As WPP announces that Maxus and MEC are to merge, the7stars’ Jenny Biggam asks if this is really in the interests of clients.
More Agencies articles
GroupM, the investment arm of WPP, is merging the global operations of its agencies MEC and Maxus under the leadership of MEC’s CEO Tim Castree.
The two bodies representing both UK agencies and advertisers have united to demand the media industry only uses objective and independently verified data before making buying decisions.
Despite growing and persistent problems, why are brand owners still in such thrall to Google and Facebook, asks Bob Wootton.
The advertising industry is thinking about viewability all wrong – and it’s time to reshuffle priorities, says Comscore’s CEO Gian Fulgoni
Behavioural science, machine learning, connected data and cross-device measurement are just some of the issues to be tackled at the 2017 Connected Consumer Conference next month.
Why are the likes of McDonald’s and Mars making such shocking errors of judgement, wonders Dominic Mills. Plus: visit a parallel universe where industry bodies are known only by a set of initials.
The former director of data and industry programmes for the IAB will act as an advisor on issues such as viewability, brand safety and ad fraud.
GroupM, the world’s largest media buyer, has warned that the media industry must do more to measure total audiences as they fragment across different screens and platforms.
The idea of factoring in a ‘Trust Quotient’ score when deciding where to place ads has been mooted. Here, Newsworks’ Denise Turner explains how we should approach the concept.