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Lions entries fall after Publicis boycott

June 17, 2018 9:51

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity received 32,372 award entries this year, with the awards program down 8,798 entries compared to last year’s 41,170.

Philip Thomas, CEO of Ascential Events and chairman-elect of Cannes Lions, said the drop in entries could be attributed to the closure of three of its award categories and the decision Publicis Groupe made to pull out of all awards shows in 2018.

Cannes Lions award entries were down by 8,798 for 2018

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Abigail Dawson was Mumbrella's senior content journalist covering event content. She left Mumbrella to move into an agency role in 2020.

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