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Cannes Lions names Youtube’s Salar Kamangar as Media Person of the Year 2013
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The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is the world’s largest and most prestigious annual awards and celebration of creative excellence in advertising and communications. Every year, the Festival organisers present The Media Person of the Year Award to a prominent personality who is an influential figure in the development...
Havas Worldwide London hires Proximity’s Justin Vir as Head of Digital
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Havas Worldwide London has appointed Proximity’s Justin Vir as head of digital
Vir, who has been creative services and operations director at Proximity for the past four years, will lead Havas Worldwide London’s digital capability and operations across all the agency’s projects and clients.
In this newly created senior role, he reports...
World Economic Forum names Kim Slicklein as 2013 Young Global Leader
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New York: The World Economic Forum has named Kim Slicklein, President of OgilvyEarth, the integrated global sustainability communications practice of advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather, a Young Global Leader for the Class of 2013.
Kim Slicklein is one of 199 honorees selected for this year’s class. She joins the more than 1,000 active...
Better Homes And Gardens Names Eddie Ross East Coast Producer/Editor for Print and Digital
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New York : Meredith Corporation, the nation’s leading media and marketing company serving 100 million American women, announced today that Better Homes and Gardens has named Eddie Ross as East Coast Producer/Editor for Print and Digital.
In his new role, Ross will produce home, decorating, DIY, and entertaining stories for print, digital...
Stan Pavlovsky to replace Lisa Sharples as SVP/President Allrecipes.com
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New York : Meredith Corporation has announced today that Stan Pavlovsky has been named SVP, Meredith National Media Group/President of Allrecipes.com.
Pavlovsky will replace Lisa Sharples, who is leaving Allrecipes.com at the end of March to pursue personal interests.
Pavlovsky will be responsible for leading Allrecipes.com’s marketing,...
SapientNitro Names BBH’s Eric Chia as Design Director
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London: SapientNitro, part of Sapient, has appointed Eric Chia as Design Director with a brief to take the agency’s design and digital vision to the next level.
Chia joins from Addictive Pixel at Bartle Bogle Hegarty, where he was Head of Digital Design. He will work across all of SapientNitro’s clients and report to Malcolm Poynton,...
News Corp Announces Appointment for Proposed Publishing Company
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New York:News Corporation has announced two senior management appointments for the New News Corporation, the proposed global publishing entity to be formed as part of the Company’s intended separation into two independent, publicly traded companies.
Anoushka Healy, currently Group Managing Editor of The Times and Sunday Times in London,...
John Simpson to present new show The Editors
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The Editors, a new monthly news programme commissioned for BBC One, is to launch in spring 2013.
Presented by John Simpson, the BBC’s World Affairs Editor, the programme will showcase the journalistic skill on offer from the BBC’s on-air editors, all of whom have a wealth of editorial experience in their specialist area.
The...
Larry Deeney appointed Editor of BBC Radio Foyle
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BBC Northern Ireland has appointed Larry Deeney as the new editor for BBC Radio Foyle.
He is responsible for shaping the development of BBC Radio Foyle’s local radio and online services and strengthening its role as a production base in the North West. He takes over during the landmark year, Derry~Londonderry City of Culture 2013.
Larry...
Ogilvy & Mather appoints Brian Cooper as Executive Creative Director
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Ogilvy & Mather has appointed Brian Cooper as Executive Creative Director. His initial focus will be on the global Philips account, but will then extend to other brands within the agency.
Brian joins from Apple, where he was Head of Creative and Strategy, EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) for iAd, Apple’s mobile advertising...