David Kaplan
Oct 27, 2010 11:26 AM
Sean Finnegan is leaving his post as president and chief digital officer of Publicis Groupe’s Starcom MediaVest Group after two years, he announced this morning in his Facebook status. A spokesperson for SMG told AdAge, which first reported the news, that Finnegan’s decision to exit was “mutual.” No word where…
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David Kaplan
Nov 4, 2008 2:47 PM
The biggest technology challenge in the era of Mad Men mainly entailed figuring out the Xerox machine. These days, the tech issues are a bit more complex, namely how deeply can and should traditional agencies absorb their digital brethren. Even before the ad recession began worsening with the financial chaos…
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David Kaplan
Sep 19, 2008 8:45 AM
It seems that it is impossible to have a conversation about the state of the ad industry without addressing Google (NSDQ: GOOG). For agencies, it’s not just a company, it’s a repository for their wildest hopes and fears about the business. So when Mediapost EIC Joe Mandese asked a panel…
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David Kaplan
Sep 4, 2008 1:34 PM
Nearly nine months after Sean Finnegan left Omnicom as CEO of its in-house interactive shop, OMG Digital, for in-text advertising start-up Vibrant Media, the media buying exec has been named president and chief digital officer of Publicis Groupe’s Starcom MediaVest Group. He takes the post on Oct. 1. In a…
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David Kaplan
Mar 27, 2008 2:17 PM
Matt Spiegel, the CEO of Omnicom search marketer Resolution Media, has been tapped to succeed Sean Finnegan as CEO of Omnicom Media Group Digital, the ad holding company’s in-house interactive shop, AdAge reported. Finnegan announced that he was leaving the post in January to become chief media officer of in-text…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jan 22, 2008 4:23 PM
Roughly six months after he became CEO of Omnicom’s in-house interactive shop OMG Digital, Sean Finnegan is leaving for the job of chief media officer of in-text advertising start-up Vibrant Media, AdAge reports. At Vibrant, he will lead marketing, business development and product innovation. That’s a sharp contrast to heading…
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