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Abby superjury meets, AGC to announce verdict tomorrow Posted on 23 Apr,2013 | under ADVERTISING The Goafest 2013 Creative Abby superjury met on Tuesday afternoon on the plagiarism issue and the Awards Governing Council will announce its verdict tomorrow

‘Superjury’ to decide on Creative Abby complaints Posted on 15 Apr,2013 | under ADVERTISING By A Correspondent   The Goafest 2013 Awards Governing Council (AGC) has decided that all the complaints received against some Creative Abby award-winners will now be taken up by a ‘superjury’ comprising the chairpersons of the Creative Abby award categories. [...]

Scamadgate-2 | Anil Thakraney: Penalize the scamsters Posted on 10 Apr,2013 | under ADVERTISING Time for debates and angry tweets/FB updates is over. It’s time for hard action. The Goafest organizers should announce that scam ads entered slyly as official work will invite a hefty fine for the ad agency

Mediaah!: 6 answers the industry wants to get Posted on 09 Apr,2013 | under GOAFEST 2013 Mediaah! does an Arnab Goswami and asks 6 questions, the answers to which the global A&M industry wants to have

Leo Burnett withdraws awardwinning Tata Salt Lite radio spots [from Mon eve] Posted on 08 Apr,2013 | under GOAFEST 2013 McCann likely to be on top as Leo Burnett withdraws gold and silver Creative Abby-winning Tata Salt Lite Radio spots

5 things we’ll want to forget about Goafest Posted on 08 Apr,2013 | under BLOGS Every Creative Abby at Goafest has its share of controversies, and this year’s was no better. Or worser. Mediaah! takes a look

Metals proved that young team needs to be empowered: K V ‘Pops’ Shridhar Posted on 08 Apr,2013 | under GOAFEST 2013 In the past few weeks, the advertising industry saw a lot of ups and downs. But as the biggest award function – Goafest – of the industry ended, the best was applauded and appreciated. Leo Burnett triumphed at the event [...]

Swami steals the show on Day 2 @ Goafest 2013 Posted on 07 Apr,2013 | under ADVERTISING The second day of Goafest 2013 opened with an unusual speaker, Swami Sukhabodhananda, who advised the audience on how to tackle uncertainty.

We are not competitive, we’re lazy: Abhishek Kapoor Posted on 07 Apr,2013 | under ADVERTISING At Goafest 2013, Bollywood director Abhishek Kapoor outlined his personal struggles and exhorted the industry to be competitive, not complacent

Leave marketing behind: Pepsi’s Shiv Singh Posted on 07 Apr,2013 | under ADVERTISING Speaking at Goafest 2013, Shiv Singh, Global Head (Digital) of Pepsi, outlined five marketing ideas which he said were important in the current climate

Leo Burnett maxes metals at Creative Abby Posted on 06 Apr,2013 | under GOAFEST 2013 Leo Burnett bagged 71 awards with 9 golds. McCann Worldgroup bagged 56 metals which included a Grand Prix and 7 golds while JWT India took home 48 awards with 5 golds

Put customer first: Ray Velez @ Goafest 2013 Posted on 06 Apr,2013 | under ADVERTISING If an organization does not act like a startup and put the customer first, someone else will, said the Razorfish CTO, speaking at Day 1 of Goafest 2013