Cactus Restructures Leadership Team to Accelerate Growth
The 35-year-old agency sharpens its model to support client impact
Yes& Expands Its Indie Energy with Hothouse Acquisition
The indie network just got a little stronger
The Holdco Mood Is … Not Great
Nearly half want out. Indies are holding steady. What Adweek found and why that matters.
B2B Has a Boring Problem. These Independent Agencies Have Ideas to Fix It
Business marketing doesn’t have to be beige—and why indies might be the only ones brave enough to prove it
Fast. Focus. Firepower. What Brand Marketers Should Demand in 2025
Because quick isn’t enough if it’s not focused
Angie Rothen’s Back at Hanson Dodge—and She’s Bringing the Firewalls
A familiar face returns to HD, this time with even more tech firepower
How to Keep a Contract from Killing Your Margin
Matchstick Legal’s Pricing Matrix puts numbers to the legal asks that eat your profit
Foul Mouth Creative’s “FOMO-TO-GO” is Scrappy Production With Purpose
A new production built for speed, smarts, and just the right amount of chaos
Legal Readiness in the Age of Independent Agency M&A
Matchstick Legal’s latest resources help independent agencies prepare for what’s next
For Indie Agencies, This Might Be One of the More Useful AI Conversation Yet
Forget the buzzwords—Taryn Southern and Nilesh Ashra offered a smart, weird, and refreshingly useful look at AI in the agency context
Across Time Zones, On the Same Wavelength: Sister Cities for Q2
Indie Agency News members finding common ground, one unexpected match at a time
God-is Rivera is Back! And She’s Ready to Shake Things Up
Burrell’s new Chief Strategy Officer brings her energy and vision to the historic agency
Pitch Black’s New Era: An Event Grows Into a Powerful Platform for Black Ideas
How Stephen Green and Eleazar Ruiz are redefining opportunity from Portland to the world
Bringing AI to the Budgeting Battle with a Fresh New Tool
Noble People’s Budget Balancer is designed to ease the tension between CMOs and CFOs
From Connecticut Pizza to Cultural Strategy: A Two-Fer Chat with Kim Haxton and Andre Picard
Philosophy, pizza, and some seriously good advice
A New Chapter That Feels Like Quirk (Creative)
With fresh leadership and a clear creative vision, the agency builds on what works—and keeps things personal along the way