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Renetta McCann will be missed
Posted in Media, Marketing, Arif Durrani, Latest reporters' blogs June 10th, 2008 by Arif Durrani
The media agency world is set to become a slightly less interesting place by the end of this year, following today’s news that Renetta McCann is stepping down as global chief executive of Starcom MediaVest Group.
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(0)Chunks of change at Chime?
Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs March 11th, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
Chime Communications deserves a pat of the back for delivering strong homegrown results during a period of economic uncertainty - and in a not very gentlemanly partisan sense, it’s heartening to see advertising’s share of operating income up and PR down.
Raise a dram to defunct 1576
Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs February 12th, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
Farewell 1576, a Scottish agency of some repute and longevity, it’s sad to see the Scottish marketing landscape cannot support more than a handful of sizeable agencies and the market now seems made up of dozens of splinter agencies formed by a couple of people.
Take a ticket for the Waitrose pitch
Posted in Advertising, Nikki Preston, Latest reporters' blogs November 5th, 2007 by Nikki Preston
Winning Waitrose’s £26 million advertising business would definitely be the star on top of the Christmas tree for one lucky agency as it looks like the last big pitch of the year is up for grabs.
Tags Waitrose, Supermarkets, Advertising, Agencies
Is there anyone left at Publicis?
Posted in Advertising, Nikki Preston, Latest reporters' blogs June 14th, 2007 by Nikki Preston
After learning that Will Hamilton was the latest Publicis casualty, I unearthed my Publicis guidebook and flicked it open to its key people page.
Tags Publicis, Recruitment, Advertising, Agencies
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