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French research company Recma, which evaluates media agencies, says that Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) was the big winner in new business in 2017 with a closing net new business balance of $2.34bn (£1.68bn). Surprisingly its Vizeum network was the top ...

Rob Norman has spent 31 years in media agencies, beginning his career at the UK’s CIA (later WPP-owned MEC) and the last five years as Chief Digital Officer Global at GroupM. He retired from GroupM last year and remains a ...

Playbuzz, which describes itself as a “leading storytelling platform used by the world’s premium publishers and brands to author, distribute and monetise interactive stories that drive audience engagement,” has signed up former GroupM digital supremo Rob Norman as a director. ...

Marketing and media consultancy Ebiquity has established itself as a right old thorn in the side of media agencies as it’s grown its audit business into new areas and now it’s venturing into tech with the launch of Ebiquity Tech ...

New year, new ways that fraudsters are trying to steal data and revenue from advertisers. This year, “SDK Spoofing” is the latest form of mobile performance fraud that consumes an advertiser’s budget by generating legitimate-looking installs without any real installs ...

Charlie Makin, a founder of Booth Lockett Makin, and former Rapprt CEO and Saatchi regional media head Roy Jeans are heading the team launching a new media agency Pintarget focussed on local media. Pintarget says it will enable brands to ...

It’s turning out to be a good week for Publicis Groupe CEO Arthur Sadoun (below). Yesterday he pinched Nick Law from rival Interpublic’s go-go R/GA digital agency to be the Groupe’s new creative boss and today Carrefour has announced that ...

Global marketing consultancy R3 has been casting its eye over mergers and acquisitions in 2017 and, while the overall number and value was flat compared to 2016, the tectonic plates appear to be shifting with deals by agency holding groups ...

What’s the new Publicis Groupe going to look like? A big clue came today with the poaching of R/GA heir apparent Nick Law (below) as global CCO and president of Public Communications, putting him in front of all Publicis’ creative ...