Cilla Snowball, the group chairman and group chief executive of Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, has become the first female chairman of the Advertising Association.
EDF Energy has appointed AKQA as its lead digital advertising agency.
A row is brewing between ITV and media agencies after the broadcaster asked agencies to open their financial books to greater scrutiny.
Schwarzkopf, the Henkel-owned brand, has signed a £2 million deal to become the headline sponsor of Channel 5’s Big Brother, Celebrity Big Brother and Big Brother’s Bit On The Side.
Sean Healy, the managing director at Walker Media, has been poached by ZenithOptimedia to become its global planning director.
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Albion London has bolstered its management team with the hiring of Creature Seattle’s Hemant Anant Jain as a creative director and Saatchi & Saatchi’s Uma Mantravadi as a planning director.
Bombay Sapphire, the Bacardi Group gin brand, has added Gravity Road to its global roster to lead its content partnerships.
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Spotify, the online music provider, has launched its long-awaited iPad app, which has been designed to display high-definition cover artwork and make browsing through the service’s catalogue of 18 million songs easier.
News Corporation board members have issued an “unanimous statement of support” for Rupert Murdoch, their embattled chief executive and chairman.
Waitrose has pledged to match Tesco’s prices on all branded grocery products excluding promotions, while Morrisons reports its growth phase is running out of steam.
EBay has warned Locog about being ready for the “unprecedented demand” that will be placed on mobile networks during the 2012 Games.
‘Inbetweeners’ star James Buckley gatecrashes ‘The Expendables 2’ in order to introduce Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham to the world of social media, in Orange’s latest Gold Spot cinema campaign.
More than £1.6m of premium advertising running in the London Evening Standard during the Olympics has failed to attract a single bid in the newspaper’s much-trumpeted e-auction.
Brands rolling out catch-all “save the planet” initiatives, such as Procter & Gamble’s ‘Future Friendly’ drive, will fall foul of consumer complacency, according to new research.
Stella Artois is to host a series of unique screening events of 90s cult classic ‘Pulp Fiction’ in Picturehouse Cinemas across the UK for the lager’s Facebook fans.
Boots, the high-street retailer, is reviewing its global digital advertising arrangements.
HTC, the smartphone manufacturer, is looking for an agency to oversee its global social media as the brand ramps up its customer-focused activity.
VCCP has been handed the £25m advertising account for Muller Dairy, taking over from TBWA\London, which resigned from the account in December last year.
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