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8 hours ago

Dentsu ANZ restructures: CEOs Danny Bass and Steve Yurisich exit

The restructured model will also see regional leaders Fiona Johnston and Kirsty Muddle assume new responsibilities.

9 hours ago

Amazon layoffs impact APAC adtech and media leaders

The job cuts are part of Amazon's plans to streamline its sales, marketing and global services division globally.

21 hours ago

Impossible Foods opens a ranch to demystify its plant-based meats

The brand will transition an old cattle ranch in South Carolina into a plant-based farm and document the daily ongoings on social media.

21 hours ago

Brave, hungry, scrappy hustlers—why it's time to be more Kiwi

Canada's population, economy and ad industry is nearly eight times bigger than New Zealand's. So why are the Kiwis winning double the number of Cannes Lions (relative to their size) than Canada?

21 hours ago

Advertisers are not fully prepared for the demise of third-party cookies, WARC says

The latest Future of Measurement report reveals that only 2% of advertisers are using a mix of MMM, experiments, and attribution, for measurement.

21 hours ago

Havas Worldwide India bolsters creative team

Arjun Jetly, Neharika Awal, Ajitesh Verma, and Monish Gupta all step into roles as executive creative directors.

22 hours ago

Manchester City and OKX launch NFT kits

Digital collectables campaign launched by crypto kit sponsor OKX.

1 day ago

Move and win roundup: Week of April 22, 2024

Sun Life, Lee Kum Kee, The Marketing Society, Havas Worldwide India, TriOn & Co, Sefiani and more to come, in our weekly collection of people moves and account news.

1 day ago

40 Under 40 2023: Tommy Tan, Publicis Media

Tan’s career has been grounded in fundamentals but always open to innovation, contributing to business growth and transformation for his whole team.

1 day ago

World Earth Day 2024: 1,000 agencies say no to fossil fuels

Asia Pacific joins the Clean Creatives movement with 67 regional pledges. To mark this occasion, the anti-fossil fuel campaign group has released a new film, lampooning the advertising industry.

1 day ago

Goafest 2024 and ABBY Awards to be held in Mumbai amid election season

The much-anticipated Goafest will now take place at the Westin Powai in Mumbai from May 29 to 31.

1 day ago

Venke Sharma joins Sprinklr after departing from Disney

Sharma has joined Sprinklr as vice president and global head of product strategy after 11 years at Disney, reporting into chief technology officer Amitabh Mishra.

1 day ago

BCW, Hill & Knowlton warns staffers to brace for layoffs related to Burson merger

The firms have “identified areas in the business where we must eliminate roles, many of which were duplicate,” staffers were told in a memo.

1 day ago

16 brands react to Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ album release

Plus, how the star decided to roll out her new music.

4 days ago

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on using AI to win over consumers and growing as an ads business

The e-commerce giant’s CEO revealed fresh insights into the company's future plans on all things consumer behaviour, AI, Amazon Ads and Prime Video.

4 days ago

James Hawkins steps down as PHD APAC CEO

Hawkins leaves PHD after close to six years leading the agency, and there will be no immediate replacement for him.

4 days ago

Whalar Group appoints Neil Waller and James Street as co-CEOs

EXCLUSIVE: The duo will lead six business pillars and attempt to win more creative, not just creator, briefs with the hire of Christoph Becker as chief creative officer.

4 days ago

Radiocentre: 'BBC Radio could not be funded by advertising'

Industry body for commercial radio analyses the viability of wholly ad-funded BBC Radio.

4 days ago

Team behind Eugene the world-record egg sell rights for 'seven-figure sum'

Eugene the egg was Instagram’s most-liked photo in 2019.

4 days ago

Leo Burnett Mumbai shakes up leadership to drive new growth initiatives

The creative shop has appointed three new roles: Abhimanyu Khedkar and Neetika Aggarwal as managing partners, and Saurabh Dahiya as head of strategy.