Aspectus PR has won a competitive pitch to handle the PR for ITG, an independent research brokerage firm. The agency will be working to develop the European markets’ understanding of the range of services ITG provides. The ...

David Jones, global chief executive officer of Havas, the sixth largest global advertising group, will be leaving the company to launch his own tech start-up. He is replaced by Yannick Bolloré, who is the son ...

Edelman UK has appointed Niaz Samadizadeh to the newly created position of head of sponsored content and media partnerships. Niaz will be responsible for strengthening and expanding Edelman UK’s paid content offering. He will report ...

‘The week in PR’ is a look at all the big stories in public relations as reported by the UK media in the past seven days. This week we’ve included all the news highlights over ...

WPP’s Mindshare today announced plans to acquire Media Arts System and Services Company, Inc. (MASSCOM) in the Philippines. MASSCOM is a single-client media agency that was set up exclusively to handle the media business for ...

In continuation of our Top 10 Top 10s, here’s a look at the leading stories in public relations this year, according to @DayalPriyanka. Read up on the top 10 news that made, shook and shaped the ...

Interpublic Group’s Draftfcb has acquired Inferno, a London-based independent marketing, PR and social media firm, announced Carter Murray, Draftfcb Worldwide CEO.  The new entity, initially called Inferno Draftfcb, will have joint capabilities spanning on and offline advertising, CRM, ...

We Are Social, the specialist digital marketing and communications agency has announced that BlueFocus Communications Group, China’s largest marketing services company has acquired 82.8% stake in the business. The deal is estimated to draw an ...

Aspectus PR has announced the opening of an office in Singapore and the appointment of Martin O’Connor as regional director. Martin comes to Aspectus with considerable international experience, having held leadership roles with consultancies in ...

‘The week in PR’ is a look at all the top stories in public relations as reported by the UK media in the week gone by. The highlights include views from MPs on BBC payoffs; ...

MediaCom North tops The Drum’s fifth Recommended Agency Register (RAR) Top 100, which highlights the best marketing agencies found outside London. The Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds arm of the WPP-owned media planner and buyer has beaten ...

Adaptly, a social advertising technology company, has appointed Sean O’Neal as the company’s first president. Sean joins the firm from The Daily Mail Online where he served as the chief marketing officer for a year.  ...

Customers took to social media to condemn the Royal Bank of Scotland, which includes NatWest and the Ulster Bank, after payment systems went down between 6:30pm and 9:30pm on ‘Cyber Monday,’ one of the busiest ...

Black Friday is a term which in the old days referred to stock market crashes and national calamities but since the early 2000’s the term has come to represent the biggest shopping day in America, taking ...

‘The week in PR’ is a look at all the big stories in public relations as reported by the UK media in the week gone by. The highlights include a round-up of expert PR views ...

‘Mr. Zuckerberg: Facebook is failing marketers.’ This is how Nate Elliott, vice president and principal analyst at market research firm Forrester begins his open letter to Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO and founder of the $100 ...

Cision in association with Propeller Group launched its ‘Meet the Influencers’ series today, aimed at highlighting those leading the conversations in the media world. The inaugural list compiles the Top 50 Marketing and Advertising Influencers ...

Marking a new trend in digital marketing, Virgin Mobile has released a viral ad campaign on Youtube which allows users to switch between 25 videos that make up the ad film, by simply blinking. Created ...

In just under a year, Netflix Inc. went from being a DVD-shipping company to a market leading video sharing service, outpacing leading television networks and bumping its share value threefold on the way. How? By ...

‘Please turn off all personal electronic devices, including laptops and cell phones… but don’t panic yet, you may tweet your take-off experience within moments of connectivity at 12,000 feet off the ground.’ How’s that for ...