No escape from New Commercial Arts this week, the agency founded by adam&eve alumni James Murphy and David Golding with Ian Heartfield from BBH and Rob Curran from Wunderman Thompson, has won Nando’s, made an excellent debut for Alzheimer’s Society ...
Read More »New Commercial Arts caps good week with Nando’s
It’s been a pretty good week for New Commercial Arts – signing up Judi Dench for MoneySuperMarket and debuting for Alzheimer’s Society – and now it’s won chicken chain Nando’s. Nando’s has flitted around various ad agencies for not very ...
Read More »Dentsu imports Angela Tangas from Australia as new UK and Ireland boss
Dentsu International, which seems to be getting its multi-disciplinary act together under Wendy Clark, has raided its Australia and New Zealand operation for its new UK and Ireland CEO. CEO Angela Tangas, will start as UK boss in September. Dentsu’s ...
Read More »Can Katy Perry fill Snoop Dogg’s Just Eat shoes?
Katy Perry has taken on the not inconsiderable task of replacing Snoop Dogg as the face and voice of Just Eat, the first big campaign since Just East absorbed rival Taleaway.com. Delivery services are massive businesses these days although the ...
Read More »Gloves off in Murria bid to take over M&C Saatchi
Deputy chairman Vin Murria’s bid for M&C Saatchi – with her quoted tech vehicle AdvancedAdvT – is turning nasty with M&C’s directors labelling her latest joint bid “derisory.” The Murria camp’s latest bid and first formal offer (mostly shares) values ...
Read More »Paddy Power saddles up at Droga5.
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 »WPP’s new Coke agency Open X wants the world to sing along with Sprite
Coca-Cola appointing WPP as its lead agency for just about everything last year was probably just about the most significant account move and the mighty resources of WPP’s newly-minted Open X team have now produced a new global “platform” for ...
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