Category: UM in the News

Gold: Johnson’s Baby: #InItTogether By: UM.  For expecting and new parents, the pandemic was a time of uncertainty and questions, particularly around delivery, postpartum and protecting against transmission. While headlines related to the coronavirus flooded news websites, there was a gap in the reported information related to the virus’ impact on pregnancy. That’s where Johnson’s stepped in:

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Facebook postponed meetings between ad agencies and clients and its policy team to discuss its Oversight Board’s decision on Former President Donald Trump’s suspension, agency execs told Insider. “Given the Board’s decision that was shared, we will now carefully review their guidance and develop a response that is clear and proportionate,” read a memo obtained

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Marketers eye minority-owned media companies as diversity conversation heats up. Upfront conversations are generally around pricing, programming and audience numbers. That’s changing this year after the events of 2020, which have brought diversity and inclusion to the forefront of ad industry discussions. There’s been a broader push in this year’s upfront conversations to shift spend

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IPG is one of the largest advertising companies, with top agencies like McCann, FCB, and UM. The company outperformed its rivals in 2020 on growth in data, tech, healthcare, and ad buying. Insider identified the 16 most important execs helping CEO Philippe Krakowsky keep the momentum going. Eileen Kiernan, global CEO of UM Eileen Kiernan

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Digital advertising as we know it is fundamentally changing. Apple and Google’s moves to phase out longstanding ad targeting practices and privacy laws like California’s Consumer Privacy Act have advertisers scrambling for other ways to target and measure their ads. Marketers, who are expected to spend $191 billion on digital advertising in the US this year, are revamping

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Rental car marketing giant Enterprise Holdings, which includes the Enterprise, National and Alamo brands, has tapped IPG Mediabrands UM unit as its media agency of record. The assignment includes media strategy, planning, buying, data and analytics across Enterprise Holdings’ primary global markets in North America and Europe. Read Article on Mediapost.



Enterprise Holdings named UM as its media agency of record in North America and Europe, the agency confirmed on Tuesday. UM, which also recently won Behr, will lead media strategy, planning, buying, data and analytics across the company’s brands: Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car. Omnicom Media Group’s PHD was the

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