Droga5 London has won the Paddy Power betting account. Former agency VCCP declined to repitch. Paddy Power seems to have lodged at most London agencies over the past decade or so (the ones that take on betting accounts anyway), its ...
Read More »S4Capital’s Sorrell back on the acquisition trail with LA’s TheoremOne
It may be tin hats time at S4Capital, Sir Martin Sorrell’s digital-only creation, but the great dealmaker is still on the case, striking a deal to buy LA-based tech services company TheoremOne. S4 has lost half its market value since ...
Read More »Sir Martin Sorrell’s S4Capital takes more heavy fire
S4Capital’s share price headed sharply downwards this morning following a good kicking in the influential UK Sunday Times yesterday (subscription required.) ‘How chaotic accounting engulfed Sir Masrtin Sorrell’s S4 Capital empire’ was the headline, referring to the essentially book-keeping problems ...
Read More »Former Wieden+Kennedy creative chief DeCourcy joins Snap
Snapchat is redoubling its efforts to take on Facebook-owned Instagram and TikTok and has hired former Wieden+Kennedy star Colleen DeCourcy as its chief creative officer (CCO.) Former W+K CCO and president DeCourcy (below) says: “At Snap I’ve met a thoughtful ...
Read More »Media shop the7stars wins all Cunard media and creative
You have to hand it to the7stars (named after a pub), Britain’s biggest media independent and seemingly capable of spreading its wings too. Now it’s won Cunard’s combined UK creative and media business without a pitch, creative from Alpha Century ...
Read More »James Frampton: how to combat the ‘Great Customer Resignation’ threat
Fed up with how they were being treated by their employers and realising life was too short to put up with a raw deal, candidates began to dictate the job market and the ‘Great Resignation’ became one of the top ...
Read More »Publicis Italia waves its magic over Barilla
Barilla is celebrating its 145th birthday (obviously they couldn’t hang on a bit) with nifty new red packaging and a new line – Al Bronzo – which seems to be an attempt to move everyday brand Barilla up the culinary ...
Read More »Mother launches global ‘Creators Index,’ starting with Asia
Mother is launching a new pan-Asian project, the Asian Creators Index, to foster greater collaboration between the region’s creative community and the rest of the world. The idea is to expand the index, a searchable online gallery, to reflect creativity ...
Read More »Adam&eveDDB spreads its wings with Deutsche Telekom and new Berlin office
Adam&eveDDB has landed the prestigious Deutsche Telekom account and is launching adam&eveBERLIN to lead the business out of the client’s largest market. Adam&eveBERLIN will be led by newly-appointed Chief Creative Officer, Jens Pfau, who joins from Jung Von Matt/Alster and ...
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