Media
Tencent profits drop 13% as media ad revenue suffers
A plummet in Tencent's media advertising revenues pulled down its total profit to its lowest point this year.
TikTok: social media in the fast lane
It has up to 625 million active users, but you're probably not one of them. So, what is it about TikTok that makes it so popular among youth, and does it present brands with a viable alternative to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat?
GroupM promotes two in India
GroupM India appoints Sidharth Parashar as president for investments and pricing and Ashwin Padmanabhan as president for partnerships and trading.
Are trading scale and size of billings no longer vital in media?
IPG Mediabrands' CEO thinks it is all about strategic capabilities. What about the rest of the industry?
GroupM names new CEO for Northeast Asia
Michael Beecroft, currently Mindshare's chief investment officer for APAC, will take up a new role for GroupM leading Japan and Korea in the new year.
Examining blockchain: uses in advertising, media and beyond
First used as the backbone of Bitcoin in 2009, blockchain technology has many applications beyond cryptocurrency that can benefit advertisers, consumers, governments and media organisations.
Mediabrands makes China CEO change
Former DDB COO and CFO returns to the Interpublic network as Tom Wan departs.
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Michael Karg abruptly exits as Ebiquity CEO
Surprise exit came week before group was due to present to investors.
LG Electronics awards global media business to PHD
The account spend is estimated at $800 million worldwide.
Mark Read: Integrated accounts make up third of WPP's new-business pipeline
WPP CEO sees surge in number of clients that want to "join together" creative and media.
FT editor Lionel Barber steps down after 14 years
Roula Khalaf will become the paper's first ever female editor.
Havas Media hires iProspect strategy chief for global OS role
Dan Hagen to head Havas' Mx operating system.
Best spaces to work: MediaMonks Shanghai
With emphasis on creativity and technology, the workspace is an open environment but equipped with gadgets galore.
Apple bans Instagram surveillance app
Instagram phased out a feature within its app that allowed users to track other people's activity, leading to copycat services.
4 solutions for struggling agencies and holding companies
"Surely this isn't rocket science."
Sanjay Gupta to join Google as country manager
The executive moves from Star and Disney India.
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Tech Bites: Sharethrough to exit Europe, Tealium to offer private cloud solution and more
Sharethrough, Tealium Private Cloud, voice shopping, mobile video, Salesforce CMS, DoubleVerify/ Ad-Juster, TikTok, WeChat Pay, mobile wallets and more, in our weekly collection of tech and media news.
Move and win roundup: Week of November 11, 2019
Prodigious Singapore, Portland, Imagination, Wavemaker, Isentia, Lion & Lion, Airbnb, Aqilliz, Ampverse, Award School and more to come, in our weekly collection of people moves and account news.
IPG Mediabrands CEO: 'Moving away from scale to strategic capabilities'
Business is fifth-largest media buyer and fastest-growing last year.
Dentsu Aegis departures continue with UK leadership exits
Amplifi UK CEO Pippa Glucklich is leaving along with Gyro chair Kate Howe, who is also DAN's executive director of creative, customer experience and commerce.
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