What will they think next? Why, a hashtag to supply (not very much) electricity, of course. Havas Media Group Asia Pacific is investing in a social innovation called “Heartbot” – a machine that turns a set of identified hashtags into ...
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Actually it’s called The & Partnership, which must be one of the daftest names ever given to an agency, and is an extension of Johnny Hornby’s CHI, 49 per cent owned by WPP. CHI is supposed to be running the ...
Read More »The Chinese arrive in UK marcoms land as Blue Focus buys a fifth of quoted PR outfit Huntsworth
First up Huntsworth boss Lord Chadlington (Peter Gummer as was) says he wanted to buy leading Chinese PR firm Blue Focus. But now BF, led by Oscar Zhao (left), has, in effect, turned the tables by buying 19.8 per cent ...
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