Industry stalwarts join forces and take a plunge into the start-up ecosystem Ranga Somanathan(left in picture) and Ravi Bhaya(right in picture), have launched RSquared Global Ventures (R2GV) with a vision of enabling businesses in the areas of Data, Tech, Content and Media scale across geographies and audience segments. To bring
AWANI Tonight, your bite-sized daily newsbrief, debuts on Feb 1. In a first for a local channel, Astro’s AWANI Tonight aims to be the final news capsule to round off the day at 9.45pm from Mondays to Fridays. The English news programme promises to pack all the news that matter
How listening to what’s wrong can make us better I spent a good part of two days this week asking agency people, marketers and media owners what were their pain points were when it came to working during this COVID pandemic. Agencies, in this context refers to brand, media and/or
Ogilvy has announced the integration of its Malaysia and Singapore offices and a new organisational structure as it aims to double the size of its global business within the next two years. According to a release, the new structure is aligned with a global direction to provide integrated solutions in
Petra News, who launched The Vibes in September last year, will be launching its second title, Getaran.my, at 3:30 pm today. The launch of the Malay-language portal which is set to happen virtually on its website, will signify Petra News’ second initiative in its push for social journalism. According to
Mediabrands Malaysia announced that Audrey Chong will be promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Universal McCann (UM) and Ensemble Worldwide. Prior to the promotion, Audrey who has been a part of the Mediabrands network for the past three years, served as Chief Investment Officer responsible for all traditional and digital
Wunderman Thompson Malaysia has appointed creative veteran Kit Ong as Executive Creative Director. Prior to this, Kit was a partner in two independent creative agencies based in Vietnam and China, specifically the Chief Creative Officer of The Purpose Group in Saigon, and Creative Partner of LogicIllogic in Shanghai. Kit comes
According to the dentsu’s first Ad Spend report since the COVID-19 pandemic began, global advertising investment is forecast to grow by 5.8% 2021. The report which combines data from 59 markets, anticipates that $579bn will be spent globally with all regions enjoying positive growth to offset a fall of 8.8%
Foodpanda sets to upskill its delivery riders through a partnership with the e-learning platform Gnowbee and Singapore’s Temasek Polytechnic with a new e-learning portal accessible to 10,000 riders. The portal will include over 200 courses broken down into 15-minute bite-sized lessons (to adhere to riders’ busy schedules) on customer service,
Beyond Meat has announced that it is teaming up with PepsiCo, to develop, produce and market innovative snack and beverage products made from plant-based protein and the operations will be managed through a newly created entity, PLANeT Partnership LLC. The partnership will allow Beyond Meat to reach more consumers by
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