digital

Kyu Collective Acquires Majority Stake in Kepler Group

The kyu Collective has announced that it has acquired a majority stake in six-year-old independent digital marketing services company Kepler Group. Kyu will inherit the Kepler Intelligence Platform, a tool that automates the media buying process from ad creation to targeting. 

Entravision Buys Headway, Completes Marketing-Tech Stack

Entravision is buying digital advertising company Headway. The transaction has been financed by cash on hand and is expected to close in the early second quarter, Esteban Lopez Blanco, Entravision’s Chief Strategy Officer, tells Portada.

Luxury Ads to Grow 3%: Strong In-house Native, Print Dominates “High Luxury”

Expenditure on luxury advertising will rise by 3.0% in 2016, up from 1.9% in 2015, according to Zenith’s Luxury Advertising Expenditure Forecasts second annual edition. Luxury advertisers will spend a total of US$10.9bn across the top 18 markets(including The United Stated) in 2016, up from US$10.6bn in 2015. The USA is the largest luxury ad markets, accounting for 45% of luxury adspend in 2015, according to the report.

Univision Names Google’s Mark Lopez New Digital Head

Univision Communications Inc. has appointed Mark Lopez executive vice president and general manager, Univision Digital, effective May 1. He will be based in Miami and report to Isaac Lee, president of news and digital for UCI and CEO of Fusion.