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Maxus has won the media account for iSelect with the GroupM media agency declaring it will close the doors of its Melbourne office to new business for six months in order to bed down the account and saying it wanted a market position of sustainable growth.
We are absolutely delighted to get the opportunity to work with such a wonderfully progressive business that iSelect represents in market, Nick Keenan managing director of Maxus, who heads its Melbourne office told Mumbrella.
In light of this fantastic news and the work ahead Maxus Melbourne will now take an industry leading position on sustainable growth and remove ourselves from any new business reviews until July 1, 2015 (6 months). We will use this time to concentrate on our staff, clients, and our product.
The freeze on new business will only impact MaxussMelbourne office with its Sydney office currently on the shortlistfor Qantas.
Multinational media agencies are rarely able to close their doors to new business with the last agencies to publicly make such a declaration was independent Match Media who closed their doors after winning drug company Pifzer in 2012.
The final shortlist on iSelect is believed to have been Maxus along with Slingshot, who weredoing their buying through Carat, and Ikon Communications.
In a statement, iSelect Marketing Director Geraldine Davys said the competition was tough, but Maxus stood out.
iSelect is a unique piece of business. We needed a media agency flexible enough to operate within our hybrid media buying model and Maxus fit that bill perfectly, she said.
Yesterday Mumbrella revealed that Slingshot has won the baking division of Goodman Fielder.
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Contact: Jim Maxwell jmaxwel2@kent.edu 330-672-8028 Kent State University @ksunews
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Kent State University a $300,000 grant for three College of Arts and Sciences faculty members to study how human dynamics across social media and social networks can be modeled. The grant is part of a $999,887 collaboration with San Diego State University and the University of Arkansas.
Professor Jay Lee and Assistant Professor Xinyue Ye of Kent State's Department of Geography and Associate Professor Ruoming Jin of Kent State's Department of Computer Science will use information diffusion, visualization and simulations to study the public responses to disaster warnings and alerts, as well as the public opinions of controversial social topics at the state or national level.
"The outcomes yielded from this research will assist in better designing and implementing disaster warnings and alerts as well as more efficient disseminating communications of political messages via social media and social networks," Ye said.
The researchers plan to collaborate with the San Diego Office of Emergency Services (OES) to create a prototype platform using social media to study how people respond and react to messages warning of inclement weather, earthquakes, wildfires, disease outbreaks and evacuation orders.
"The study may also allow government agencies to communicate more effectively to the public and be better prepared for both natural and human-made crises," Ye said.
Ye said that the government response to social issues, such as gun control, anti-vaccination movements and the threat of government shutdown, relies on the impact of online public opinion and public political debates.
The social media analytic tools developed by this group will be able to calculate how these messages are disseminated online and in social media and the outcomes of the referendum votes.
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Starz LLC (STRZA) Chief Executive Officer Christopher P. Albrecht could receive $75.6 million if the pay-TV channel undergoes a change in control.
The payment would include $71.8 million of option awards that would immediately vest and a $3.75 million cash severance, according to an April regulatory filing and data compiled by Bloomberg as of yesterdays close. If an investor acquires 20 percent or more of the Englewood, Colorado-based companys voting power, it would trigger the payout, the filing shows.
Theano Apostolou, a Starz spokeswoman, referred questions to Courtnee Ulrich, an investor relations representative who works for Liberty Media Corp. (LMCA) Ulrich didnt respond to phone calls and e-mails seeking comment. Eric Becker, another Starz spokesman, also didnt respond to calls for comment.
Starz is considering alternatives to a sale after reaching out to potential bidders who passed on making an offer, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because they werent authorized to speak publicly. The network is controlled by billionaire John Malone, who wants to maintain control of the company, another person said.
The company is now considering investments and partnerships with U.S.-based or European-based media companies in lieu of selling itself, although nothing will be determined this year, one of the people said.
Albrecht was paid $30.5 million last year, according to the companys proxy statement. That included a salary of $1.25 million, a $1.33 million bonus and 3,363,123 million stock options that were worth $27.9 million when they were granted.
In a change of control, the compensation committee of our board of directors may determine not to accelerate the existing equity awards if equivalent awards will be substituted for the existing awards, Starz said in its April filing.
By comparison, Jeffrey Katzenberg, the CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG, wouldnt receive anything if control of the movie studio that made Shrek and Kung Fu Panda changed hands. If he were fired in a transition, hed receive a package that includes a $32.4 million cash severance, accelerated vesting of equity awards, and continued medical benefits and perks, according to the companys April proxy statement.
Jon Feltheimer, the CEO of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., would also need to be terminated for his change-in-control agreement to pay out, according to the companys July proxy statement.
In the event of a change in control, the actual amounts may be different due to various factors, Starz said in the filing. In addition, we may enter into new arrangements or modify these arrangements from time to time.
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