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Omnicom the only gainer in week of IPA award win
Omnicom gained 1.3 percent, closing at $75.10. On October 1, the group was named Effectiveness Company of the Year at the IPA Effectiveness Awards 2026.
Paramount completes Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition
The transaction closed after receiving regulatory approvals in nearly 70 jurisdictions and meeting the other conditions set out in the merger agreement.
Training Mate taps Walden Media for US expansion
As the brand expands its franchise system, WMG will support membership growth at existing studios and marketing activity for new locations.
Nielsen expands content measurement across screens
The suite is scheduled to begin rolling out in early 2027. Nielsen plans to combine direct first-party streaming integrations from publishers with its national panels and third-party big data to provide reach and time-spent measurements at scale.
[Marketing Week] Bob Koigi: The end of the billable hour?
AI is likely to accelerate that rethink. If agencies can deliver work faster with fewer resources, time becomes an increasingly unreliable measure of value.
The Uptown Agency secures USABS comms brief
The Uptown Agency will work across the organization and its athletes, with a focus on maintaining visibility between major competitions as well as during the Games.
Hearst UK and Intrepid launch branded adventure trips
Each trip will include an editorial host from the relevant Hearst UK brand alongside a local Intrepid leader.
[Marketing Week] Bob Koigi: AI raises the value of strategy
As AI takes on more technical tasks, the value of human judgement is becoming more, not less, important.
Scope3 rebrands as Apostra for agent-led advertising
The company says Apostra is designed to preserve a brand's objectives, context and guardrails as campaigns move from planning to execution.
Sorrell: The real impact of AI will be felt in media
At DMEXCO the S4 Capital founder says algorithmic buying opens up the media chain
Nestlé names WPP content partner in China
Under the new partnership, WPP will bring together social, content, key opinion leader (KOL), commerce, media and production capabilities through an AI-powered “spoke-and-hub” structure.
Reese Witherspoon uses book club as focus group
Hello Sunshine Founder at Dreamforce on Audience, Data and Trust
Tencent overtakes Disney in media ranking
Google retained its position as the world’s most valuable media brand, with brand value increasing 5 percent to $433.1 billion.
[Marketing Week] Bob Koigi: LIONS looks beyond Cannes
Rather than replicating Cannes Lions, the strategy is designed to extend LIONS' influence beyond its flagship annual festival and create year-round engagement with local communities.
Mike Gordon to leave Global CCO role in 2027
During Gordon’s tenure, Global expanded its commercial activities across audio, outdoor advertising, digital advertising and content.
Channel 4 and Paramount unite UK ad sales
The long-term partnership will bring advertising sales for two public service broadcasters under one roof for the first time.
Dentsu secures Netflix’s EMEA media mandate
The expanded mandate builds on dentsu’s existing media relationship with Netflix in the UK and extends its remit into 21 additional EMEA markets.
[Marketing Week] Bob Koigi: Why AI needs creators
Everyday consumers are the most trusted creator group, followed by professional reviewers and subject-matter experts.
Young Brits’ media consumption goes solo
The figure represents a 21 percent increase since 2015 and highlights a broader shift towards more individualised media consumption.
Comcast Technology Solutions signs A+E Media deal
The service will use a single point of ingest for video titles and associated metadata, covering content preparation, packaging and delivery.
M+C Saatchi Talk links earned media and AI search
The agency argues that earned media is becoming increasingly important to how brands are understood and surfaced across search engines and AI platforms.
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