Media

The&Partnership’s m/SIX media agency has won National Express, the UK’s biggest coach operator. The account moves from Havas after ten years. The pitch was run by Hamilton Associates. National Express marketing director Sean Bailey says: “We are delighted to announce ...

Channel 4 securing the UK broadcast of England versus India so late in the day has bowled their sales team a doosra. Yet there are many reasons for advertisers to celebrate and take advantage of this first live Test match ...

Comic Relief’s charity fundraiser Red Nose Day will take up most of the BBC on March 19 and it’s pulling out all the stops with a new ad from Pablo, aimed at liberating yet more cash from our wallets in ...

Publicis Groupe kept its head above water as grim old 2020 came to a close, reporting organic growth in Q4 at -3.9% (better than expectations) and -6.3% for the year. The US, French-based Publicis’ biggest market, was the star in ...

WPP has struck a first of its kind deal with TiKTok, claimed to give WPP clients unique access and capabilities on the platform. This includes partnering on marketing API integrations and next-generation formats, such as augmented reality offerings. Subvrsive, a ...

Even in Covid-ridden 2020, agency new business revenue in 2020 was down by only single-digits at 5.8% globally thanks to media. Media new business revenue for the period of January to December 2020 increased by 6.9%, making up for a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here’s an epic for a Friday, Apple celebrating the Chinese New Year with a short (not that short) film from TBWA\Media Arts Lab Shanghai for – and shot on – an iPhone 12 Pro Max. By director Lulu Wang and ...