News review January 2013
Mike Morrison joins Innocean
After six months away from the industry following his ill-fated tenure as sales director at Network Ten, former George Patterson Y&R chief strategy officer Mike Morrison is appointed head of ad agency Innocean.
Facebook launches Graph Search
Social media giant Facebook ups its competition to Google launching Graph Search, allowing people and advertisers to better filter data on the site’s billion users.
Host launches in Singapore
Sydney creative agency Host expands opening a Singapore office, with CEO of the Havas-aligned network Anthony Freedman saying he has ambitions to form a Pacific micro-network with offices in Shanghai and San Francisco.
Alcohol Advertising Review Board “a sham”
The self-appointed and “unofficial” Alcohol Advertising Review Board set up by factions unhappy with self-regulation of booze ads upholds 90 per cent of cases brought before it. The AANA accuses the board of falsely generating complaints labeling it a PR stunt.
Sintras steps up to chairman at Starcom
Veteran Starcom MediaVest boss John Sintras is promoted to the role of chairman. He is replaced by chief operating officer Chris Nolan who steps up as CEO of the agency.
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