Founder of Mission Media. A marketing entrepreneur and veteran operator in Southeast Asia, leading corporate comms at Dunkin' Indonesia and PR & IR at DailyCo. Ex-CMO at ACV Capital, founder of C2 Media, and former Tech in Asia senior editor.
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R/GA and G42 launched Alpha.G42.ai, replacing traditional websites with conversational AI that generates personalized content for each visitor. Brands must adapt as 80% of searches now result in zero clicks.
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Havas APAC revenue dropped 6.2% in Q1 2026 due to client losses in China and Singapore, offsetting solid North American growth. The holding company is using acquisitions to rebuild regional momentum.
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Lauren Winter steps down as FleishmanHillard's global consumer culture chief after 11 years, amid Omnicom's largest restructuring and widespread talent departures across the agency network.
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Nespresso Singapore's marketing head exits after 7 years to launch independent ventures. CMOs are increasingly choosing entrepreneurship over corporate roles, signaling a retention crisis traditional compensation cannot solve.
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As Dan King steps into the MD role at Bastion Brands, he talks about the 40% prescription rise on one client's brands, the Havas relationship, and why specialist health agencies are anything but limited.
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OpenAI's new conversion tracking pixel enables performance advertising measurement, challenging Google and Meta for ad budgets with $2.5B projected 2026 revenue.
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MrBeast's US$5B media empire seeks its first CMO to reduce founder dependence and prepare for IPO. A structural shift signaling creator economy maturation.
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Only 20% of businesses saw AI earnings benefits in 2024 despite massive investment. Forrester's 2026 forecast shows AI moving from digital channels into retail and logistics where early deployments report 60% reduction in call loads.
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Moloco launches AI-powered CTV buying with real-time optimization and app-install attribution. Early data shows 1.5x higher ROI versus mobile, signaling performance accountability is finally coming to connected TV.
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Bauer Media Group is cutting up to 30% of publishing staff across the UK and Germany, citing AI search disruption and rising production costs. The restructuring signals mounting pressure on traditional media businesses.
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Viant's $40M acquisition of TVision Insights embeds attention data into programmatic TV buying, addressing advertiser skepticism about platform self-attribution bias.
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BBC, Disney, and Snap announce 3,000 job cuts globally in April 2026, with AI and cost pressures driving redundancies. APAC operations face significant exposure.