Media AM - Havas UK revenue climbs 23% in Q1, plus Facebook; Net-A-Porter; Sainsbury's; Media Week celebrates 30 years

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06th May 2015

Havas UK revenue climbs 23% in Q1 Havas' revenue grew by nearly 21 per cent to €469 million (£347.2 million) in the first quarter of the year, thanks to falling oil prices and a weaker Euro, while UK revenues climbed 23.1 per cent. Facebook teams up with IBM to develop greater personalisation for advertisers Facebook has teamed up with technology group IBM to develop more personalised ads for the social network's advertisers and work together on innovation as part of IBM Commerce's ThinkLab consultancy. Net-A-Porter to launch fashion social network Net-A-Porter, the luxury fashion site, is launching a fashion-focused social network. Sainsbury's reports first loss in nearly 10 years at £72m Sainsbury's has posted a pre-tax annual loss of £72m, its first loss in nearly a decade, and has blamed the performance on a write down in the value of some of its stores. The death of the election poster? Ad experts Johnny Hornby and Benedict Pringle give their assessment of the current battleground and who is winning from an advertising perspective. Media Week celebrates 30 years in style Thanks to everyone how was able to attend Media Week's 30th anniversary celebrations last week, and to our wider support of well-wishers. Gazing ahead to the media world of 2045 It's been a wild 30 years, but wait till you see what's around the corner, says Paul Frampton, chief executive of Havas Media. When behaviour meets maths As the industry obsesses over stats and clicks, Tom Laranjo from Total Media looks at how behavioural insights can elevate programmatic buying Weve reports 50% mobile customer boost following O2 deal Weve, the mobile ad network, has gained an extra 10 million customers after O2 bought out its partners in the company, according to David Plumb, the Telefónica digital director. Tom Hosking to lead AOL UK sales team AOL has appointed Tom Hosking, the UK and EMEA sales director for global agencies at Turn, as the commercial director to lead its UK sales team. Viacom pulls plug on C5 sales: more than 90 jobs to go Viacom has started the process of making more than 90 people working in Channel 5's commercial team redundant following today's decision to partner with Sky Media for its advertising sales. Sky and Viacom agree five-year pay TV deal Sky and Viacom have agreed to extend their commercial partnership in the UK and Ireland for a further five years. My Media Week: David Abraham We caught up with Channel 4's chief executive, David Abraham, to review a memorable week in which the broadcaster kicked off the build-up to the general election and captured a monarch's final journey How brands are tapping into the power of where The rich data now being generated by mobile devices is taking location marketing to a whole new level, Nigel Clarkson says. Meaningful brands enjoy major competitive edge In a continuation of a trend that has been gaining momentum for the past three years, Havas' robust update to its Meaningful Brands study this week suggests marketers who ignore the value of how brands impact personal well-being really are missing a trick. It's up to agencies to help clients get with the times Some 80 per cent of marketers believe a restructuring of their marketing department is necessary, and a third consider this restructure urgent, according to a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. WPP: Making news for a generation Media Week and WPP were born just three months apart. The world's biggest marketing group's founder and chief executive, Sir Martin Sorrell, takes the time to reflect. The plugged-in generation What tech innovation of the past decade has made the biggest impact on the media industry? Nigel Walley explores Latest blogs Hooray for Hollywood: Film stars make welcome strides in TV ads Kevin Bacon, Al Pacino and Sylvester Stallone all reconfirm the trend of a vibrant TV ad market on top of its game, says ITV's deputy managing director, commercial, Simon Daglish. What influence have newsbrands had in the 2015 General Election? With the election just a week away, the second in Newsworks' series of election trackers looks at the influence of newsbrands - can they really impact the election outcome when there are so many different sources of information out there? Denise Turner reports. Election 2015: Where do people get their news? With the election almost upon us, the first in Newsworks' series of election trackers looks at where people get their news from. Commercial radio: bigger than ever and sound commercial sense In today's Advertising Association/WARC report for 2014, radio quietly blazed a trail as the best performing traditional media, up 7.2%, notes the RAB's Lucy Barrett Watch: The Martin Sorrell interview Last year's attempts for a mega-merger of equals between Publicis Groupe and Omnicom collapsed because Maurice Lévy failed to show John Wren "sufficient respect", according to WPP's Martin Sorrell, who went on to talk retirement plans, Tesco and Dunnhumby. 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