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  • SMU pay-to-pitch scandal adds to ad agency woes

    In what is fast becoming the "pay-to-pitch" scandal, Singapore Management University has asked advertising agencies wanting to win their creative, digital and media business to pay S$100 just to take part in the tender. But paying for tenders is just one of several issues agencies face in their day-to-day work. Having their ideas stolen is another.

  • A prototype by any other name…

    An actor is claiming the idea for the TV show Empire was stolen from him by the show’s creator, but the courts have said they do not think so…twice.