More and more media organizations are censored or closed and journalists arrested. These are drastic measures taken by oppressive regimes to limit freedom of press. As a reaction Reporters without Borders Germany launched the campaign ‘Fonts for Freedom’, conceived by Serviceplan Campaign Hamburg to turn the fonts of prohibited newspapers into symbols of press freedom. […]
SEAT has partnered with Time Out, the leading global media and entertainment brand, to distribute its iconic magazine for free outside of London in the UK for the first time in its 50-year history to help launch its latest SUV, Tarraco. The partnership forms part of the ‘Why Not Now?’ launch campaign to drive associations […]
Connexi – the award-winning online sponsorship marketplace – announced the partnership between Middlesex Cricket and Management Consultants, JMAN Group, that was secured via the platform. The partnership was sourced using the real-time data, fan behaviour insight and detailed search functionality that Connexi offers brands looking to source the best partnership opportunities for them. Middlesex’s Royal […]
New forecasts based on data from 96 countries by WARC, the international marketing intelligence service, predict a 4.3% rise in global advertising spend this year, pushing total investment to over US$616bn. This follows on from a 5.4% rise in 2018 – the strongest growth since 2011 – according to WARC’s latest Global Ad Trends report, […]
Global Citizen, the international advocacy platform committed to defeating extreme poverty by 2030, has tapped Havas Media Group as its media agency of record. In addition to planning and buying duties, Havas Media will advise the organisation on establishing effective brand and media partnerships and will enhance those partnerships through better measurement. Havas Media will […]
IPG media agency UM has appointed Victoria Steward as its first head of growth. Steward, who joins from OMD where she was new business director, will be responsible for developing UM’s growth strategy in the UK as well as supporting the media agency’s global and EMEA activity. She will report directly to UM UK CEO […]
The Times and The Sunday Times have launched their integrated ‘Politics. Tamed.’ advertising campaign to reinforce the newspapers’ commitment to keeping readers well informed in confusing times. The full brand campaign portrays politicians as animals in the Westminster zoo, whose constant braying and territorial divisions create much noise but mean the Brexit negotiations are virtually incomprehensible […]
On February 8, in partnership with Spark Foundry UK and The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, Verizon Media announces a new VR 360º video experience, offering users the opportunity to virtually explore some of the biggest tourist attractions in Abu Dhabi. Created by RYOT Studio, the branching narrative within the video places […]
The Economist Group announced the findings from its latest global content marketing study, ‘Cracking the Content Code’. The white paper is based on analysis of The Economist Group’s own client content programmes over a 12-month period: more than 50 microsites created for brands in the US, EMEA and APAC as well as all media units […]
Commercial radio took a record total of £713.3 million in ad revenue in 2018, breaking the previous 2017 record of £679.2 million, according to new figures from industry body Radiocentre. The 5.1% increase year-on-year marks the third consecutive year of record-breaking revenues for the medium. This news comes on the day that commercial radio also […]