by Ravi Balakrishnan | Feb 21, 2019 | Dentsu Aegies Network, Happy Marketer, Merkle, News
Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) has acquired the Singapore-based Happy Marketer Group, a digital marketing agency. Post acquisition, Happy Marketer will be incorporated into Merkle, DAN’s performance marketing specialist agency. It will be known as Happy Marketer, a Merkle...
by Ravi Balakrishnan | Feb 20, 2019 | eric ho, Lisa Hezila, News, VMLY&R
VMLY&R’s group managing director for Malaysia Lisa Hezila is stepping down from the agency after 15 years. Hezila is leaving to pursue personal interests, and will be at VMLY&R until the end of March. Taking over as managing director is Eric Ho who recently moved from...
by Ravi Balakrishnan | Feb 20, 2019 | Guinness, Iris Singapore, News, St Patrick's Day
For St Patrick’s Day in Singapore, Guinness is running a promotion that seeks to celebrate everyone who has the name Pat. Created by Iris Singapore, ‘All Hail Patricks’ rewards everyone with the name Pat – including Patricks, Patricias and Ah Pats – with a series of...
by Ravi Balakrishnan | Feb 20, 2019 | CNBC, ET Now, FYI, Tanvir Gill
Tanvir Gill will be joining CNBC as part of its on-air team in Asia. She moves from ET Now, a leading business channel in India. At CNBC, she will work on the morning show Street Signs with Martin Soong and Oriel Morrison which tracks stock market openings across...
by Ravi Balakrishnan | Feb 20, 2019 | 24 hours With, Features, Mediacorp, simone heng
10.00am: I get up later than the rest of the world because I work until midnight on air on Singapore’s number one radio station, Class 95FM. So, the adrenalin stops around 2.00 am and that is normally when I fall asleep. I get up at 10.00am and I have breakfast while...