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The Royal Commission for AlUla appoints Head of Tourism PR and Communications
Campaign Middle East
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September 1, 2025
The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has appointed Stephen Howard as Head of Tourism PR and Communications for its Tourism Sector, as the destination continues to expand its global profile as Saudi Arabia’s preeminent boutique heritage...
Justin Bates joins UA Little Rock Marketing and Communications team
The Daily Record - Arkansas
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September 1-7, 2025 By Sydney Ambrus The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has welcomed a new addition to its Marketing and Communications team. Justin Bates, an experienced storyteller from Pine Bluff, has joined the team as a marketing...
Akasa Air names Naarayan T V as Chief Marketing Officer
ETTravelWorld.com
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September 1, 2025
Akasa Air has announced the appointment of Naarayan T V as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), effective August 29, 2025. In this leadership role, he will oversee marketing, corporate communications and ESG, customer experience, eCommerce, customer...
Akasa Air appoints ex-IDFC Naarayan T V as Chief Marketing Officer
The Economic Times
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September 1, 2025
Akasa Air has appointed Naarayan T V as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) with effect from August 29, the airline announced on Monday. He will also serve as a member of Akasa’s Executive Committee. The newly appointed executive will oversee the...
The story of digital advertising in South Africa
BusinessLIVE
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What year did you start your career in digital advertising? In 1995. Although, it wasn’t called “digital advertising” back then. In fact, my first business was called Jouissance and my second was called Cyberforce. So, yeah, we were on our own...
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The Dentsu sale is natural selection; the dinosaurs of advertising are running out of time
Campaign Asia-Pacific
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September 1, 2025
The writing has been on the wall. The latest reports that Dentsu has engaged Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley and Nomura Securities to investigate selling its international advertising business are not surprising to anyone following the global...
Innocean sweeps awards at international advertising festival
The Korea Times
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September 1, 2025
Innocean has swept major awards at Asia’s largest marketing and advertising festival — the MAD STARS 2025 — for creatively displaying a series of its branded content, the company said Monday. The advertising arm of Hyundai Motor Group won a total...
Xbox and PlayStation Are Advertising Each Other's Games
Game Rant
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August 31, 2025
The official Twitter accounts for Xbox and PlayStation each feature advertisements for a game originally created by their biggest competitor, highlighting a pair of major recent cross-platform releases. Few rivals in the gaming industry have...
FULTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: Board Advances Opioid Settlement; Approves Bid Advertising
The Village Reporter - Ohio
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August 30, 2025
By: Renea Kessler THE VILLAGE REPORTER renea@thevillagereporter.com Fulton County Commissioners met in regular session on August 28, 2025, in Wauseon and moved through a full agenda that included routine approvals, budget adjustments, grant...
You’re Investing Capital in Paid Advertising, But the Phone Stays Silent?
News Blaze
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August 31, 2025
Many business owners find themselves in a frustrating paradox: they’re spending thousands of dollars on paid advertising campaigns across Google Ads, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, yet their phone remains eerily quiet, and their sales pipeline...
GCO hosts digital advertising strategies course
Gulf Times
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August 31, 2025
The Government Communication Office (GCO) is organising a comprehensive course on 'Digital Advertising Strategies' for representatives from government and semi-government entities this week. The program aims to strengthen national competencies and...
Festive advertising poised for growth despite macro challenges
Mint
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August 31, 2025
As broadcasters line up festive specials, movie premieres, and reality shows, AVoD platforms are rolling out originals and regional content. Key sponsors include auto, smartphones, fintech, and e-commerce brands. That said, global headwinds, such...
Kia India’s Head of Marketing & PR, Shakti Upadhyay, exits after 7 years
Afaqs
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Shakti Upadhyay has stepped down from his role as senior general manager and head of marketing & PR at Kia India after over 7 years with the company. During his tenure, Upadhyay played a key role in launching pivotal Kia models in India, including...
Why does ScotGov need to spend millions on communications?
The Herald (Scotland)
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August 31, 2025
At the same time, health boards have spent £34m on communications staff since 2019/20, a 127% rise that hit nearly £7m last year alone. The TaxPayers’ Alliance blasted the soaring spend on “spin doctors” while Scots face rising bills and shrinking...
For trust and mass reach, brands still turn to television
Mint
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August 31, 2025
In conference rooms and at global festivals, digital evangelists point to mobile video and connected screens as the future, dismissing television as a relic of the past. But the numbers, and the marketers spending the money, tell a very different...
Car-buying pod in supermarket car park seeks advertising approval
Suffolk News
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August 31, 2025
Plans have been lodged for advertising approval for a new We Buy Any Car pod in a Diss supermarket car park. The pod at Morrisons, in Victoria Road, launched last month and is one of more than 500 across the UK which offers customers a way to sell...
Indium Corporation Promotes Huang to Senior Manager, Marketing Communications
Industrial News
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August 29, 2025
With its commitment to innovation and growth through employee development, Indium Corporation announces the promotion of Jingya Huang to Senior Manager, Marketing Communications, to continue to lead the company’s branding and promotional efforts....
Watchdog fines AliExpress, affiliates over breaches of consumer protection, advertising laws
Korea JoungAng Daily
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August 31, 2025
Published: 31 Aug. 2025, 12:30 AliExpress logo is seen in this illustration taken Feb. 11. [REUTERS/YONHAP] The Korea Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has fined AliExpress and its affiliates for violating consumer protection and advertising laws, in a...
New WPP chief faces tough task to revive wounded advertising giant: Cindy Rose has daunting in-tray
This Is Money
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August 30, 2025
By CALUM MUIRHEAD, CHIEF CITY REPORTER Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 August 2025 Former Microsoft executive Cindy Rose faces a daunting in-tray when she takes over as head of British advertising giant WPP tomorrow. The Anglo-American businesswoman has...
‘I should sue for false advertising’: Philadelphia Chick-fil-A customer gets to-go bag. Then she takes a closer look at her receipt
The Mary Sue
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August 30, 2025
Some days feel harder than others; the things you shake off one day are the things digging their way under your skin the next Scam calls. Hidden costs. One-berry-three-ways on your parfait. The chiseling feels relentless, a metronome of mundane...