Monday 28 October 2013

Media AM - Strictly Come Dancing, AMC Networks, Aegis Media, Media Week Awards 2013: photo gallery

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28th October 2013
Strictly beats X Factor in Saturday night showdown  
Strictly beats X Factor in Saturday night showdown
'Strictly Come Dancing' beat 'The X Factor' in the Saturday night battle for viewers again this week, delivering an average of 9.7 million compared to 7.9 million for the ITV show.
 
AMC Networks to buy Liberty Global's Chellomedia for $1bn  
AMC Networks to buy Liberty Global's Chellomedia for $1bn
AMC Networks, the US cable network, has agreed to buy Liberty Global's international content division Chellomedia for ?750m (£639.6m).
 
Aegis Media hires Blue Hive's Phil Teeman as China CEO  
Aegis Media hires Blue Hive's Phil Teeman as China CEO
Aegis Media has named Phil Teeman, the global media director and head of planning at WPP's Ford agency Blue Hive, as chief executive of China, while KF Lee steps into the new post of chairwoman.
 
Media Week Awards 2013: photo gallery  
Media Week Awards 2013: photo gallery
Manning Gottlieb OMD was crowned Agency of the Year and ITV won Sales Team of the Year at the Media Week Awards last night. Have a look through a gallery of photographs of the evening.
 
ITV and Manning Gottlieb OMD win big at Media Week Awards  
ITV and Manning Gottlieb OMD win big at Media Week Awards
ITV picked up an impressive seven awards including Sales Team of the Year, Brand of the Year and the Grand Prix at the Media Week Awards last night, while Manning Gottlieb OMD won the coveted Agency of the Year prize.
 
Things we like: ITN's replica football pitch  
Things we like: ITN's replica football pitch
Things we like this week include ITN's temporary office renovations, Glen Greenwald's investigative journalism launch and Stephen Merchant going it alone.
 
Print still reigns supreme at evolving Bauer Media  
Print still reigns supreme at evolving Bauer Media
Bauer Media UK's group MD of its London Lifestyle arm tells Louise Ridley why glossy magazines retain a special relationship with readers.
 
ITV deserves credit for not bowing to self-appointed arbiters of online ads  
ITV deserves credit for not bowing to self-appointed arbiters of online ads
One of the biggest problems with advertising on Facebook, according to Lord Rothermere, the svelte chairman of Daily Mail and General Trust, is that he only ever sees ads about how to tone his abs.
 
Would you invest in Twitter shares?  
Would you invest in Twitter shares?
Does news of the loss-making platform's planned IPO make you reach for your broker's number, Mark Banham asks.
 
How commercial radio started making waves  
How commercial radio started making waves
Commercial radio is celebrating 40 years but, thanks to JWT, it was actually booming years earlier, Torin Douglas reveals.
 
'Growth hackers' don't need marketing theories, just lots and lots of testing  
'Growth hackers' don't need marketing theories, just lots and lots of testing
I remember being suspicious of Twitter at first. Looking at my old Tweets, it wasn't until the end of 2006 that I properly got into it.
 
'The young are a different species'  
'The young are a different species'
Mark Earls thinks that this is nonsense. In fact, "The young are a different species" is Earls' number two nonsense thing in his recent Twitter compilation of top marketing nonsense.
 
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Newspaper publishers keen for overdose of tablets  
Newspaper publishers keen for overdose of tablets
The recent announcements by Tesco and Argos that they are entering the tablet market should delight parents up and down the country who nervously hand over their expensive iPads for their children to play with.
 
Why the CMA is opening up its membership to media agencies  
Why the CMA is opening up its membership to media agencies
As the Content Marketing Association opens the doors to media agencies through its new Media Planning Alliance, Clare Hill, managing director, of industry body explains why.
 
Why trading desks put the future of media agencies at risk  
Why trading desks put the future of media agencies at risk
The time has come to ask what is becoming the 'elephant-in-the-room' question, says agency veteran Brian Jacobs, are media agencies and online trading desks compatible businesses?
 
The science behind brand growth  
The science behind brand growth
Ian Edwards, head of strategy at Vizeum UK, outlines seven principles for brand growth - based on how our brains really work - which he believes could save businesses £8 billion a year in wasted advertising.
 
Why it's become very difficult to get a poor media audit review - let alone a bad one  
Why it's become very difficult to get a poor media audit review - let alone a bad one
Common sense suggests that 50% of all media buying should come at a price cheaper than the average and vice versa.
 
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