Sources at the Guardian newspaper say that, for the first time, canning the print edition and switching to a completely digital product is now being seriously discussed at the top levels of Guardian News & Media. Long-serving Guardian editor Alan ...
Read More »Post-merger Carat snaps up $500m Macy’s
It seems to be business as usual at Carat (maybe better than usual) following its £3.2bn acquisition by Japan’s Dentsu as the media buyer has just won the $500m Macy’s account from WPP’s MEC. Post-merger many agencies run out of ...
Read More »Is new GroupM ex-Omnicom hire Johan Boserup now the biggest hitter in global media buying?
He might be, Boserup (left) is joining GroupM (which oversees WPP’s four big media agencies) as global CEO GroupM Trading tasked with aligning trading activities in each of the agencies. Not just that, but he joins after 17 years at ...
Read More »L’Affaire Renault turns into a suicide note
Ah, the cynicism of the modern corporation. Remember all those years ago when Jo Moore, spin doctor to Stephen Byers, Department of Transport, Local Government and Regions secretary, emailed her boss those immortal words, referring to 9/11: “It’s now a ...
Read More »BBC top duo of Entwistle and Patten caught asleep at the wheel as Jimmy Savile horror story unfolds
You have to feel for new BBC director-general George Entwistle – no, not that way – who has walked into the biggest minefield the corporation has faced since Andrew Gilligan’s carelessly-worded (but true) allegation about Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell’s ...
Read More »Search agency Covario says tablet cost-per-clicks have overtaken desktop PCs for the first time
Leading independent search marketing agency Covario says spending on pay-per-click advertising (PPC) by its enterprise technology, consumer electronics, and retail clients was up about 33 per cent over the same period last year, and six per cent above the second ...
Read More »Stop treating ethnic groups in Britain like minorities says new IPA report
It’s not true that Britain’s ethnic minorities don’t spend, behave the same as whites and are too hard to target. So says the UK IPA’s latest report on ethnic diversity published today on which examines the rapidly expanding multicultural landscape ...
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