Havas Media Group is restructuring itself around three divisions – Havas Media, Havas Market (ecommerce) and newly-minted Havas Entertainment. Havas Entertainment wil absorb existing brand Target Entertainment and content division Jump, which will keep its identity. Jump MD Nick Wright ...
Read More »Ciesco: tech and media sector ready to power M&A bounce-back in 2021
Sector-specialist M&A advisory firm Ciesco has reported global resilience in the tech, digital, media and marketing sectors even in the face of the Covid crisis. Ciesco tracked global M&A activity in these sectors, reporting 1,091 M&A transactions in 2020, with ...
Read More »Publicis Groupe’s Epsilon hit for $150m in data fraud case
Is the ad business, specifically the big data-obsessed holding companies, sleepwalking into disaster as they try to hoover up information about consumers everywhere? Epsilon, which Publicis Groupe bought for $4.4bn in 2019, has agreed a $150m settlement with the US ...
Read More »Havas CX wins global Aesop skincare business
Global skin, hair and body care brand Aesop has appointed Havas’ dedicated customer experience network Havas CX as its global customer engagement agency following a competitive pitch overseen by The Observatory International. Aesop originated in Australia and is now owned ...
Read More »Strategy chiefs head exodus from AMV BBDO
AMV BBDO’s long-serving joint strategy heads Craig Mawdsley and Bridget Angear have fallen on their swords as the agency retrenches after a string of account losses, replaced by Tom White and David Edwards. The duo have already formed a strategy ...
Read More »JAA Media’s John Ayling: an invitation to creative agencies
Even in a time like this there are green shoots in adland. Over the past year we’ve all seen an emergence of a number of new creative agencies. This is an important element in the way the creative industry renews ...
Read More »How the 5G revolution is expected to impact the online gaming sector
The majority of the global population heavily relies upon 4G wireless connectivity to perform daily online tasks. However, this technology is soon to be replaced by 5G services. This will transform a host of industries and virtual gaming is expected ...
Read More »Tito Ribeiro: seven key digital trends for 2021
This pings in from Brazil’s Tiago ‘Tito’ Ribeiro who seems to have worked at many big digital agencies and others in the online world, working on behalf of a number of big brands. Here are his seven digital trends for ...
Read More »Just Eat joins perfect storm of big client reviews
Another day, another – on the face of it – mystifying creative review. Just Eat is reviewing its business at McCann, after seemingly dominating the airwaves all year (apart from the NHS of course.) Maybe they’ve gone off the somewhat ...
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