Media AM - Fifth of WPP shareholders vote against Sorrell's £43m pay; Nigel Clarkson becomes Weve managing director; Out to lunch with Jenny Biggam

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10th June 2015

Fifth of WPP shareholders vote against Sorrell's £43m pay Around 20 per cent of WPP investors have voted against chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell's £43 million pay packet at today's annual general meeting. Nigel Clarkson becomes Weve managing director Nigel Clarkson, the commercial director at Weve, has been promoted to managing director following its sale to O2 last month. Out to lunch with Boisdale Life and David Emin: Jenny Biggam Media Week's David Emin invites an industry heavyweight out to lunch at one of the Boisdales restaurants. His lunch guest this week is Jenny Biggam, the co-founder of the7stars, now the UK's largest independent media agency, which has enjoyed 30% growth over the past three years. Mel Exon: Google pushing mobile-first means brands need 'brevity with soul' From now on, mobile-friendly websites rank higher than others in Google's mobile search results. What are the implications of this for marketers, asks Mel Exon. 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ShareAction urges WPP to commit to living wage as shareholders approve Sorrell's pay ShareAction, a charity that promotes responsible investments, has suggested WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell's pay package be put towards ensuring the living wage for all its staff. Laverne: from pop star to start-up The singer turned broadcaster is now a digital entrepreneur. But the site she has launched with Sam Baker is no celebrity vanity project, Maisie McCabe discovers. Will Spotify's video offering be a success? Can the company challenge the likes of YouTube and take a share of the lucrative video ad market, Arif Durrani asks. Channel 4 achieves break-even as revenue rises £30m to £938m Channel 4 has returned to profitability after two years of deficit, describing 2014 as creatively and financially one of its "strongest performances", despite underperforming the wider advertising market. Channel 4 launches Commercial Growth Fund to attract new advertisers Channel 4 has today launched a new Commercial Growth Fund, designed to open up advertising to companies currently not on television by offering payments through revenue share deals or taking equity stakes. Latest blogs Google moves in: How the tech giant is bringing IoT home The Internet of Things has been around for a while, the term was coined in 1999 by Kevin Ashton from MIT. So the concept of a bunch of interconnected devices that autonomously talk to the internet is far from new. Data and content is a marriage made in heaven Content is one of the hottest areas of interest in the marketing community today, and so is data. Clare Hill, managing director of the Content Marketing Association, says together they are even more powerful. 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