MediaPost |
November 3rd, 2008 |
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Razorfish has laid off 40 employees, but bought Wysiwyg, a Spanish digital agency.[...]
Looking to expand its European presence, Microsoft's Razorfish has bought Spanish digital ad shop Wysiwyg. Terms were not disclosed. But as Razorfish was adding elsewhere, it was subtracting in the U.S., as Bloomberg reported that the company laid off 40 staffers in New York this week. The job cuts represent [...]
Adrants |
October 21st, 2008 |
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- Avenue A/Razorfish is changing its name to Razorfish.[...]
We reported earlier today about Fast Company's merging digital with print operations, and Ed Sussman, the president of Mansueto Digital, leaving as a result. He is now starting a new company, as yet unnamed, that will take the Drupal publishing platform, build on top of it, and help other online [...]
PaidContent.org |
September 24th, 2008 |
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-- Glam Media: Scott Schiller has been promoted to the new position of EVP of global marketing, where he will lead the U.S. women's ad sales team and report directly to CEO Samir Arora. With over 20 years of ad and sales management experience, Schiller worked at Disney (NYSE: DIS), [...]
PaidContent.org |
September 17th, 2008 |
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-- Reuters: Broadcast vet Chris Cramer takes on the role of global editor of multimedia. Reporting to editor-in-chief David Schlesinger, Cramer will drive multimedia projects and serve as the main interface between the news org and media business. His new role combines editorial management of Reuters.com with the oversight of [...]
All Facebook |
September 11th, 2008 |
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Today I happy to announce the final schedule for Social Ad Summit. We've been working hard for the past couple months to put together an incredible lineup and have finally solidified all of our speakers and panels. I look forward to seeing you at the event! Below is the current [...]
All Facebook |
September 3rd, 2008 |
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Today I happy to announce the final schedule for Social Ad Summit. We've been working hard for the past couple months to put together an incredible lineup and have finally solidified all of our speakers and panels. Below is the current schedule for the event: 9:00am - 9:45am - Social [...]
Microsoft's (NSDQ: MSFT) talks with WPP Group seem to be taking a more serious turn on the subject of the software giant selling off digital ad shop, Avenue A/Razorfish, AdAge reports. Microsoft acquired Avenue A/Razorfish when it bought the company's parent, aQuantive, last August for about $6 billion. That purchase [...]
AdWeek |
August 8th, 2008 |
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NEW YORK Avenue A/Razorfish is testing new Web display units that weave the social-media features popular on many sites directly into banner ads. [...]
Pulling the covers off of another rollup, Austin Ventures will invest $50 million into ATCOR Holdings, a new digital media vehicle headed by Sherman Atkinson, formerly COO of MySpace incubator Intermix. Atkinson was already known to be cooking something up with the firm as a CEO-in-residence. AV has now announced [...]
MediaPost |
June 12th, 2008 |
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The Advertising Research Foundation this morning announced a new slate of board members including: *David Ernst - VP, Digital Media, Market Resources/Discovery Communications *Colleen Fahey Rush - EVP, Research/MTV Networks *Gian Fulgoni - Chairman/comScore *Byron Lewis - Chairman and CEO/Uniworld Group *Bob Lord - President, East/Avenue A/Razorfish *Mike Pardee - [...]
MediaPost |
June 4th, 2008 |
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Agency.com Chicago has named Brad Williams creative director and Russell Unger senior information architect. Previously, Williams was with digital shop Avenue A | Razorfish, while Unger was at Element 79.[...]
Jossip |
May 28th, 2008 |
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Surprise! That clever YouTube video featuring a guy perfectly pouring a Coors Light from a can to a glass was actually produced by Coors Light and its agency Avenue A/Razorfish (owned by Microsoft), not brand-devoted fellas with a video camera. The spot on the left has been viewed over a [...]
Although ad agencies' digital revenues have been growing significantly over the past few years, they tended to remain a small slice of the total spending pie. Last year was different, as AdAge's Agency Report demonstrates, showing digital revenue assuming a more prominent place in ad firms' overall business. Despite moderate [...]
Micosoft is moving Gayle Troberman from her post handling MSN's branded entertainment programming in the online services group to the consumer marketing group, where she will run digital marketing strategy team, AdAge reported. In her former role, Troberman's job was to pitch marketers and ad agencies and encourage them to [...]
Back in grade school, some people used to make fun of the smart kids. We hire them. We hire them because some challenges demand intellect. Some opportunities require curiosity.[...]
