WPP CEO Martin Sorrell is reportedly the richest person in the UK’s marketing and communications sector, with an estimated worth of $320 million, according to London’s Sunday Times. The publication is printing its annual “Rich List” April 21. Word of Sorrell’s position on the list, first reported by Campaign Live, comes amid ongoing talks between […]
WPP and client Ford have apologized for a series of controversial online ads that were created and posted by a JWT India staffer. JWT is one of WPP’s global agency networks. The ads, which were not authorized, were posted Friday and taken down after the client and agency became aware of them. One of the […]
MUMBAI — Following a multi-agency pitch, MEC India has bagged the media mandate for Britannia Industries Limited. With a heritage of 120 years, Britannia is one of India’s leading food companies and has an extensive presence in biscuits, dairy and bakery products. In a leading survey recently, Britannia was voted India’s second most trusted brand. MEC […]
Lloyds are executing the largest ever Out of Home interactive 6s campaign to inform consumers about the smart features they can add to their personal current account. The campaign, planned and bought by Kinetic in partnership with MEC, launched on the 26th November. The aim of the interactive element is to get people familiar with […]
Madison Media is India’s only major Advertising player that is still Independent. Economic Times India reports that Madison’s owner – Sam Balsara might be negotiating a sale with either WPP or Dentsu. Madison Media is today the largest independent media agency in the Indian marketing communications space, with 11.2% market share, handling advertising volumes worth $630 million, according to 2011 […]
SYDNEY — Tony Granger, Global Chief Creative Officer of Y&R announced that Ben Coulson has been promoted to Chief Creative Officer of Y&R Australia/New Zealand, a new position. Ben has been serving as Executive Creative Director of GPY&R Melbourne for 4 years and has just been named in the top 5 creative directors in the […]
@GreatBritain, @Israel and@Sweden are the best examples of country promotion on Twitter BEIJING — Burson-Marsteller, a leading global public relations and communications firm, today released the second part of its “Twiplomacy” study (http://twiplomacy.com), looking specifically at country branding on Twitter. The study shows that only 9 governments out of 193 UN member states own their country name Twitter handle. […]
MEC and CIC released today their “Consumption Trends China 2013†Report. New consumption trends, both on a macro and micro level, are appearing, colliding, converging, and even disappearing, in real time and at lightning speed. Marketers are working from scripts that are constantly being re-written. Some of these trends are comprehensive in scope, affecting […]
TV screens and mobile devices to become the screens of choice for on demand viewing in Great Britain, reveals new Kantar Media insight LONDON — The number of adults in Britain watching TV on demand via TV sets and mobile devices is growing, whilst on demand viewing via a desktop or laptop computer has peaked, according […]
Ogilvy Public Relations (Ogilvy PR) today announced the launch of ACE (Analyst Community Engagement), a new global service designed to give technology companies an informed, strategic and measurable approach to industry analyst relations. Ogilvy PR’s ACE service will be driven by a global team based in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, London, Hong Kong, Beijing, […]