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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Burson dismantles Axicom's standalone C-suite and folds the tech unit into global operations. Three senior executives depart as WPP pursues cost efficiency under Elevate28.
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Paige Wheaton of Initiative Australia explains what national-scale agency leadership really requires, how an investment mindset shaped her approach, and why her team is building for where the industry will be in three years.
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Fortune Asia names Andrew Staples and Lee Williamson as editorial directors and Yuko Tsukada as Brand Studio head, consolidating editorial, events, and branded content under unified regional leadership.
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Molly Blacker, Havas Media's new National Head of Strategy in Australia, on why audience segmentation needs recalibration, what clients really leave agencies over, and the two-speed media market dynamics.
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Anthropic's lower seat fees mask higher total costs through token-based usage billing and mandatory spending commitments. Marketing teams face seasonal workload penalties.
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Dubai-based luxury agency The Qode enters Egypt via partnership with Flare PR and opens Mumbai office, capitalizing on rising client demand and India's projected $28B luxury market by 2030.
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New AI platform using parallel specialist agents compresses marketing strategy from weeks to days. Early pilots showed 70% reduction in time-to-brief across 200+ strategists.
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Teads and PHD Singapore delivered 70 qualified dealership leads for Audi at 13.6% below benchmark, proving performance media can drive test drive bookings over brand awareness in APAC.
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ESPN expands its Creator Network with a 12-month football-focused program building to Super Bowl LXI. The 2024 class generated 9.7M impressions with engagement 13x above benchmarks.
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64% of Singapore businesses use AI daily, but only 18% achieve autonomous deployment. Trust deficits and data governance gaps are blocking scale.
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New Dubai consultancy Impact Metrics launches with KPI-driven model, signaling GCC shift from media coverage counts to measurable ROI. Four new firms entered the market in 2025.
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Dentsu's CSO warns Japanese advertisers that playing it safe in creative work directly costs market share as award bodies increasingly reward boldness over safety.