A YouGov survey recently revealed that six out of ten voters would not buy a used car from Boris Johnson. Apparently though, 13 per cent would, which proves Abraham Lincoln’s famous dictum that “you can fool some of the people ...
Read More »Roy Jeans: how the ad industry actively underpins “surveillance capitalism”
In the regional Chinese city of Rongcheng, the ruling one-party state is perfecting its soon to be nationwide “Social Credit System”. Starting with 1,000 points, every citizen has points deducted – or added – for their historical (and current) behaviour. ...
Read More »Roy Jeans: why the Cairncross Review into news media is a failure of intent and resolution
Christophe Guilluy’s recently published English-language version of “Twilight of the Elites” focuses on nascent tensions between France’s metropolitan ruling class and the disenfranchised people who live in the countryside outside of France’s “citadels” of power and economic influence. Originally published ...
Read More »Makin and Jeans launch hyperlocal media agency Pintarget
Charlie Makin, a founder of Booth Lockett Makin, and former Rapprt CEO and Saatchi regional media head Roy Jeans are heading the team launching a new media agency Pintarget focussed on local media. Pintarget says it will enable brands to ...
Read More »Roy Jeans of CPUK: why it’s time to slay the giant tech dragon
In Dave Eggers’ The Circle,’ the near future sees the merger of all the leading tech companies into one giant – dominating every aspect of life. There is no escape. Imagine a scenario where Google buys Facebook, or vice versa, ...
Read More »Roy Jeans to head new media agency contender Communication Partners UK
Former Rapport and Initiative Media boss Roy Jeans is heading up a new media agency Communication Partners UK. Jeans (left) is joined in the new agency by commercial director Rachel Hall, a former media director of Publicis Groupe’s ZenithOptimedia, and ...
Read More »Grey Scorpion’s Roy Jeans buys into get me media
Former Rapport global CEO Roy Jeans (left), now running media consultancy Grey Scorpion, has invested in UK search engine get me media and been appointed an executive director of the rapidly-growing company which is backed by IBIS Media and other ...
Read More »Rapport ex-boss Roy Jeans reveals first clients at new advisory company Grey Scorpion
Former Rapport CEO Roy Jeans (left) has set up a new company, Grey Scorpion, to provide a range of services to media-based businesses including interim management, negotiation and investment support. Jeans, a former executive director at Zenith, quit Interpublic-owned out ...
Read More »Jeans is out of OOH agency rapport as IPG slashes costs
Who’d work for a holding company? It’s emerged today that Roy Jeans (left), CEO of Interpublic-owned OOH specialist rapport and recently elevated to the post of global CEO, is leaving the company. Rapport has ambitions to go global having taken ...
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