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iMedia Announces Winners of Its First Agency Awards

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December 7th 2011
Author
Brian LaRue

ADOTAS – Interactive media and marketing trade publication and event producer iMedia announced the winners of its first iMedia Agency Awards today. Collecting nominations and votes from visitors to the iMedia website and attendees of its sponsored events, the 10-year-old publication granted awards in ten categories. The Agency of the Year [...] more...

Quick Hits: VivaKi Launches CRM365, Barrett New Prez at e-Dialog

Written on
October 12th 2011
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS - VivaKi has launched CRM365, a new data-driven costumer relationship management tool designed to assist brands in engaging with customers across the social and mobile channels through the CRM365 Intelligence Platform. The 45-person operation will be led by new CEO Seth Solomons, previously Global CMO of Digitas, and partner with VivaKi digital and media [...] more...

With Innovation Interactive, Dentsu Finally Gets Its Digital Ad Shop

Written on
January 26th 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – After having its $700 million bid for Razorfish denied, Japanese ad agency Dentsu has been shouting from the rooftops that it was on the hunt for a digital ad shop. It’s finally a bagged a winner: Dentsu Holdings USA announced that it has acquired Innovation Interactive — the parent [...] more...

Creatives, pubs team up for updated ad unit criteria

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November 17th 2009
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – For the first time creative agencies added their input to the IAB’s update of its criteria for standard ad units. The release coincided with a discussion of current state and future of ad units at the Ad Operations Summit that featured representation from the creative and technical [...] more...

Publicis sings the recovery tune

Written on
October 28th 2009
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Recovery fever has passed the boundaries of the search world as advertising giant Publicis Groupe announced during its third-quarter earnings call that new business is looking alive once again. With Razorfish now part of its VivaKi unit, the French company said organic growth slipped only 7.4% in the third [...] more...

Industry Roundup

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October 15th 2009
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – A joint survey by Pontiflex and Harris Interactive found that only 12% of online adults have provided social networking information — such as a Twitter handle or Facebook username — to receive promotions from brands. Onet, the largest Polish social network, launched, an exclusive version of social web browser [...] more...

Publicis hooks, reels in Razorfish

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October 14th 2009
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Hook, line and sinker — French advertising agency Publicis Groupe SA has acquired the trophy catch of interactive advertising companies, Razorfish, from Microsoft for $286.8 million in cash and 6.5 million shares of stock. Microsoft also receives a 3.3% stake in Publicis. With fiscal 2009 revenue of $380 million [...] more...

Publicis snags Razorfish

Written on
August 10th 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — As speculated earlier, Publicis has agreed to buy the digital advertising agency Razorfish from Microsoft for $530 million. Publicis will issue 6.5 million in shares to the software giant, worth $232.6 million, at Friday’s closing price, and pay the rest in cash. The two companies also signed a strategic [...] more...

Razorfish up for sale

Written on
June 29th 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — The digital ad agency seemed like an ill fit for Microsoft, and now, apparently, it’s finally up for sale. Microsoft has appointed Morgan Stanley to find a potential buyer, according to the Financial Times. Publicis, the French marketing company that says it is planning more acquisitions in online advertising, [...] more...



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