Talon founders and former managing partners Frank Bryant and James Copley have this week been promoted to managing directors – alongside a host of further promotions and new hires.
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Andrew Buckman joins the company from OpenX where he has been managing director EMEA for the last two and a half years.
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The debate about online ad regulation was raised again this week – this time by the Times journalist who exposed how brands were inadvertently ‘funding terror’ through extremist YouTube videos.
Douglas McCabe, Enders Analysis’ CEO and director of publishing and tech, says the industry has been sucked into a vicious circle as the obsession with short-term metrics and quick wins continues to grow.
The media industry has been warned to get its house in order ahead of the launch of the new currency for published media early next year.
Lloyd will work closely with Maxus clients and teams to ‘operationalise’ the agency’s programmatic delivery.
As MacKenzie leaves the Sun, does this signal an end to the excessively rude in popular British journalism – or is Murdoch simply having a clean-up ahead of Ofcom’s decision on 21st Century Fox’s Sky bid? By Raymond Snoddy.
