Technology

Another week another “merger” for Sir Martin Sorrell’s go-go S4 Capital and its main brand Media.Monks. This time it’s the tech company he promised when he announced S4’s half-year results on Monday. The mergee (do they exist? You get the ...

Advertisers may be spending money on media as if there’s no tomorrow but about half of themn have little idea if they’re doing the right thing. According to a new survey from the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) whose members ...

Sir Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital has bagged another one (“merged with” as it prefers) in Cashmere which is joining its content arm under Media.Monks. Cashmere was founded in Los Angeles in 2003, by Ted Chung and Seung Chung and now ...

Sylvie Ouziel has joined Publicis Groupe as its first “leader of Shared Platforms,” which might mean everything or not as much as it sounds. The clearly high-powered Ouziel (below) joins from Singapore-based tech company Envision Digital. She was also a ...

Crater Lake & Co is a new kid on the block among the burgeoning ranks of consultants – these days we have consultants consulting about consultants – formed by a number of media industry veterans including former Leo Burnett media ...

Pets At Home Group has awarded its digital business to Wunderman Thompson, which teams the WPP agency with Pets’ consumer advertising agency The&Partnership, in which WPP has a stake. The appointment follows a competitive pitch. Pets At Home has become ...

Social media publisher Jungle Creations has sold a majority stake to private equity firm, Livingbridge for an undisclosed sum, following record revenue and profits. Jungle’s brands include Twisted, VT, Four Nine, Craft Factory, Level Fitness, Lovimals and Blue Crate. In ...

WPP has bought Satalia which it describes as a “global leader in enterprise AI (artificial intelligence) and one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech companies.” Satalia clients include BT, DFS, DS Smith, PwC, Gigaclear, Tesco and Unilever. Alongside its Alongside its ...

The estimable Ad Contrarian Bob Hoffman is away for a while on vacation so he’s left us with some parting thoughts about the ad business. One item to catch his attention is WPP agency VMLY&R’s new schtick “human-centered design.” Obvious ...