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EVERYONE'S TALKING

• Ad, ad, ad, ad, world. The fallout over allegations of egregious sexism and racism from the former CEO of WPP-owned ad agency J. Walter Thompson continues.

Speaking at an industry conference last week, Maurice Levy, CEO of rival Publicis Groupe, said that the incident was a one-time thing and "not a fair representation of the industry." At the same event, WPP CEO Martin Sorrell said that he disagrees "violently" with Levy's assertion that the situation was a one-off, and that the Publicis CEO "has the habit of ignoring the facts."

Last night, Levy put out another statement accusing WPP founder and chief Martin Sorrell of "extraordinary...hypocrisy" and continued to insist that JWT situation was not representative of the industry as a whole.

While many in the ad community seem relieved that the issue of gender and racial discrimination is finally being openly discussed, two executives trading barbs isn't going to do much to address the problem. Let's hope leaders in the ad world are ready to stop sniping and start focusing on solutions.

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• Sarandon's surprise. Susan Sarandon, a passionate Bernie Sanders supporter, said in an MSBC interview that she may not vote for Hillary Clinton if Sanders loses the nomination. In fact, she said Trump might be a better option. Interestingly, Sarandon also ditched the Dems to support third-party candidate Ralph Nader in 2000—and we all know how that turned out. The Daily Beast

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