By Stephen Foster on May 3, 2013
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 [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Media, News | Tagged Colin Gottlieb, Eric Newnham, kinetic, Nick Mawditt, posterscope, rapport, Steve Bond, talon
By Staff on April 10, 2013
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 [...]
Posted in Agencies, Analysis, Clients, Media, News, Research | Tagged cheil worldwide, initiative media, IPG, kinetic, mediacom, out of home, outdoor, posters, posterscope, rapport, rewarding connections, Roy Jeans, samsung, sky, talon, universal media
By Stuart Smith on February 25, 2013
There’s a lot going on under the radar in OOH – or posters, as we anciently called it. And I’m not simply talking of Omnicom’s Eric Newnham-fronted effort to crash the charmed circle of UK specialist buyers – namely WPP-owned Kinetic and Aegis-owned Posterscope. No, what caught my eye recently was something entirely different. It [...]
Posted in Agencies, Finance, Media, News | Tagged Colin Gottlieb, havas media, Jonathan Lewis, Marc Mendoza, Mark Craze, omnicom, out of home, outdoor plus, Phil Georgiadis, shareholders, talon, walker media
By Stephen Foster on February 22, 2013
Talking of naughtiness (or what may be construed as same – which we kind of are today) Japanese agency Absolute Territory PR has come up with a new wheeze – paying young Japanese women to apply stick-on tattoos to their legs. This involves the wearing of very short skirts. Over a thousand have signed up [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, Media, News, PR | Tagged absolute territory pr, Eric Newnham, green day, japan, japanese women, short skirts, stick-on ads, talon
By Stephen Foster on February 19, 2013
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 [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, Media, News | Tagged aegis, Interpublic, ipm, kinetic, Mike Cooper, out of home, posterscope, rapport, samsung, sky, talon, us, us expansion, WPP
By Stephen Foster on February 18, 2013
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, [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Media, News | Tagged Andy Tilley, Chris O'Donnell, Eric Newnham, global commercial director, kinetic, omg, omnicom media group, posterscope, talon
By Stephen Foster on February 13, 2013
Will Dentsu’s £3.2bn takeover of Aegis ever actually happen? Dentsu has been telling us for months that it’s only a matter of time – time needed to win regulatory approval in China, where Dentsu is desperate to expand and sees Aegis as a way of doing so. Now the Chinese seem to have thrown another [...]
Posted in Agencies, Finance, Media, News, Politics | Tagged aegis, China, chinese regulators, dentsu, lunar new year, omnicom, posterscope, takeover deal, talon
By Stephen Foster on February 11, 2013
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 [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, Media, News | Tagged Colin Gottlieb, Eric Newnham, kinetic, omnicom, omnicom media group, out of home, phd, Sir Martin Sorrell, talon, WPP
By Stephen Foster on February 8, 2013
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? [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, Finance, Media, News | Tagged cannes, Eric Newnham, kinetic, Robin Williams, super bowl, talon
By Staff on February 8, 2013
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 [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, Media, News | Tagged Eric Newnham, James Copley, kinetic, posterscope, Stuart Taylor, talon
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