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Stagwell has appointed ex-Dentsu leader Liz Rutgersson as global CEO of its flagship media agency Assembly, with Connie Chan taking APAC — a double leadership move as the network chases global scale.

Channel 4 Sales will become Paramount's exclusive UK ad sales partner from 2027, taking Channel 5, MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon inventory away from Sky in a deal worth more than £300m.

German fitness chain clever fit has awarded its media account to agency pilot Nürnberg, a notable win in the fast-growing, price-competitive gym sector.

Publicis has won a mandate to work for insurance giant Allianz Deutschland, extending a remarkable run of global and regional account wins for the holding company.

Omnicom is conducting a detailed post-mortem of its PepsiCo global media loss to Publicis — a rare public look at how a holding company loses a marquee client.

Pinterest has appointed a new managing director for the UK and Ireland, underlining the platform's push to convert cultural relevance into advertiser revenue.

WPP has retained Coca-Cola's global agency business and opted out of the separate North America media review — a steadying win after a punishing year.

Germany's TV awards honoured Lanz, Raab and Wontorra. Why premium, award-winning TV still assembles the large, engaged audiences advertisers should pay for.

Welt am Sonntag retired its signature blue bar in a relaunch. Why heritage rebrands should evolve distinctive assets with care - recognition is costly to rebuild.

Mediaplus won the heritage food brand Peter Kölln's media account. Why even in a cautious market, distinctiveness and smart media planning beat private-label pressure.

A legacy French radio group is betting its future audience lives in on-demand video and audio. Why incumbents must follow their audiences to new formats early.

A prestige science title traded twice in a year shows how thin legacy-publishing ad economics have become - and why advertisers should watch who owns their premium media.

Hilton's 16-year CMO Mark Weinstein is stepping down with no successor named. Why long marketing tenure is an underrated competitive asset.

A senior TikTok ad executive is moving into podcasting as Acast unifies its European business. Why audio is now competing hard for social's budgets.

After 21 years championing the effectiveness case for TV, Thinkbox's CMO is stepping down. What it signals for advertisers and total-video planning.

A whistleblower suit over alleged undisclosed media rebates keeps agency transparency in the spotlight. What brands should demand from their media contracts.

The Welsh Government is relaunching an £88m media and creative review it previously abandoned, with the process due to begin in October — one of the UK public sector's biggest live accounts.

LVMH is moving its Asia-Pacific media account from WPP to Publicis from January 2027 — with no competitive pitch — extending one of the luxury giant's deepest agency relationships.

Audiotainment Südwest is taking the Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein media authority to court for refusing to re-tender FM spectrum freed when a rival station went dark.

The owner of Le Télégramme has renamed its parent group Advenn, signalling a broader diversified-media ambition rooted in its Brittany heritage.