NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — WPP's MediaCom was named Agency Network of the Year at the second annual Festival of Media Awards in Valencia, Spain, last night. Agency of the year honors went to Havas' MPG Mexico and the Financial Times took home the Media Owner of the Year award.
LONDON – The release of the romantic drama ‘Dear John’ helped Grolsch’s first cinema campaign in five years deliver more than 884,163 impacts last weekend, according to estimated figures from Digital Cinema Media.
LONDON – Publicis Groupe’s ZenithOptimedia has promoted John Taylor from director of client service, to chairman of its worldwide division.
LONDON – Omnicom’s OMD has appointed Liz Workman, Vodafone’s head of global media, to head the network’s £1bn Vodafone global media account.
LONDON – Data watchdogs from the UK and nine other countries have criticised Google’s disregard for privacy in its Buzz and Street View services and called on the company to incorporate “mimimum” principles in future products.
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — In the crazy world of Latin American futbol, it makes sense that a soccer coach who can get a long-shot team into contention for this year's World Cup should be considered for sainthood.
At least that's what they think at the Association of Chilean Soccer Fanatics (Asociacion de Fanaticos del Futbol Chileno). With the help of Grey Chile, they created a digital sanctuary under the name "Light a Candle," where Chileans are invited to light 100,000 virtual candles as an initial step to creating Chile's first soccer saint.
Coup de coeur pour les travaux de l’américaine Erika Iris Simmons, aussi connue sous le pseudonyme d’iri5. Des illustrations uniques réalisées à partir de bandes magnétiques de cassettes audio ou vidéo pour représenter avec talent des visages de personnalités.
LONDON – AOL’s former advertising sales director Sarah Perry has joined Goviral in the new role of client and agency director, three months after leaving the technology giant.
Barry McIlheney, the new chief executive of the PPA, tells Harriet Dennys how he plans to re-energise the ailing magazine trade body and remind media agencies how “bloody brilliant” magazines are
NEW YORK (AdAge) — With their ability to cheaply reach eyeballs, online ad networks have commanded more money and attention from marketers in the past few years, thus edging out content sites in the conversation for ad dollars. A recent study, however, claims content is back.
LONDON – Today’s newspapers have diverse reactions to the lifting of the ban on flights, while Debenhams hopes to get readers shopping with an offer in the Daily Express.
(TrendHunter.com) I’ve heard that office romances happen quite often but I don’t think too many are as steamy as the one showcased in the Vogue Paris May 2010 issue. ‘La Decadanse,’ inspired by a shoot featuring 1974 lovers…
LONDON – Guardian News & Media (GN&M), the publisher of The Guardian, has appointed Chris Lawson, the former brand director for Absolute radio, to the new role of content sales and marketing director.
LONDON – BBC1’s ‘Traffic Cops’ was watched by 4.2 million viewers, casting a shadow over ITV1’s audience of 2.9 million for ‘The Bill: Paying the Price,’ according to unofficial overnight figures.
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — In one of the more surprising moves of an agency executive moving to the client side, M.T. Carney, partner at Naked Communications' U.S. operations, has been hired to lead marketing for Walt Disney Studios.
There is no polite way to say this: Even on a good day, Mr. Six is a creepy old man. He comes off as a cross between a zombie who's been dipping into ecstasy and, well, a zombie Pied Piper who's come for your kiddies. But now it's so much worse.
LONDON – Silver Spring, the privately-owned soft drinks brand, has appointed the7stars to handle its media planning and buying account ahead of the relaunch of its Perfectly Clear water brand.
LONDON – Customer publishing agency Story Worldwide has hired Paul Alexandrou as executive creative director of Story UK, and Rod Geoghegan as commercial director.
LONDON – Retail giant Tesco has launched its first social networking site, aimed at people taking part in or supporting Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.
OK, so I think I figured out a solution to Twitter's Justin Bieber problem (i.e., the fact that the 16-year-old Canadian pop star has become basically a permanent feature of Twitter's "Trending Topics" list, thanks to his rabidly tweeting fans).
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