Wikipedia founder to give keynote at Festival of Media

(11 March 2010)

Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, the encyclopaedia for the digital age, is to deliver the opening keynote at the Festival of Media.

Dutch execs launch international agency

(11 March 2010)

Former advertising executives from Dutch agencies DDB, Pindakaas and Blender57 have joined forces to open OneBigAgency.

Profit slumps at JCDecaux

(11 March 2010)

JCDecaux has reported a 77.3% drop in net income to €24.5m in its 2009 financial results.

Publicis appoints CEO for South Africa

(11 March 2010)

Kevin Tromp has been made chief executive at Publicis South Africa replacing the retiring Francis Blitz.

Youtube opens up mobile ad space

(11 March 2010)

US and Japanese companies will now be able to advertise on Youtube's mobile websites.

Axel Springer holds steady

(11 March 2010)

Axel Springer has emerged from the global recession relatively unscathed with revenues of €2,611m for 2009, down 4.3% year-on-year.

Gerth joins Bloomberg BusinessWeek

(11 March 2010)

Christoph Gerth has joined Bloomberg BusinessWeek as regional director.

Greece launches refurbished ad campaign

(11 March 2010)

Greece is to kick-off a global advertising campaign running under the tagline 'Kalimera'.

Targeted mobile campaigns for advertisers

(10 March 2010)

InMobi has unveiled its service designed to allow mobile advertisers to target locally by city.

Asics sportswear range backed with Euro drive

(10 March 2010)

Asics has unveiled a pan-European campaign to promote its women sportswear range AYAMi.

EU sees positive FMCG growth

(10 March 2010)

Fast moving consumer goods growth across Europe outstripped the US in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to figures from The Nielsen Company.

SMG turns focus to experiential

(10 March 2010)

Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) is to strengthen its UK experiential offering with a new standalone division.

Germany consumers make the most of economic crisis

(10 March 2010)

Around 46% of German households are expected to be “crisis resistant" during 2010, according to the German Association for Consumer Research (GFK)

IHT uses viral to promote series

(10 March 2010)

International Herald Tribune is backing a new editorial series with a viral campaign targeting influential business women.

Millward Brown creates viral metric

(10 March 2010)

Millward Brown has released a new metric that predicts the viral potential of an ad before it is released.