by Steve McClellan
Dutch brewing giant Heineken International is conducting a consolidation review of its estimated $350 million global media agency assignment. The review will pit two … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
Sometimes big media moves are sudden and completely serendipitous. That was the case with Laura Lang's decision to step down as Publicis' top digital … Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
Paris-based agency holding company Publicis Groupe will begin the search for a new CEO next summer, according to Maurice Levy, who has been in … Read the whole story
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by Joe Mandese
In what it describes as a "game-changing measurement upgrade," digital TV set-top data audience measurement firm, Rentrak this morning said it was rolling out … Read the whole story
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by Steve McClellan
Starcom MediaVest Group is restructuring both its LiquidThread content unit and its West Coast operations. Brent Poer has been elevated to the new post … Read the whole story
by Erik Sass
Phoenix Media Xchange has debuted the emediaXchange.com platform for radio advertising. The emediaXchange.com platform allows advertisers large and small to place ads directly with … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
Cable consumers' favorite channels aren't always the highest-rated. Beta Research demonstrates this point with its 2011 cable subscriber evaluation study, recently naming Discovery Channel, … Read the whole story
by Erik Sass
TargetSpot, which operates a large digital audio advertising network, has signed three new distribution partners. The new partners -- Musicovery, Digitally Imported, and Aupeo … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
CW's longtime marketing executive Rick Haskins is staying with the network after all -- with a new title and broader digital responsibilities. He will … Read the whole story
by David Goetzl
In a signal that iPad design might serve as an inspiration for a Web presence, the Weather Channel has launched a new desktop app … Read the whole story
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by Erik Sass
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the investment company founded by billionaire investor and Omaha native Warren Buffett, has purchased the Omaha World-Herald newspaper for $200 million. Read the whole story