The BBC has secured the rights to Wimbledon until 2020 after penning a new deal with the All England Club. Keeping the tournament free to air, BBC director general Tony Hall said he was “delighted†with the deal as Wimbledon “unites the nation”. He concluded: “In what are difficult financial times, the deal represents the […]
Bacardi Limited, the world’s largest privately held spirits company, announces the creation of a new dual role and immediate appointment of Mr. Adam Zhu, 50, as Non-Executive Chairman of Greater China for Bacardi and Special Advisor to Bacardi Limited Chief Executive Officer Michael Dolan. n these roles, Mr. Zhu will utilize his considerable expertise to […]
The Carlsberg Group announced that Jørn P. Jensen, Deputy CEO and CFO will leave the company by end of September 2015. Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Flemming Besenbacher says: “With a new CEO well on board it has been agreed between the Supervisory Board and Jørn P. Jensen that now is the right time for […]
The Gate has appointed Peter Bennett to the new role of Executive Director – Media. Bennett joins the agency to boost its full-service offering across a range of clients and to provide media planning and buying services to other group companies within MSQ Partners Reporting to Luke Mugliston, the agency’s chief executive, Bennett will join […]
German giant Bauer Media has announced a shake-up of its senior management team with a trio of promotions across its advertising, media and digital arms. The first of these will see Abby Carvosso promoted to group managing director of Bauer Advertising, a role which will see her tasked with aligning commercial and content imperatives of […]
The BBC is planning a significant expansion of the BBC World Service to take it further in Russia and North Korea. The expansion plans could see the corporation launch a satellite TV service for Russian speakers or release content on YouTube or Russian equivalent Rutube as well as daily radio news programme for North Korea. […]
TBWA Worldwide announced today that it has merged leading network agencies TBWA\Toronto and Juniper Park to form a new agency, Juniper Park\TBWA, effective immediately. The Juniper Park partnership team of CEO Jill Nykoliation and Chief Creative Officers Terry Drummond, Alan Madill and Barry Quinn will lead the office, reporting to TBWA Worldwide President and CEO […]
Sensis is launching its first ever brand campaign, created by Ogilvy Melbourne, highlighting Sensis’ supporting role, especially in the small to medium business (SMB) arena. Sensis’ director corporate affairs, Libby Hay said the time was right for the company to launch a campaign focusing on the essence of what they offer customers, and the role […]
Coca-Cola has picked three WPP agencies to help it plot the global marketing strategy it hopes will underpin the sales upturn it expects over the next 18 months. Ogilvy New York, Sra Rushmore and Santo are the creative shops that came out on top in what was the first pitch contest overseen by chief marketing […]
The Coca-Cola Company announced James Quincey has been named President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. As President and COO, Quincey will have responsibility for all of the Company’s operating units worldwide. He will report directly to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Muhtar Kent. Quincey, 50, is a 19-year veteran of Coca-Cola and since […]