YouTube announced the hire of Cécile Frot-Coutaz as Head of YouTube in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Cécile will be responsible for running YouTube’s business in EMEA and will report to YouTube’s Chief Business Officer, Robert Kyncl. As YouTube’s most senior executive in EMEA, Cécile will be charged with growing content supply and further […]
Mindshare, the global media agency network, has announced two major leadership changes for their Growth Markets region. Amrita Randhawa is promoted to Asia Pacific CEO. Randhawa, who was previously the CEO for Mindshare Greater China will remain based in Shanghai, where she will continue to manage Mindshare China as its Executive Chairperson, in addition to […]
Consumer trust in media is falling by the week, to the point where some of us feel a bit like polar bears, looking frantically on as the arctic ice cap melts away. Ideally, we need the media equivalent of the Paris climate accord to reverse the current situation; but I’d settle for protecting trust in […]
The BBC has announced that Kerris Bright, currently Chief Marketing Officer at Virgin Media, will take up the new role of Chief Customer Officer. The role will take responsibility for developing a closer, more personal relationship with BBC consumers, licence fee payers and those signing in to BBC services. The BBC’s existing Marketing and Audiences […]
New research has revealed that extent to which the mentally and physically disabled are being harmfully affected by stereotyping in the UK – and the role being played by advertising and the media. The mentally disabled are the most likely to be negatively stereotyped by society (64% think so, rising to 75% among those actually […]
International marketing group St Ives has announced the merger of three of its businesses, creating a new agency which unites data science and marketing technology to power through-the-line CRM and media. Response One, Amaze One and Occam will merge to become Edit. With clients including Cosmos Travel, Azzurri Group, Pizza Hut along with leading automotive […]
The marketing and communications industries are commanded by some magnificent leaders — an increasing number of which are women. This year, MarComm’s Magnificence highlights 20 women with praiseworthy positions and accomplishments in those fields. Here are the magnificent leading ladies of 2018, in no particular order: 1. Jess Burley, Global CEO at m/SIX During an […]
Advertisers should re-evaluate use of traditional media such as radio, newspapers and magazines according to Ebiquity in the light of new research carried out by the leading independent marketing and media consultancy. In the first report of its kind, Re-evaluating Media reveals radio, newspapers and magazines perform significantly better than they are perceived to for […]
The BBC World Service is tendering for media planning and buying agencies to join its roster and operate around the world following its launch of 12 new language services. In 2016 the BBC announced it had received Government funding for the launch of 12 new language services across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Serbia and […]
Britons are addicted to digital content, with UK millennials spending 8.5 hours – over half of the average waking day (53%) – reading, watching, liking, creating and sharing content across their devices. For Generation Z, this rises to 10.6 hours, while the UK average is 6.9 hours. The findings come from Adobe’s latest report into […]