Ogilvy Australia acquires digital agency Bullseye
Ogilvy Australia is bolstering its digital capability, acquiring one of the region’s integrated digital marketing and technology services agencies, Bullseye. The deal sees Ogilvy acquire...
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‘We Believe Strongly That The Agency Is The Right Place For Programmatic Technology’
Earlier this week AppNexus and Xaxis announced a two-part deal that will see the ad tech firm acquire Open AdStream for an as yet publicly undisclosed...
Australia leads Spikes Digital shortlist; Japan, New Zealand follow
As Spikes Asia 2014 releases the first set of shortlists, Australia’s stellar performance was marked by 22 shortlisted entries out of a total of 77...
WPP commits deeper investment in China’s ecommerce mkt with Polestar
WPP Ventures contributed to China’s booming ecommerce industry with Polestar Co, a joint company for integrated ecommerce solutions. WPP Ventures is the investment arm of...
From the comments: Who is really to blame for agency unhappiness?
On Friday, Digiday published a piece about why agency employees seemed to be getting unhappier by the minute. Reasons varied: from fundamental changes in the way...
WPP’s VML Digital Agency Is Buying Another Shop in China
Digital marketing agency VML is acquiring 10-year-old Chinese social media agency Teein, its second purchase in China in less than a year. With the addition...
AppNexus, WPP Ink Landmark Deal
AppNexus and Xaxis have announced a two-part deal that will see the ad tech firm acquire Open AdStream for an as yet publicly undisclosed fee,...
VML China gears up to acquire social media agency Teein
Soon after the announcement of its Mongolia operations, Y&R is gearing up to acquire Teein, one of China’s established social media agencies through its marketing...
Carat’s Anthony Rhind Wants A Transparency Pact With Publishers
Anthony Rhind, global chief digital officer at global media agency Carat, describes programmatic as “an emerging operating system” for marketing effectiveness. It’s about much more...
Why agency people are so unhappy
“It’d be a great business if there weren’t any clients.” “I can’t think of a single person who loves their job.” “Everyone in this industry...
Dentsu Buys Covario; Programmatic Models
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Dentsu Buys Covario Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired search and content marketing agency Covario....
5 reasons why publishers should embrace programmatic for online video
The explosion of digital video consumption is proof that consumers are now shifting from their traditional habits when it comes to viewing video content. People...
The Rise Of The Mega Stacks
Danny Hopwood, Vivkai, head of platform, EMEA, gives his assessment of the current programmatic landscape in light of recent industry consolidation. At the risk of...
WPP Agency Maxus Names Jonathan Adams Chief Digital Officer
On Thursday, WPP-owned media agency Maxus named former iCrossing executive Jonathan Adams as its chief digital officer. After previous stints at OgilvyOne and The Media...
Havas Worldwide strengthens Japan creative team; appoints David Morgan
Havas Worldwide has appointed David Morgan as Executive Creative Director, effective September 1, 2014, responsible for leading all aspects of the agency’s creative evolution. In...
HUL, PHD India, BJP lead MMA’s SMARTIES India 2014
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has concluded the third annual MMA SMARTIES India Awards 2014 in Mumbai. SMARTIES India Awards honour mobile strategies that address...
