Molson Coors, one of the UK’s biggest brewers, has announced it will retain media agencies ZenithOptimedia and Kinetic to handle its UK & Ireland media account. ZenithOptimedia and Kinetic were appointed following a six month media review process which ended this month. The two agencies will handle Molson Coors’ media planning and buying for its […]
Cheil Worldwide is continuing to broaden its digital and social offering with the appointment of Peter Kim as Chief Digital Officer. In this newly created role, Kim will lead the further development and expansion of Cheil’s digital practice. Based in Seoul where the network is headquartered, he will be charged with building Cheil’s digital business […]
Partners Andrews Aldridge has boosted its team with three new hires and two promotions as part of a creative team restructure spearheaded by creative director Paul Snoxell. The new structure sees the introduction of three roles at the agency: deputy creative director, head of design and head of digital display, taking the total creative department […]
Sun Branding Solutions has appointed Julie Hall as sales director to lead its new business strategy across target markets in Europe and North America. Hall will be responsible for developing and executing all key growth sales strategies, tactics and action plans. Prior to Sun Branding Solutions, Hall was sales director at GreenBottle Ltd., a start-up […]
Bloomberg Television, the multi-platform 24-hour business and financial news network, has rolled out a major campaign this week targeting professionals, international business travellers and commuters across London during peak travel times. The month-long digital campaign, named Start Smart, will highlight the channel’s morning programmes ‘Countdown’, ‘On the Move’ and ‘The Pulse’, along with the network’s […]
Worldwide TV advertising spending grew modestly — low-single-digit percentage gains — in the first half of 2013, while Internet advertising continued to rocket higher with big double-digit percent hikes. Nielsen says TV grew 4.2%, now at a 57.6% market share for the first six months of the year. The second-largest media in terms of advertising […]
Jason Nicholas, former Billington Cartmell Group MD, has joined Space, the award-winning creative agency, as joint Managing Partner. Nicholas joins David Atkinson, co-founder and Managing Partner, to lead the agency and drive its growth agenda. The agency was founded in 2003 and is completing its tenth year. During his 15 years at Billington Cartmell, Nicholas […]
Mondelez, the parent company of brands like Oreos and Cadbury, has inked a deal with Twitter that will allow its teams in the UK, US, India and Brazil to analyse the effectiveness of its social media marketing in real-time. The deal, the first of its kind between a company and the social media site, comes […]
Thanks to higher TV spending, total U.S. advertising expenditures perked up some in the second quarter from the same period a year ago. Second quarter was up 3.5% to finish the period at $35.8 billion, with total spending over the last six month 2% higher, getting to $68.9 billion. The second quarter of a year […]
Microsoft has bought Nokia’s Devices & Services business in a deal worth £4.6 billion. The move sees Microsoft acquire Nokia’s mobile phone and smartphone businesses as well as its internal design team, which has worked on products including the Nokia Lumia smartphone range. Around 32 000 Nokia staff will transfer to Microsoft. Marko Ahtisaari, Nokia’s […]