WPP's Kantar accused of delaying supplier payments to bolster bottom line
WPP’s Kantar subsidiary has been accused of deliberately withholding payments to key suppliers in an effort to artificially enhance its balance sheet in the run up to Christmas.A report in City AM...
View ArticleWhat are today’s marketing directors looking for in a marketing partnership?
APS Group recently published a whitepaper on new model client/agency relationships and always a sucker for any new agency model that might shed some light on how agencies may progress in the future the...
View ArticleFestive sales propel Xiaomi to join Samsung in leading the Indian smartphone...
Xiaomi's aggressive pricing has helped it join Samsung to lead the Indian smartphone market, with each claiming 24% of market share. Bolstered by the festive season, the smartphone shipments in India...
View ArticleBBC eyes advertising and pay TV expansion by wresting full control of UKTV
The BBC is aiming to expand its presence in advertising and pay TV by undertaking a £500m bid to assume full control of UKTV, the broadcaster behind Dave, Gold and Really.Industry reports suggest that...
View ArticleFake news: what is it and how do the media tackle it?
Can the media stand up to fake news? The term, only made mainstream by President Trump's 'claim' over the phrase, has many meanings, but what it comes down to is misinformation spread throughout the...
View ArticleWhy Saatchi & Saatchi’s Mia Silverman collects KitKat wrappers | Creative...
When she’s not creating work in her role as art director at Saatchi & Saatchi, Mia Silverman enjoys football, drawing and painting. But her most unusual hobby is adding to her 13-year-old...
View ArticleM/Six leadership changes herald ‘progressive’ new media model
Media, planning and buying specialist M/Six has overhauled its leadership team with two new hires and a series of internal promotions.New arrivals include Anna Foster from TMW Unlimited as incoming...
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Young listeners are helping LBC break the BBC's stranglehold on speech...
After monopolising the field of serious speech radio for nearly a century, the BBC finally faces some stiff competition.The commercial station LBC has increased its audience by 800,000 listeners (62%)...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch admits his hands are full keeping newspaper empire ‘viable’ in...
Rupert Murdoch has struck an uncharacteristically downbeat note while updating a gathering of News Corp shareholders on progress made to keep his publishing business viable in the midst of the rush to...
View ArticleGuardian to explore 'human' side of business with B2B branded...
The Guardian is courting big brand advertisers looking to grow their enterprise divisions with the launch of a B2B service that aims to communicate the 'human' side of business.The service will sit...
View ArticleNews UK revenue buoyed by ads.txt adoption
Ads.txt has been arguably one of the biggest trends to emerge in 2017 as a solution to cleaning up the programmatic supply chain and adoption rates are accelerating. Perhaps surprisingly, it is also...
View ArticleClothing brand Ginger from Lifestyle encourages girls to defy labels and not...
Clothing brand Ginger from Lifestyle has rolled out a bold film encouraging young girls to defy labels and celebrate imperfections.Conceptualised by JWT, the film #ImperfectlyPerfect has been developed...
View ArticleMashable lines up $50m sale to Ziff Davis as funding dries up
Digital media website Mashable is expected to confirm a sale to publishing powerhouse Ziff Davis, with a sale price of around $50m – according to reports in the Wall Street Journal.If the change in...
View ArticleJohn Lewis suffers hairy moment with Moz as children's author alleges...
John Lewis has found itself making headlines for the wrong reasons courtesy of its cuddly under the bed-dwelling monster Moz, after a children’s author accused the department store of copying his own...
View ArticleCash Converters customers fret as hackers make off with personal data
Cash Converters has become the latest name to be added to an ever-lengthening roll call of ignominy after its servers were breached by hackers who likely made off with customer usernames, addresses and...
View ArticleBT's cross-generational TV campaign continues brand's...
BT has begun championing the power of TV to bring people closer together for its latest heartwarming advertising campaign.Packing an emotional punch, the AMV BBDO devised advert follows a boy and his...
View ArticleSky Bet signs a five-year title deal with EFL to display responsible gambling...
Sky Bet has agreed a new five-season title sponsorship agreement with English Football League (EFL) which will see responsible gambling messages displayed on every club shirt.As reported by Sky Sports,...
View ArticleBusiness on the Move: Starbucks, Nando's, Deutsche Telekom and more
Welcome to The Drum's Business on the Move section, where we collate agency account wins, reviews, agency launches, rebrands and acquisitions.Agency winsStarbucks has appointed Iris to lead its...
View ArticleTamara Ecclestone’s baby skincare range Fifi & Friends appoints Media...
Commercial consultancy Romelle Swire has hired Media Bounty to lead on creative, content strategy and production for Tamara Ecclestone’s baby skincare range, Fifi & Friends.Media Bounty will be...
View ArticleA lesson in less – why a copywriter should never do too much
‘There’s more than one way to skin a cat’ is one of those strange, unpleasant sayings that feels increasingly uncomfortable to drop into a modern conversation. Far removed from the days when actually...
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