Global Bulletin from Brand Republic - AB InBev, NY Times, Cannes, iCrossing, Mark Sherwood

NEWS Anheuser-Busch InBev calls a media agency review in China By Benjamin Li, 04-Jun-10, 12:11 SHANGHAI - Global brewery Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) is calling a pitch to review its agency as a part of an ongoing process to consolidate its media buying in China. NY Times adds top political blogger to site By Staff, 04-Jun-10, 11:26 NEW YORK - The New York Times is following the trend to bring in more bloggers to its website with the news that it is folding the top political blog FiveThirtyEight.com into the NYTimes.com. What value do you see in attending Cannes? By Bindu Nair Maitra, 04-Jun-10, 11:50 MUMBAI - "Cannes is what you make of it," that's a common refrain that one is bound to hear about the week long Cannes Lions festival. Hearst to pay $325m for iCrossing By Ben Bold, 03-Jun-10, 16:10 The UK chief executive of digital marketing firm iCrossing Paul Doleman has said there will be no redundancies among his 125 staff after US media giant Hearst agreed to pay a reported $325m (£221.4m) for iCrossing. Mark Sherwood departs Lowe for Saatchis New York Ian Darby, 03-Jun-10, 10:25 Mark Sherwood, the global head of communications planning at Lowe Worldwide, is leaving the Interpublic-owned network to join Saatchi & Saatchi in New York. 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