Media AM - FT Weekend TV ad, Publicis Groupe record year, Havas, Candy Crush

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17th February 2014

FT backs FT Weekend with first TV ad The Financial Times is launching its first TV ad to support its weekend edition, the FT Weekend, today.     Publicis Groupe reports 'record year' despite Q4 softening Publicis Groupe, the owner of Saatchi & Saatchi and Starcom MediaVest Group, had a "record year" in 2013 with pre-tax income up nine per cent despite revenue softening in the final three months.     Havas UK revenue surges 18% in Q4 2013 Havas has reported revenue of €514 million (£419.8 million) in the final three months of 2014, down two per cent year on year despite its UK businesses reporting an "excellent fourth quarter" with revenue up by 18 per cent.     Candy Crush owner hires former BBC radio marketer Nicki Sheard 'Candy Crush' owner King has appointed Nicki Sheard as its vice-president of brand marketing.     Magazine ABCs: Top 100 at a glance There are some welcome chinks of light in today's magazines report for the last six months of 2013 by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, with pockets of notable growth for the newly combined print and digital figures.     Yahoo UK rudderless as Flint becomes Microsoft sales director Yahoo's newly appointed UK managing director Stuart Flint is leaving the company to take Simon Davies' role as sales director for Microsoft UK.     Why today's magazine ABCs represent a new dawn Today's magazine ABC figures will combine print and digital edition circulations for the first time, breaking important new ground.     John Litster promoted to MD at Sky Media John Litster, the director of trading at BSkyB' s ad sales division Sky Media, has been promoted to the role of managing director of Sky Media.     Platts puts collaboration ahead of conflict at Aegis The group's new trading team will deliver more than an overabundance of testosterone, its UK president tells Maisie McCabe.   Latest blogs   Digital natives: Open your eyes and look back Media's resident curmudgeon Brian Jacobs reminds all digital pioneers there's still much to be gained from knowing advertising's history.     Super Bowl 2014 and the rise of the social newsroom The Super Bowl used to be about the battle of advertising budgets, now it's a war of the social newsrooms, a new environment full of promise for plucky challenger brands, says Carat's managing director, Matthew Hook.     Facebook's enduring power 10 years on... For a company recently compared to a virus, Facebook itself is apparently none too healthy.     Programmatic buying needs to grow up Programmatic buying has been the talk of the ad tech town for the past few years.     IMterview: What is Facebook Paper and what will it mean for its raft of other apps? Paul and Darika, the 'Trinny and Susannah' of digital marketing, look at the launch of Facebook's Paper ahead of the social network's ten year anniversary tomorrow.

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