Mediabrands CEO Addresses ‘Shocking Brutality’ and Racism

We are all facing the reality of news around the COVID pandemic that has been chilling: the announcement of daily deaths, the images of body bags in refrigerated morgue trucks, the scenes of nursing homes with ambulances lined up around them. This is a trauma we all face, every day, and that we all share

Mediabrands Introduces Media Responsibility Principles

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mediabrands today released its 10 Media Responsibility Principles (MRP) as part of a larger effort to balance brand safety and brand responsibility in advertising. While “Brand Safety” protects the brand, “Brand Responsibility” protects the communities that a brand serves, weighing the societal impact of the content, the publishers and services, and the platforms

Mediabrands Introduces Media Responsibility Principles

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mediabrands today released its 10 Media Responsibility Principles (MRP) as part of a larger effort to balance brand safety and brand responsibility in advertising. While “Brand Safety” protects the brand, “Brand Responsibility” protects the communities that a brand serves, weighing the societal impact of the content, the publishers and services, and the platforms

We will never be the same again, but hopefully we might look similar

There are lots of great ideas and intents being shared around about what a post-COVID world might look like, but I call a little ‘BS’ on a lot of it. Not because I am a cynic or a naysayer – far from it – but because I think we underestimate how much Henry Ford’s nine-to-five

Why diversity means change, belonging… and profit

“Hire more women.” “Hire more Black and Brown people.” “Take an ad out at NYC Pride.” Some organizations follow a haphazard checklist for diversity then wonder why their efforts produced no tangible results – goals aren’t met, projects are stagnant and the halls look the same as ever. That’s because true diversity reflects meaningful change,

Mark Coad scores top job with Mediabrands Australia

Mark Coad has been appointed CEO of IPG Mediabrands, after it was revealed earlier today that he would step down as boss of rival agency, Omnicom’s PHD. Coad’s appointment finally finishes the ongoing search for holding group bosses, which this year has included the appointment of new leaders across WPP, Publicis Media, Dentsu and Havas

Chris Chen moves from DDB to become CEO of Mediabrands China

Chris Chen has been appointed as CEO of IPG Mediabrands China. Chen replaces IPG Mediabrands China CEO Tom Wan who will leave at the end of this year after nearly four years with the agency. Chen moves from DDB Greater China where he was chief operating officer and chief financial officer. This marks Chen’s second

REPRISE NAMES Dimitri Maex to Reprise GLOBAL CEO

Reprise, the performance marketing agency of Mediabrands, promoted Dimitri Maex to global CEO, effective immediately. Maex was global chief operating officer of the agency and replaces Tim Ringel, who led Reprise from 2016 until his departure earlier this month to become the global chief executive of creative agency Spring Studios. Maex reports to Mediabrands Global

‘We can’t be cowed into shame on data’

If Cambridge Analytica had been employed by a large FMCG company, utilised the same methods and driven incremental but meaningful share gains, and then been uncovered, would the concern and interest be so high? I somehow doubt it. The storm would have been contained to a marketing teacup; the fine unnoticed by many. But the

This agency is making billboards environmentally friendly

In celebration of Earth Day, IPG Mediabrands’ OOH business unit Rapport is rolling out an offering to clients to help make billboards and bulletins more environmentally friendly. The shop will work with clients to apply a smog-eating coating to OOH products that will clean the air by converting harmful greenhouse gasses into harmless nitrates. “As