By Gillian West Volkswagen chief marketing officer, Greater China and ASEAN, Alexei Orlov has been appointed as chief executive officer of global customer experience agency Rapp. As Rapp is part of Omnicom’s DAS group of companies, Orlov will report to its CEO and chairman Dale A. Adams and will take up the role in July of this year. Of the appointment Adams commented: “Alexei brings nearly three decades of experience as a global specialist in brand architecture, cross-cultural marketing deployment and operational change management. I am confident that his well-known passion for bringing together dynamic teams to support and make a difference for Read full story › Source: The Drum...
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Read MoreHacks on the phone-hacking trial: Guardian's Nick Davies, BBC's Robin Brant, Independent's James Cusick, Private Eye's Adam Macqueen and more deliver their verdicts
By Angela Haggerty For eight months, journalists from the biggest global news organisations have devoted every waking working minute to covering events at the phone-hacking trial at the Old Bailey in London. The hacks’ views on the hacking trial have until now been strictly off limits, but now that the verdicts are in and reporting restrictions have lifted, The Drum caught up with the journalists at the heart of Britain’s biggest ever media trial for their verdicts on the coverage. For Nick Davies of the Guardian, the journalist who uncovered the phone-hacking scandal, the huge media interest was a far cry Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreOnline poker brand says it will “not tolerate unsporting behaviour” Read full story › Source: Marketing Week...
Read MoreBy Noel Young The US Supreme Court today unanimously ruled that the police need warrants to search the cellphones of people they arrest. The New York Times hailed the decision it as ” a major statement on privacy rights in the digital age.” Chief Justice John Roberts writing for the court, said the vast amount of data contained on modern cellphones must be protected from routine inspection. The court heard arguments in April in two cases on the issue, but issued a single decision. The first case, Riley v. California, No. 13-132, arose from the arrest of David L. Riley, who was pulled over Read full story › Source: The Drum...
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