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Roy Tan leaves The Star

At a time when corporate movements are becoming the norm, Roy Tan has resigned from the Star Media Group Berhad as Group COO. He has been wth the Group for five and half years and assumed his position as Group COO in May last year.  Roy (picture) was driving the Group’s transformation

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Umno to sell its stake in Media Prima

Umno is set to sell its stake in Media Prima, the country’s biggest media organisation, according to the party’s acting president Mohamad Hasan. Last month, the Malay-based party sold its 31.6 percent stake in Kumpulan Utusan, whose flagship publication Utusan Malaysia had previously been kept alive with Umno’s money. “We will

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Your Real Issues

Your Real Issues

Your Real Issues Hey, it’s me again! I’m just wondering… I have been talking to you over a series of videos recently. I’m sure you have your own thoughts, your own opinions. I like you to email me and tell me those. I’m happy to air your thoughts. To put

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It’s now Facebook’s turn for some down time

After yesterday’s fiasco with Gmail and Google’s productivity suite, it is now Facebook’s turn for some time-out. To recap, Google’s email, and Cloud storage services went down for half the day, affecting businesses and general users worldwide. While there is no explanation for this outage, it did affect users around

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We are slaves to the machines

We are slaves to machines

I have something to share with you. Technology has changed us, that’s true. There is no question about it. In fact, technology has changed us so much, that the way we market to our consumers has changed dramatically. Especially if you want to use digital channels and digital platforms. Think

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Machines are not going to do the work for you

Machines are not going to do the work for you

Machines Are Not Going To Do The Work For You This morning a friend of mine calls me. He said he sponsored a post on Facebook. He was pushing one of his messages, trying to broadcast using Facebook. He took some ads and all that. And then he got the

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Jalil leaves NSTP end March

Media Prima Berhad has announced the retirement of The New Straits Times (Malaysia) Berhad‘s CEO, Datuk Seri Abdul Jalil Hamid effective 31 March 2019.  Encik Mustapha Kamil Mohd Janor, Executive Director of News and Editorial Operations of Media Prima, will assume additional duties as the interim CEO starting April 1.

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MARKETING issue #235 has the OOH factor!

As we prepare to receive campaign entries for The APPIES Malaysia 2019 marketing awards, we are reminded about the rapid developments happening in Malaysia’s Out of Home (OOH) media space. Apparently, it is not fashionable to say Outdoor anymore… Our cover story homes in on Big Tree CEO Shukor who share a progressive

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Big account wins for Mindshare, FCB, and BBDO Malaysia in Q1 2019

In the latest R3 Worldwide Top 10 Agency Wins listing, Mindshare has snapped a huge lead over the pack. This compilation reflects the data the global consulting firm for marketers and agencies has been analysing. For both Malaysia and the Asia Pacific (APAC) region line-up of wins, Mindshare appears multiple

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