Media Buying Briefing: Breaking down Coca-Cola’s campaign blitz with an eye toward its review

Coca-Cola’s $4 billion media and data account, soon to be reviewed by the soda-maker, is set to be one of the biggest prizes contested by media agencies this year.

It’s not just about the media spend, though. In the pitch room later this year, top execs at incumbent WPP and bête noir Publicis Groupe will be contending to prove they’re equipped not only to provide the most effective data infrastructure, but that they’re the best candidates to crew Coca-Cola’s advertising machine.

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The official judgmental map of Cannes Lions 2026

Every year, the advertising industry takes over a small stretch of the French Riviera and pretends it’s normal. The yachts, the credential corridors, the fedoras — all of it lands in roughly the same place. We made a map. It’s judgmental. So, frankly, is the Croisette. 

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