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Draftfcb Appoints Nick Paul to Lead North American Business Development
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Draftfcb continues to fortify its North American leadership team. Mark Modesto, President of Draftfcb North America, announced recently that Nick Paul, most recently Executive Vice President, Director of Business Development for Draftfcb Chicago, has been named EVP, Chief Growth Officer for Draftfcb North America, effective immediately. He...
Maxus Forms New Middle East Alliance
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Maxus, the fast-growing global marketing and media services agency, has established a new strategic affiliation with BPG Media that gives the GroupM agency its first presence in the Middle East and North Africa markets.
The new alliance, called BPG Maxus, will offer existing and new clients best-in-class media services and solutions including...
IPL to acquire all rights to The Independent
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Dublin/London :Independent News & Media PLC (“INM” or the “Group”) has announced the disposal of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday to Independent Print Limited (“IPL”), a company controlled by the family of Alexander Lebedev. IPL will acquire all rights to The Independent, The Independent on Sunday and the related...
USA TODAY publishes NFL Draft Preview
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McLean : A special tabloid-sized edition of USA TODAY devoted to the 2010 NFL draft hits newsstands today. The NFL Draft Preview special edition provides football fans with all the information they need to follow their teams and the players in the draft on April 22-24.
Featured in this 48-page special edition: Top 100 ranking of players....
WebAwards to Honor World’s Best Web Sites
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Hartford : The Web Marketing Association has announced the call for entries for its 14th annual international WebAward competition. The WebAwards are the standards-defining competition that sets industry benchmarks based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. It recognizes the individual and team achievements of Web professionals...
Katherine Heigl quits ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
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Los Angeles : Actress Katherine Heigl has quit the long running popular series “Grey’s Anatomy” because she wants to spend time with her daughter.
“I am done,” Heigl told Entertainment Weekly. “We just finalized our agreement. Everyone had been working really hard to find an amicable and gracious way of...
PETA targets Simpson for wearing animal skin
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London: Singer Jessica Simpson has been targeted by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for wearing animal skin.
Simpson was recently photographed wearing a jacket and shoes made from animal skin. Even the handbag she was carrying was from animal skin. So, she has been sent a video by the animal rights group urging her...
Britney Spears’ Twitter hacker arrested
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London : Frenchman Francois Cousteix has been arrested on charges of stalking US pop star Britney Spears’ twitter account.
“I am not a hacker. I am a kind pirate. I did not act with a destructive aim… I wanted to warn them, to show up the faults in the system,” said Cousteix.
The accused also faces allegations of illegally...
Carolyn McCall to quit Guardian Media Group
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THE chief executive of Britain’s Guardian Media Group – publishers of titles such as The Guardian andThe Observer – has quit just weeks after selling 31 of its regional newspapers.
Carolyn McCall, who has overseen a transformation from profit to loss at the company in the past 18 months, is reportedly ready to leave media for the glamour...
Sandy Kolkey Named President of Draftfcb New York
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Following Draftfcb’s decision to adopt a new regional structure in North America and more closely align its resources and talent in New York, Chicago, the West Coast and Canada, Sandy Kolkey has been named the president of Draftfcb New York, effective immediately. He will report to Mark Modesto, President of Draftfcb North America.
Kolkey...