First off, it’s also an Omnicom venture of course as Colin Gottlieb, boss of Omnicom media operations in EMEA, has bought an OMG stake in the business. But Eric Newnham, the former Kinetic boss and clearly a man who never sleeps, has been busy hiring anyone he can from Kinetic these past few months, latterly [...]
The out of home market has seen some radical changes as well as strong growth in recent years. Roy Jeans, CEO of leading UK OOH specialist agency Rapport, explains how and why the industry is changing. Last year IPM (International Poster Management) rebranded as Rapport with the slogan “Rewarding Connections”. Why did you choose to [...]
Interpublic (IPG) is believed to be launching Rapport, its successful UK out of home specialist, in America as soon as its current contract with WPP’s Kinetic expires. The move follows hard on the heels on revelations (here) that Eric Newnham’s new out of home agency Talon is being backed by Omnicom Media Group. OMG’s interest [...]
Eric Newnham’s new out of home operation Talon – backed by Omnicom Media Group – is making waves all over the place, not least in the wallets of a number of media and out of home professionals who may have thought their best years were behind them. Andy Tilley, newly-appointed ‘chief strategy officer’ at Talon, [...]
Which will put the cat among the pigeons in all sorts of places, not least Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP which used to employ Eric Newnham (left), boss of new out of home contender Talon, as CEO of Kinetic. Talon, which Newnham bought from City ad agency Ptarmigan, has got off to a flying start, chiefly [...]
Former Kinetic boss Eric Newnham has shaken up the out of home buying business no end by winning huge chunks of business for his UK indie Talon. Biggest client is Omnicom’s OMG; next big one might be one of Publicis Groupe’s Starcom or Zenith. Might Omnicom or PG decide to take out this impertinent outsider? [...]
Former Kinetic chief operating officer James Copley (left) has rejoined his long-time colleague Eric Newnham at new outdoor media buying contender Talon. Copley will be managing partner, effectively number two to majority shareholder Newnham. At Kinetic Copley was noted for his close relationships with the WPP-owned agency’s direct (as opposed to agency) clients. These included [...]
Former Kinetic worldwide boss Eric Newnham (left) is shaking up the UK out of home buying industry in a way it hasn’t seen for years: now leading UK media independent the7stars is set to join the rush to Newnham’s new company Talon. Aegis’s Posterscope and WPP’s Kinetic have carved up the UK industry between them [...]
The London media world is agog with speculation about what will former Kinetic boss Eric Newnham (left) and his out of home buying company Talon do next? Latest is that Talon is about to follow its win of the £150m Omnicom Media Group outdoor business from Posterscope with business from Havas Media (formerly Media Planning [...]
This video has surfaced on YouTube purporting to describe the reaction of Dentsu-owned Postercope to Talon’s win of OMG’s humungous UK outdoor buying business – £150m or so. Dentsu bought media-buying independent Aegis for £3.2m last year and Posterscope, its outdoor buying business which has carved up the global market with WPP’s Kinetic over the [...]
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