Macy's has put its estimated $1.5 billion media agency assignment into review. The incumbent is WPP's MEC, which won the account in 2007. "As normal practice of periodic agency reviews, Macy's is conducting a review of its media account currently handled by MEC," a Macy's spokeswoman told Adage.com, which first reported the news on Wednesday. Creative work, which is handled by MEC sibling JWT is not part of the review. Macy's has hired Joanne Davis Consulting to assist with the media agency review.

Sometimes it feels like a ghost town on Google+. So, if you're looking for someone to hangout with or follow, The Next Web published an archive of shared Google+ circles. The list of shared circles in Google Docs runs the gamut from googlers to entertainment to education to games. It's a massive spreadsheet.

Online coupon provider RetailMeNot.com has introduced a new couponing app for the iPhone that allows users to get discounts when shopping online or in brick-and-mortar stores. People can use the free app to browse top coupons, popular stores, daily “Hot Deals” and product categories. It also includes a drag-and-drop feature to enter coupon codes for redemption and the ability to save coupons for later use. In stores, most app users show a cashier their phone at checkout and the person will input the code to redeem the coupon. In other cases, people will be able to scan …

Brian Terkelsen has been named CEO of New York-based MediaVest USA, effective immediately. Terkelsen will report to Laura Desmond, global CEO of Starcom MediaVest Group, the Publicis Groupe media agency network. Terkelsen succeeds Bill Tucker, who has been appointed President, Global Client Operations, Starcom MediaVest Group, overseeing some of the network's growing roster of new multinational clients. Terkelsen began his SMG career with MediaVest in 2003 to build the agency's branded content practice which evolved into SMG LiquidThread in 2010. He has served as President of LiquidThread since then, growing it fivefold globally and evolving it into a digitally-led content …

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) plans to publish an applied list of names on Wednesday, June 13, from London. The list contains a list of companies and organizations that have applied for general top level domains (gTLDs). Can't make it to London? The event will stream live from www.icann.org.

The sixth annual TV of Tomorrow Show, hosted by InteractiveTV Today, will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on June 12 and 13. The TV of Tomorrow Show focuses exclusively on the delivery of interactive TV on multiple platforms such as cable, satellite, tablets, Web, mobile, game consoles, and more. There will be over 150 highly qualified speakers at the event. The highlight speaker is Tony Werner, EVP and CTO of Comcast Cable. "He is one of the most important CTOs in the world," said Tracy Swedlow, CEO, Editor-in-Chief, and Executive Producer of …

Asia Pacific "media technology platform" Komli Media this morning announced a $39 million round of funding, its largest yet. Norwest Venture Partners led the round Other investors included Nexus Venture Partners, Helion Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Western Technology Investment. Komli has raised a total of $62 million to date, and said the funds would be used to invest in its "core media technology platforms" and to expand its presence across the Asia Pacific region.

Nearly 20% of all TVs shipped worldwide in Q1 2012 were smart TVs, which connect the Internet with traditional televisions. The highest shipments were in Japan with 36%, followed by China with 30%, according to the NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly Smart TV Shipment and Forecast Report. The research firm notes smart TV in Western Europe equaled 29%, with North America lagging at 18%. Analysts note that smartphones also "far outnumber fixed lines" in countries where smart TVs shipped most. Sony, Skyworth, Philips, Sharp and Konka round out the top five manufacturers.

  AMC’s “Mad Men” got a little madder for its fifth season finale this past Sunday. The 1960s theme stories around a fictional ad agency recorded its highest finale results so far -- 2.7 million viewers. This was a bit higher than its fifth sesaon average overall -- 2.6 million viewers this season, a 15% hike over season four. But as a comparison to other top critically reviewed cable series, it was still far behind many -- including HBO’s “True Blood”. The red-soaked drama started up its fifth season with some 5.2 million viewers – also on Sunday night. It …

Neurosurgeons, in a sense, play softball for a living. So it kind of makes sense that they should hit the diamond to bat around a more durable sphere than the one they're used to. The voyagers into the cerebral cortex are are doing just that under the aegis of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) to support the Neurosurgery Research Education Foundation (NREF).