Campaign
It's a big week for Keith Weed, Unilever's chief marketer. After warning social media platforms they face a boycott from Unilever if they do not reform, he has just been named the WFA Global Marketer of the Year, Campaign announces.
Campaign
Ogilvy has appointed the head of its EMEA PR practice, Michael Frohlich, to chief executive of Ogilvy UK, "Campaign" reports.
The Guardian
BBC iPlayer had a record year in 2017 with 272m streams per month, up 11% on 2016. "The Guardian" reports "Blue Planet II," "Taboo" and "Doctor Foster" were among the most watched shows.
Campaign
GroupM's new UK Chief Executive, Tom George, is promising to set up a clearer dialogue with brands. "Campaign" is reporting that this could include calming the waters with ISBA after a war of words broke out between the body representing advertising and the WPP-owned agency last year.
The Drum
Aldi has been named at the UK's best supermarket for customer satisfaction by Which? Marks & Spencer was in second place and Lidl came in third. Sainsbury's had the ignonimy of being placed at the bottom of the league table, "The Drum" reports.
Campaign
Rick Dodds, executive creative director at Droga5 London, has suddenly left the agency soon after the agency's chief creative officer in New York departed, following an internal investigation. "Campaign" is reporting that Droga5 is confirming Dodds' swift departure, but is not commenting further.
BBC
The Information Commissioner's Office's web site is back up and running today after being closed down, after hackers were believed to have been using it to take over control of visitors' computers to mine for cryptocurrencies, the BBC reveals.
NetImperative
Amazon has been placed above Apple and Google as the world's most valuable brand, according to the latest Brand Finance Global 500 report, Netimperative reveals.
Marketing Week
Unilever CMO Keith Weed is taking aim at platforms that he says "breed division." In a speech that is due to name-check the likes of Google, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Amazon, tonight he will say the FMCG will take steps not to support platforms which fail to tackle fake news and do not protect children, "Marketing Week" reports.
Press Gazette
It's on. Trinity Mirror has agreed a deal to by the daily and Sunday Express and Star titles from Richard Desmond, alongside the media magnate's celebrity magazines, "OK!," "New" and "Star." The four national newspapers and magazines are to change hands for GBP127m, "Press Gazette" reports.