M&C Saatchi has sold its remaining stake in Blue 449 to Publicis Groupe for £25m.

December was a tough month for broadcaster, with only Channel 4 and ITV breakfast seeing television revenues increase year on year

The news comes as Forward3D and PMX Agency recently announced a joint deal to form ForwardPMX, combining the two independent businesses across North America, EMEA and APAC, pooling 700 staff across 20 offices.

In his new role, Duffy will lead the media team at agenda21 and will be responsible for all paid media across the agency’s client portfolio.

In her new role, Giordani will oversee events, grow membership, develop partnerships and sponsorships, and work to encourage collaboration with other industry trade organisations.

Q3 UK adspend for 2018 rose 5.1% year-on-year to reach £5.6bn – the 21st consecutive quarter of growth, according to AA/WARC Expenditure Report data published today. Here, industry bosses share their views on the findings.

The six individuals were awarded with FIPA (Fellow of the IPA) status and celebrated at the IPA’s President’s Reception yesterday evening.

The daily national newspaper market overall remained steady in the last month of 2018, recording a negligible period-on-period (PoP) change of -0.2%.

De Martin joins from OMD where she served as managing partner EMEA. Prior to that, she held roles at at IPG Mediabrands’ Initiative and Starcom Mediavest Group.

Although some marketers still feel optimistic for 2019, Brexit chaos has dampened business and consumer confidence, driving down budgets and restricting marketing resources. Here, experts share their views on the findings.