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Women to Watch 2024: Penelope Shell, Zenith Media
As a chief strategy and product officer, Shell has extended her remit towards building Zenith’s business, growing its clients’ brands, driving innovation and shaping the industry’s principles to be responsible towards youth.
Move and win roundup: Week of April 21, 2025
Catch up on our weekly roundup of people moves and pitch wins, with the latest updates from Havas, Adobe, W Communications, BurdaLuxury, UM and more.
How Asia is redefining football fandom for the digital age: Report
The sport’s key players—from clubs to leagues—are using targeted social media strategies and exclusive content formats to drive growth in China, according to Mailman’s annual Red Card report.
Golin’s Jonny Bentwood on why PR won’t move forward if it keeps measuring backwards
EXCLUSIVE: With pressure mounting on CMOs to maximise the value of every channel, Golin’s global analytics lead argues that PR must stop proving its worth after campaigns end—and start using data to guide what gets made in the first place.
Clicks, consent, and conscience: Marketing to the young consumers online
With livestream restrictions and content filters rising, marketers are rethinking their strategies about connecting with the youth, while keeping trust and ethics front and center.
Bats, reels, and buys: The new IPL media mix
From creator collabs to AR chefs, IPL 2025 proves brands must chase relevance across memes, match breaks, and micro-moments—not just media buys.
Omnicom Media Group consolidates influencer capabilities under Creo brand
Creo to operate influencer capabilities across 40-plus markets select markets, while select markets like the UK will operate as OMGCreo.
Meta’s anti-trust trial would be a ‘win-win all round if Instagram were split’
But breakup of the company could lead to higher prices for advertisers.
Women to Watch 2024: Paula Chiang, iProspect
Chiang’s leadership, performance-agility mindset, and mentorship has made iProspect an industry champion in driving brand growth while pioneering the implementation of AI-driven solutions for clients and young talent.
Omnicom CEO John Wren dismisses speculation about Omnicom-IPG deal leading to client attrition
Wren was speaking at the Q1 earnings call and expects to close the IPG acquisition in H2 2025.
Global adspend on news brands forecast to decline by a third
Creator journalists and UGC are starting to draw more attention from advertisers wary of potentially distressing content on news brands.
Women to Watch 2024: Patra Patrasuwan, Yum Restaurants International
Patrasuwan’s marketing philosophy of delivering high-quality food at affordable prices and always keeping the customer at the heart of every decision has led KFC to become the number-one brand in Thailand’s QSR industry.
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Arthur Sadoun on secrets of Publicis’ pitch ‘success’ and how to support clients through tariff dramas
'Stop always being negative about our industry,' CEO says, after strong Q1 growth.
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Out-of-phone: What happens when creator content leaves the feed?
EXCLUSIVE: TikTok’s Dan Page and L’Oréal’s Abhishek Grover share insights from a Southeast Asia-first campaign that tested the power of creator storytelling across screens and cities.
Omnicom reports global revenue of $3.7 billion in Q1 2025, APAC on a growth trajectory
Omnicom however saw organic revenue decline across more than half of its business sectors including PR and healthcare.
Publicis grows 4.9% in Q1; says new business streak will ‘offset’ Trump tariff fallout
Agency group is “extremely confident” it will hit annual growth forecast, expected to be between 4% and 5% in 2025
Women to Watch 2024: Nicole Geekie, Jaywing
Geekie’s pivotal role in evolving Jaywing’s service offering now brings the agency more than half of its revenue from The Studio, underpinning the importance of performance-driven solutions to marketers.
Meta faces scrutiny as FTC antitrust trial begins over Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions
The Federal Trade Commission’s long-running case against Meta has entered a new legal phase, with Instagram and WhatsApp at the centre of allegations that the tech giant built a social-media monopoly through acquisitions.
WPP offers free Friday lunches to lure staff back to office
The initiative is part of an effort to enhance the on-campus experience.
London-based independent the7stars bags global media account for Financial Times
The move marks the end of the FT's long-standing relationship with Essence (now EssenceMediacom)
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