Digiday covers the latest from marketing and media at the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. More from the series →
The Cannes Lions festival is back, and as much as the ad world’s biggest boondoggle remains the same every year, it also changes. Digiday compiled over 20 years of cumulative experience at Cannes to bring you the definitive guide to what’s in and out this year.
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