Archive for the ‘Communicate’ Category
ceo, communicate, dubai, kevin roberts, management, saatchi
In Advertising, Communicate, Dubai, Published journalism, Q&A on November 23, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Saatchi’s outspoken CEO Kevin Roberts tells Communicate that the time for analysis is over. Advertising is going to get ugly
Originally published in Communicate, June 2009
Saatchi & Saatchi global CEO Kevin Roberts was back in town recently to check up on the new regional management at the agency. A year after he created controversy across the Middle East by calling the region’s creative output “awful,” and the quality of work “crap,” Roberts’ agency is hoping to reinvent itself with a restructure. Read the rest of this entry »
communicate, don kummerfeld, fipp, magazines, media, publishing
In Communicate, Dubai, Interview, Journalism, Published journalism on November 23, 2010 at 6:37 pm
The FIPP’s Don Kummerfeld says magazines in the region can survive the crunch, but only if they expand their online scope
Originally published in Communicate, June 2009
Although advertising spend in the Middle East is notoriously hard to measure, the ad revenue from magazines in Western Europe and the US is in decline, and Don Kummerfeld predicts this region will not be far behind.
Kummerfeld is the president of the International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP), a global organization that represents magazine publishers and organizes training, networking and licensing fairs. He was recently in the UAE, and told Communicate advertising growth in magazines is likely to be on hold for a while in the Middle East. Read the rest of this entry »
communicate, draftfcb, dubai, howard draft, management
In Advertising, Communicate, Dubai, Published journalism, Q&A on November 23, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Draftfcb’s chairman says it’s time for the agencies of the world to unite. They have nothing to lose but their silos
Originally published in Communicate, May 2009
Howard Draft, CEO of Draftfcb, was recently in Dubai to visit Horizon Draftfcb, his agency’s partner in the Middle East. Draftfcb is the product of a 2006 merger between below-the-line agency Draft, and Foote, Cone & Belding, the world’s third oldest advertising agency. Heritage doesn’t mean stagnation, though, says Draft. The agency bills itself as the world’s only global, integrated agency. The CEO tells Communicate what that means, and why other agencies will soon be following suit. Read the rest of this entry »
advertising, adwomen me, communicate, dubai, trendtalks
In Advertising, Communicate, Dubai, Opinion, Published journalism on November 23, 2010 at 6:30 pm
No toil or trouble at Adwomen ME’s first TrendTalks sessions
Originally published in Communicate, May 2010
ACT I
SCENE I. A desert place.
Thunder and lightning. Enter witches
Ah, the opening of Macbeth. It was the first thing which sprang to mind when Communicate was invited to the inaugural Adwomen ME TrendTalks, a get-together of 50 female members and various speakers organized by Adwomen Middle East. It was hard to escape visions of cauldrons and an evil coven, eager to boil this male journo alive. Read the rest of this entry »
advertising, communicate, newspaper, the national, uae
In Advertising, Communicate, Journalism, Opinion, Published journalism on November 23, 2010 at 6:24 pm
As the paper celebrates its first birthday, Communicate finds the title still has a long way to go
Originally published in Communicate, May 2009
At a round table in Abu Dhabi last month, Gavin Dickinson, the executive director of publishing at The National, spoke with journalists about the newspaper’s business model. Like everyone else, it seems the daily has been hit by the credit crunch. But being young, bold, and blessed with very rich parents, it doesn’t really care. Read the rest of this entry »
ceo, communicate, dubai, economic crisis, jwt, recession, tom bernardin
In Advertising, Communicate, Dubai, Published journalism, Q&A on November 23, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Leo Burnett’s global CEO says forward planning has prepared his agency well for the economic slump. But all any agency can do now is watch and see what develops
Originally published in Communicate, May 2009
Tom Bernardin has been Leo Burnett’s global CEO since 2005, when he moved to the agency from Interpublic Group of Cos.’ Lowe. When he came to Dubai recently, Communicate caught up with him and regional managing director Kamal Dimachkie to find out how the global financial crisis is affecting Leo Burnett abroad and at home, and what others can learn from the agency’s approach to the slump. Read the rest of this entry »
advertising, awards, communicate, dubai, dubai lynx, fp7
In Advertising, Communicate, Dubai, Opinion, Published journalism on November 23, 2010 at 6:00 pm
As Lynx allegations fly, Communicate finds all’s fair in love and awards
Originally published in Communicate, April 2009
This year’s Lynx Awards and Dubai International Advertising Festival served up the sort of scandal, drama and intrigue that the industry – and Communicate – thrives on. Read the rest of this entry »
arms fair, communicate, idex, marketing, trade fair, uae
In Communicate, Marketing, Opinion, Published journalism on November 23, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Communicate takes cover as the public lays siege to the Idex defense exhibition
Originally published in Communicate, April 2009
People like guns apparently. And bullets. And armor to protect them from guns and bullets. And Tasers for when their guns run out of bullets. The scary part of Abu Dhabi’s Idex defense exhibition was ultimately not the hardware on display, but the sheer appetite of visitors for all things deadly or free. Read the rest of this entry »
communicate, larry weber, pr, public relations
In Communicate, Public relations, Published journalism, Q&A on November 23, 2010 at 5:50 pm
PR guru Larry Weber talks about the future of the Internet. And golf balls
Originally published in Communicate, February 2009
In 1987, Larry Weber founded the Weber Group, which grew – as Weber Shandwick – to be one of the biggest PR businesses in the world. And in 2004, he started out again, with W2 Group, which specializes in digital PR. He has long been a proponent of the Web, having worked with Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing it, and has been called “the town crier of the Internet.” Communicate caught up with Weber when he was in town to be a keynote speaker at the PR Congress in Dubai. We took the opportunity to find out what he’s been up to, and to gauge his thoughts on PR, the region and technology. Read the rest of this entry »
communicate, dubai, media, pgm, publicis, starcom
In Advertising, Communicate, Dubai, Published journalism, Q&A on November 23, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Changes are afoot at Publicis Groupe Media. Communicate catches up with the top brass to find out why the management team has been given a makeover
Originally published in Communicate, November 2008
Communications group Publicis Groupe Media, the parent company of buying and planning agencies Starcom MediaVest Group and ZenithOptimedia, has recently promoted three of its top men to more senior positions. Communicate sat down with the management to discuss what the changes mean to the group, and to take the pulse of the region’s media industry in general. Read the rest of this entry »
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