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PHD TO RECLAIM SAINSBURY’S MEDIA BUSINESS
Sainsbury’s is poised to award its £115m media account to PHD, four months after M/SIX won the business. PHD and parent company Omnicom Media Group challenged the result of the original review in February.
CYBER ATTACK HITS WPP AGENCIES
WPP fell victim to a cyber attack involving a ransomware virus, with staff told to disconnect their computers. A “massive global malware attack” disrupted agencies on 27 June, staff from multiple WPP shops were told.
GOOGLE SLAPPED WITH £2BN ANTITRUST FINE
The European Commission has fined Google €2.42bn (£2.14bn) for breaching European Union antitrust rules. The company was found to have abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to its comparison shopping service.
PEUGEOT/CITROËN PARENT PICKS MEDIACOM
Mediacom has won the estimated €875m (£773m) global media account for PSA Group, Europe’s second-biggest car-maker and owner of Peugeot and Citroën.
ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICE RAID HAVAS’ PARIS HQ
Havas’ headquarters in Paris were raided by anti-corruption police last week over an inquiry into a visit by president Emmanuel Macron to CES Las Vegas. The investigation is looking into whether Business France awarded a contract to Havas to organise a party at CES without a bid.
VCCP LANDS GLOBAL CADBURY CREATIVE BRIEF
Cadbury has picked VCCP as its new lead global creative and strategic agency after a competitive pitch.
The Mondelez International-owned chocolate brand moves from 11-year incumbent Fallon
London, which did not repitch.
CANNES JURIES SPLIT ON GRAHAM
A Cannes jury dismissed the multi-awardwinning “Meet Graham” campaign by Clemenger BBDO because it reminded them too much of a 1985 anti-smoking ad. The work for the Transport Accident Commission of Victoria, which won two Grands Prix last week, was considered by the Integrated and Titanium judges to be similar to “Natural born smoker” by FCO London.
SKY MEDIA PARTNERS NEW THINKING AWARDS
Sky Media has signed up to be the headline partner of Campaign’s Marketing New Thinking Awards for the third year running. Rachel Bristow, director of partnerships at Sky Media, said: “We want to celebrate those that go their own way, think differently, but ultimately make great strides for their business and customers.”
BRIEN REPLACES MORRIS AT DENTSU AEGIS
Dentsu Aegis Network has named Nick Brien as chief executive, Americas and US, replacing Nigel Morris, who becomes chief strategy and innovation officer.