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EuroCIS 2021 Has Been Cancelled

Thursday, December 3rd, 2020

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Every three years in Dusseldorf, EuroCIS 2021 is part of Euroshop BUT it also takes place annually in its own right, in the Spring. It had already been moved from its usual February time slot to March 16-18, 2021 as a sop to #COVID19 but now the news is, that it has been cancelled in […]

BCMA Offers Free Indemnity Insurance To Members

Tuesday, December 1st, 2020

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

The Branded Content Marketing Association (BCMA), the leading global authority on branded content and influencer marketing, has partnered with Assured Social, a bespoke insurer aimed exclusively at providing professional indemnity insurance coverage for social media influencers. Andrew Canter, Global CEO, BCMA told us “The BCMA is dedicated to providing best practice guidance, support, opportunities and […]

France, @Displayce_media Partners With @VistarMedia

Tuesday, December 1st, 2020

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Vistar Media is partnering with DISPLAYCE, the leading France-based DOOH demand-side platform to launch the first real-time bidding open exchange for OOH in the French market. Laure Malergue, CEO at DISPLAYCE told us “The French market is ready to take the next step into programmatic DOOH,” said We have already seen tremendous success with our […]

USD 63bn Removed From Global Advertising Market

Monday, November 30th, 2020

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Global advertising spend is on course to fall by 10.2% – $63.4bn – to $557.3bn this year, led by sharp cuts in investment among the automotive, retail and travel & tourism sectors as a result of the #COVID19 outbreak finds WARC, the global marketing intelligence service. The new projections, based on data from 100 markets […]

Marketing Point De Vente, June 8-10, 2021

Friday, November 27th, 2020

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

POPAI France and REED Expositions have confirmed the new dates for the Point of Sale Marketing fair and the POPAI Awards Paris competition, It was initially scheduled for April 13-15, 2021 but will now be held June 8-10, 2021 in Pavilion 4 in Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.

New Rules / Limits For UK Business / Spectator Events

Thursday, November 26th, 2020

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced this week that events of up to 4,000 people will be allowed to take place from December 2, 2020, i.e. the current temporary limit of 30 people for a single business event has been scrapped. Our understanding is that this winter plan sets the limits for events depending […]

Kenneth D. Baronoff Promoted At PJ SOLOMON

Friday, November 20th, 2020

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Kenneth D. Baronoff who joined PJ SOLOMON in 1999, and whom has served as Chief Operating Officer since 2010, has been promoted the position of President, a newly created position. In this new position, Kenneth D. Baronoff will continue to partner with Chief Executive Officer Marc S. Cooper to manage and lead the firm. He […]

French Software Vendor @TelelogosAD Launches Channels For #WFH

Thursday, November 19th, 2020

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Telelogos has launched Channels, an innovative internal communication solution for new ways of #WFH, mobile or in the office. We all now that organisations need to keep in touch with, inform, connect and unite their employees. The increase in mobility and remote working have made it even more important for companies to have effective internal […]

Guadalajara Gets A @Hivestack Office

Thursday, November 19th, 2020

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Hivestack, the leading global programmatic digital out-of-home #AdTECH company has announced that they are expanding sales and operations to several countries in Latin America including; Argentina, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Panama and Mexico. Even in the midst of a global pandemic, programmatic advertising has been on a meteoric rise in Latin America. […]

DPAA’s Final WE.DOOH Livestream Workshop of 2020

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

DPAA, the leading global trade marketing association connecting out-of-home media with the advertising community while moving OOH to digital, announced this week that its next WE.DOOH (Women’s Empowerment in Digital Out-of-Home) workshop will help participants prepare for 2021 with the session ‘Champion Your Ideas, Move Your Mission Forward and Start the New Year Strong’ (you […]