news - Senior shake-up at News Int.
June 27, 2008... James Murdoch has promoted Clive Milner to the new role of chief operating officer of News International, as part of a major reorganisation. The News Corp Europe and Asia chief executive has also appointed Paul Hayes, a former Times...

The Week: Media news - iVillage launches comedy.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... The women's website iVillage is to launch an online-only comedy-drama series aimed at new and prospective parents. The NBC Universal-owned portal will launch the interactive drama Parenthood, in the autumn. The series will be produced by...

The Week: Admedia names Garry Lace as managing director.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Garry Lace, one of the ad industry's most colourful and controversial figures, is to become the managing director of Admedia, the out-of-home and experiential media specialist. He will take a significant equity stake in Admedia, where he...

The Week: Best of the blogs.
June 27, 2008... BRANDED Would you like significance in the advertising industry? Would you like people to talk about you even if they've never met you? Would you like to be mentioned in the Campaign Diary? Well, you need a thing. ...

The Week: City news - SMG to become STV Group.
June 27, 2008... SMG is rebranding as STV Group as it looks to reinforce its focus on Scottish television following its disposal of Virgin Radio and Primesight

The Week: City news - Creston profits up by 25%.(revenue report)(Financial report)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Creston, the marketing services group, has reported a 25 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to pounds 9.6 million and claims it has yet to feel the effects of the economic slowdown. The holding company owns a range of marketing services...

The Week: People news - Wight on Square Art jury.
June 27, 2008... Robin Wight, the Engine president, and Waldemar Januszczak, The Sunday Times art critic, are to judge the annual Square Art competition. The event, which will be held on 17 July, is open to anyone within the international advertising and...

The Week: People news - JWT hires Saatchis' Clifton.(JWT London appoints Toby Clifton )(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... JWT London has appointed Toby Clifton to the newly created role of integrated broadcast director. Clifton joins the agency from Saatchi & Saatchi, where he was a senior TV producer for four years, working on campaigns for Carlsberg,...

The Week: Agency news - Mook lands DoH business.(Department of Health )(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... The Department of Health has appointed Mook to create a digital campaign to raise awareness of the cervical cancer vaccine. Mook, the digital arm of Nitro, won the business after a three-way pitch against undisclosed agencies. It will...

The Week: Agency news - Poster revenues to be hit.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Outdoor agencies are facing a loss in revenue as car advertisers seek to move spend away from the medium to avoid the Department for Transport rules that will force them to include CO2-emission and fuel-economy information on posters. The DfT...

The Week: Agency news - Publicis reviews outdoor.(Publicis Groupe S.A.)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Publicis Groupe is considering pooling its outdoor media business into either Kinetic or Posterscope, or launching its own outdoor agency The group has asked Kevin Shute, the former Van Wagner UK sales director, to look at the out-of-home...

The Week: Agency news - Halo nets Bath tourism job.(Halo Media)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... The city of Bath has appointed the Bristol-based Halo Media to a brief to boost visitor numbers. The city, which boasts a Roman heritage and a modern shopping centre, attracts more than 4.5 million visitors a year. Marie Mathews, the...

The Week: Agency news - Lunar handed gallery brief.(Lunar BBDO )(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Lunar BBDO has picked up the advertising duties for the relaunch of the Whitechapel Gallery in London. The agency has been chosen to develop brand and exhibition-specific campaigns to coincide with its reopening in April 2009, following a...

The Week: Agency news - Bigmouthmedia scoops BT.(British Telecommunications PLC. BT Business Information Systems)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Bigmouthmedia has landed the pounds 5 million search account for BT Business' directories division, following a pitch. ZenithOptimedia's Zed will continue to handle the search for the rest of BT's online business and consumer operations

The Week: Brand news - Primark protest staged.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Primark's Oxford Street store was the focus of a protest against child labour, organised by War On Want, on Monday (23 June). The demonstration preceded a Panorama report, which was broadcast on the same day and watched by 4.2 million. It...

The Week: Brand news - Waitrose in Reading tie-up.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Waitrose has replaced Kyocera, the Korean electronics brand, as the official shirt sponsor of Reading Football Club. This is the first time a British food retailer has sponsored a major football club. The deal, estimated to be worth...

The Week: Brand news - Green scheme launched.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... The Carbon Trust, a government-funded body that advises companies on carbon-emission reduction, is launching an accreditation scheme for organisations that actively reduce their carbon emissions, rather than relying on offsets. Several...

The Week: P&G and Unilever pledge not to slash marketing budgets.
June 27, 2008... The consumer goods giants Unilever and Procter & Gamble have said they will not be cutting their marketing budgets, despite widespread fears among agencies that spend will be slashed as the world economy slows down. AG Lafley, the...

The Week: i-Q - The Internet Question - Is the Press Grand Prix winner in bad taste?
June 27, 2008... It's pretty bad taste - what were they thinking? - Susan Billinge I think it's quirky. It emphasises children's curiosity and naivety It's not like the little girl leaned over and got aroused! Its innocence is quite compelling, really. -...

The World: Chicago - US reports lowest rise in adspend since 2001.
June 27, 2008... The top 100 US advertisers increased their adspends by just 1.7 per cent last year, the smallest amount since the 2001 recession. Although Procter & Gamble became the first advertiser to break through the dollars 5 billion barrier, others...

The World: New York - Kraft in talks to reduce number of agencies.(Kraft Foods Inc.)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Speculation is mounting that Kraft Foods, whose global adspend is more than dollars 1.5 billion, is poised to trim its agency roster. Marketing executives at Kraft, whose products include Maxwell House coffee and Planters peanuts, have...

The World: Kuala Lumpur - Trio pitch for Carlsberg Malaysia brand.(Universal McCann appointed Prashant Kumar )(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Carlsberg Malaysia is reviewing the creative assignment for its flagship Green Label brand. Naga DDB, the incumbent, will pitch against McCann Erickson and Euro RSCG. Naga DDB has handled the bulk of Carlsberg's Malaysian business for...

The World: Beijing - Chinese slam Fiat ad with Tibet-supporting actor.
June 27, 2008... Fiat has apologised to the Chinese government for a TV commercial that features scenes of Tibet and the movie actor Richard Gere, an outspoken critic of China's crackdown on political freedoms in the country. The commercial, for the...

The World: Ho Chi Minh City - Bates and O&M vie for Vietnam Airlines.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Vietnam Airlines will choose between two WPP shops - Bates 141 and Ogilvy & Mather - in a final round of pitching. The airline is looking to increase its business in the region, having bought new aircraft and rebranded itself. An earlier...

The World: Detroit - FCC urged to address product placement concerns.(United States. Federal Communications Commission)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... A coalition of 23 US consumer and advocacy groups is urging the Federal Communications Commission to address mounting public concern about the growth of product placement within TV programmes. In a letter to the FCC chairman, Kevin...

The World: Boston - Creator of 'negative' political advertising dies.(Tony Schwartz)(Obituary)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Tony Schwartz, the media consultant who helped to create the mould-breaking and highly controversial 'daisy' commercial during Lyndon Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign, has died aged 84. The 60-second spot, produced by DDB, exploited...

The World: Singapore - Diageo appoints Man U as Smirnoff sponsor.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Diageo has signed a two-year deal with Manchester United under which the Premier League champions will become the official sponsor and responsible drinking partner for Diageo's Smirnoff vodka brand in the Asia-Pacific region. A...

The World: Melbourne - OMD set to open second agency in Australia.(Omnicom UK PLC)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... OMD, the Omnicom-owned media operation, is launching a sister agency in Australia to reduce conflict problems. The new agency is expected to launch in Melbourne with GE Money, the financial services company, as its first client. St...

The World: Sydney - Roman Catholic order hires Three Drunken Monkeys.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... A Roman Catholic order that has worked in Australia for more than 100 years is embracing modern communication techniques, including the appointment of Sydney's Three Drunken Monkeys agency, to boost its numbers. The De La Salle Brothers'...

The Work: New Campaigns - UK.(Boots)(Santo London)(VCCP)(briefs )
June 27, 2008... BOOTS - SUMMER CAMPAIGN CREDITS Project: Summer campaign Client: Elizabeth Fagan, marketing director, Boots Brief: Encourage mums to embrace the carefreeness of summer by not having to wrestle with their kids Creative agency: Mother...

Pitch update.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... The Homebase pitch reaches its conclusion on Monday as Leo Burnett and Clemmow Hornby Inge attend final meetings. This has been an epic Will we have a winner next week? Don't hold your breath. Barclays Capital is holding pitches on...

New-Business Rankings: 27 June 2008.(Statistical table)
June 27, 2008... Rank Rank Agency/ Total Total Net Wins this last Last three wins billings billings billings week week gained lost gained ...

Hotline: Free copies of McFly's new album.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Free copies of the boy-band McFly's new album Radio:ACTIVE will be given away with The Mail on Sunday on 20 July. The deal, brokered by Harvest Entertainment, means McFly will be the first major pop band to give its music away as a newspaper...

Hotline: JC Penney orders a viral to be removed.(Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival)(J.C. Penney Corporation Inc.)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... JC Penney has ordered a viral, which won a bronze Cannes Lion, to be removed from circulation because it was produced without its consent yet carries its logo. It is understood a former Saatchi & Saatchi employee, the agency of record,...

Hotline: Heinz looks for digital agency.(Heinz Babyfood)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Heinz is looking for a digital agency to handle a redevelopment brief for its main consumer website. The pitch also includes an added brief to redesign tinytums.co.uk, a website devoted to babies and Heinz's range of baby foods

Hotline: Time Out hires advertising director.(John Betteridge of Time Out Group Ltd.)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Time Out London has hired St John Betteridge as the advertising director of Time Out. Betteridge joins from Dennis Publishing Lifestyle Division, where he was the group advertising director

Hotline: David Currie to step down.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... David Currie will step down from his position as the chairman of the communications regulator Ofcom after Easter next year. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform will...

Hotline: Appointments at Work Club.(appointment of Lawrence Weber, Jo Dillon)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Work Club has hired Lawrence Weber, a project director at Fallon's Hyper Happen, and Jo Dillon, a producer at 4Creative, to spearhead production at the digital agency. Dillon will take up the role of head of film on 1 July, following Weber,...

Hotline: ESPA hunts for below-the-line agency.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... ESPA is on the hunt for a below-the-line agency and is in the process of inviting a shortlist of agencies to compete for the business Archibald Ingall Stretton, Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw and Good Technology are all understood to be involved...

Hotline: Iris appoints chief client officer.
June 27, 2008... Iris has appointed the managing director of the Engine Group's Woo Communications, Mark Reardon, as its chief client officer. Reardon will take on responsibility for strengthening the agency's global and strategic relationship with its key...

Hotline: Telenor talks to London-based agencies.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Telenor, the Scandinavian mobile network, is talking to a number of London-based agencies with a view to holding a pitch for its pan-European above-the-line account. It is thought the company is looking to branch out across Central and...

Hotline: ITV2 to broadcast iTunes music festival.(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... ITV2 is to broadcast the iTunes music festival throughout July. The deal between ITV2, iTunes and Initial was brokered by New State, the new brand partnerships division within Endemol UK

Close-Up: The cream of Cannes 2008.
June 27, 2008... As they emerge blinking into the French sunshine, jurors from each category give a flavour of how the decisions were made. FILM Al Moseley - partner, Hurrell Moseley Dawson & Grimmer We are sitting in a darkened room and it's...

Close-Up: 24 hours with ... Simon Veksner, Bartle Bogle Hegarty.
June 27, 2008... Name: Simon Veksner aka Scamp Job: Creative director at Bartle Bogle Hegarty and ad blogger Professional mission: 'Win some fucking awards.' Well, those were John O'Keeffe's sole instructions when he hired us Personal mantra: When you...

Close-Up: Live issue - Is UK press advertising in decline?
June 27, 2008... The poor showing of UK press at Cannes has raised some important questions, Anne Cassidy says. It appears that it's not just football the UK is being judged to be crap at. As Euro 2008 rolled on blithely without us, a certain...

Media Perspective: Media agencies are at a disadvantage in winning awards.
June 27, 2008... Howard Luck Gossage was one of the great admen of the Golden Age. Known as the Socrates of San Francisco, he was strategist, copywriter, commentator and critic all rolled into one. He famously once pointed out that: 'The only people who care...

Media Forum: New MySpace - hit or miss?
June 27, 2008... The redesigned homepage is simpler, but does it work, Alasdair Reid asks. When Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation agreed to stump up dollars 580 million for MySpace in July 2005, some analysts thought he was paying well over the odds....

Media: Chatter.(Quotation)
June 27, 2008... 'The concept of search is to link buyers and sellers, so why does the middleman keep all the money?' - Senior Microsoft executive Kevin Johnson criticises Yahoo!'s search deal with Google as anti-competitive and bad for advertisers 'I...

Media Headliner: Simpson faces battle to raise digital standards.(Matt Simpson)
June 27, 2008... Trading, training and measurement are all on the agenda for the IPA Digital Media Group's new chairman. Matt Simpson obviously likes a challenge. Less than two months after taking on the large task of leading OMD Group's digital offering...

Media Lifeline: News Magazines.(NI)(News Magazines )
June 27, 2008... NI's consumer magazines arm has announced it plans to shut down, less than three years after launch. February 2006: News Magazines had been set up as News International's specialist consumer magazine division in September 2005 with...

Media Perspective: A shot in the arm for 'personal GPS' with Apple's iPhone.
June 27, 2008... You've probably caught all the recent hoopla about the latest version of the iPhone. Apple does top-quality hoopla, so it was hard to miss. But among all the news of low prices and syncing, did you notice the talk about GPS? Lots of...

Media: All about ... Facelifts at UKTV.(UKTV Interactive Ltd.)
June 27, 2008... After the success of Dave, UKTV is rebranding again, Alasdair Reid says. How we all laughed when those merry pranksters at UKTV took their UKTV G2 channel and rebranded it as Dave. Yes, granted, UKTV G2 wasn't the catchiest handle in the...

Media: Things we like.
June 27, 2008... THE TELEGRAPH'S NEW WIDGETS Telegraph Media Group is launching a range of widgets that will deliver news, sport and other info to users' mobile phones and computers. The widgets include services for news and the Euro 2008 football...

Media: Double Standards - Offering music lovers an alternative perspective.(NME Radio)(Interview)
June 27, 2008... It's only natural that two of the UK's top music mags have taken to the radio waves. NME's Sammy Jacob and Q's Ric Blaxill explain why they've chosen now to do so. SAMMY JACOB - managing director, NME Radio - What type of audience...

The World: Has Armando Testa found its 'perfect match'?(Interview)
June 27, 2008... Giuseppe Mastromatteo shares a creative ideology with an agency hoping to forge a global reputation. It is his second day as the executive creative director of Armando Testa Milan and Giuseppe Mastromatteo is enthusiastic about his new...

The World: Insider's view - Thailand.
June 27, 2008... More and more clients and creatives are moving East as Thailand's ad industry steps out of its film sibling's shadows on to the international stage, Miles Johnson says. Almost one year on from helping open up Great Guns Bangkok, I find...

Editorial: Cannes' reputation and relevance are on the line.(Editorial)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... Cannes is changing. Not necessarily for the better and maybe not fast enough to reflect an industry that's not only advancing technically, but transforming geographically. There may not be many who would agree totally with the Rabelaisian...

Editorial: Bollore actions speak louder than words.(Vincent Bollore.)(Editorial)(Brief article)
June 27, 2008... And the winner of the Cannes Golden Lion for last week's most creative piece of line-spinning is... Vincent Bollore. The Havas chairman claims he's been too preoccupied with his group's imminent launch of a revolutionary electric car to...