IPG Mediabrands, the media innovation unit of Interpublic Group, which controls a $34 billion global media buying portfolio, announced that Prashant Kumar will assume the role of Regional President, World Markets Asia, overseeing Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines. 

Mindshare Asia-Pacific was crowned Media Agency Network of the Year last night at the prestigious Agency of the Year 2011 awards held at St Regis, Singapore. The Agency of the Year competition, in its 18th year, is organised by Campaign Asia-Pacific.

"Redberry will promote The Malay Mail throughout all its channels, which includes out-of-home, retail and print," Redberry Sdn Bhd Chief Executive Officer Dato' Siew Ka Wei said at a sneak preview last Wednesday.

ESS to bolster offerings in Malaysia with launch of Bahasa Malay version of ESPNEWS and espnstar.my and introduction of Mobile ESPN next year

The all new Capital FM officially went on air at 6:00am last week on  88.9Mhz. Taking centre stage as the only radio station that addresses women in , Capital FM runs with its new tagline of Women – The New Capital.

Astro has put Malaysia on the global map again with recent wins at the PromaxBDA Sports Media Marketing held in New York and Promaxbda Asia Awards held in Singapore, Astro gained recognition in the following categories for both award ceremonies;

Catcha Media Berhad has changed its leadership team. Mr Kensuke Tsurumaru, who has served as CEO of Catcha Media since 2010, will be replaced by Mr Patrick Grove, who is current a non-independent non-executive director of Catcha Media. 

Star Publications (M) Berhad has acquired an 83.61% stake in Red Tomato Media Sdn Bhd, publisher of Red Tomato, the free Chinese weekly newspaper. In its effort to expand its footprint in the media industry and to complement its existing portfolio of media entities, the company hopes that with this acquisition, they will be able to reach a wider audience while venturing into unchartered territory of a free paper model.

ESPN STAR Sports continued its creative leadership in the region, winning three awards for excellence in sports category at PromaxBDA Awards Asia held in Singapore earlier this week, including the Gold award in the 'Best Sports Campaign' for this year's Wimbledon Championship.

Finally a newspaper that's human. It instantly reminded me of probably one of the single most influential creative force in advertising history, Bill Bernbach, the genius behind legendary ad agency DDB who once said, "A little confession can get you a lot of compassion."