Cable Empire Strikes Back: Charter, Cox Reach $34.5 Billion Merger
Charter and Cox set to combine in massive cable merger.Read More
Exclusive: Swiss startup picks Rotterdam for green aviation fuel plant
Swiss tech startup Metafuels has unveiled plans to open its first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in the Port of Rotterdam. Metafuels’ CEO Saurabh Kapoor told TNW that Turbe represents a “major step forward” toward ramping up SAF production. The startup also announced plans to build a similar facility in Denmark last year. “Europe has ambitious decarbonisation targets, but without scalable and affordable SAF production, aviation will struggle to keep up,” said Kapoor. The facility, dubbed Turbe, will be built in collaboration with liquid energy storage provider Evos. Turbe will be integrated into Evos’ existing Rotterdam terminal, which offers…
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UM Wins 7-Eleven Media Business as Parent Company Nears $50B Sale
UM has been named media agency of record for 7-Eleven, adding a $70M account as the retailer’s parent company considers a $50B sale to Circle K owner Couche-Tard.Read More
Dentsu’s iProspect Wins Media AOR for Dollar General and Its Retail Media Network
The agency will oversee the retailer’s own paid media plus its ad business.Read More
McCann Wins Hefty and Reynolds Ad Business
McCann has won the Hefty and Reynolds Consumer Products business.Read More
Gaming billionaire named UK’s richest person under 40 in tech-heavy wealth list
A Russian-born gaming mogul has been named the UK’s richest person under 40 — in a ranking dominated by tech entrepreneurs. Dmitry Bukhman, 39, built his fortune after founding mobile gaming giant Playrix. His estimated wealth of £12.54bn tops The Sunday Times 40 Under 40 Rich List — and makes up over a third of its £36.2bn combined total. His net worth has nearly doubled since last year. As a child in post-Soviet Russia, Bukman taught himself to code. Alongside his older brother Igor, he built his first game with an old Pentium PC given to them by their grandfather.…
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Eli Lilly’s Big Task: Become a Loved and Trusted Pharma Brand
A new film from Eli Lilly sounds like a recruitment ad, but it doubles as a brand manifesto to showcase the pharmaceutical company’s values.Read More
Forrest Tucker Leaving WTVQ in Lexington After Two Years
Tucker joined WTVQ in June of 2023 as the station’s weekend sports anchor and reporterRead More
3 Takeaways From Kantar’s 2025 Brand Summit
At market research firm Kantar’s Brand Summit event on May 15, the parent companies of those storied brands, including Mars Wrigley, Diageo, Inspire Brands, and Newell Brands, revealed their strategies for growing in a time of tariffs and economic uncertainty.Read More
Fox Ad Boss Jeff Collins Sells a Super Bowl-Like Event to Every Crowd
At upfront, Fox ad boss sells a Super Bowl-like event to every crowd with big, elusive audiences.Read More