Global News

Below are recent news items from WFA's network of advertiser associations and the wider advertising industry. Stay informed by signing up to our monthly global newsletter.
07/09/2011

New President for ADVAN (Nigeria)

The Advertisers Association of Nigeria recently held its Annual General Meeting and elected a new executive council. Mr. Kola Oyeyemi, General Manager Consumer Marketing MTN Nigeria. Mr Oyeyemi has been appointed by ADVAN to succeed Mr. Idy Enang as president and will serve in that capacity for the next two years.
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07/09/2011

Slovenia (SOZ) to organise its 18th Golden Drum Festival

In less than a month's time the 18th International Advertising Festival of New Europe Golden Drum will take place in Portoro%u017E, Slovenia from October 5th to 8th 2011.
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07/09/2011

WFA National Association Council 2012

WFA's Global Marketer Week 2012 will take place for the first time in New York City, from March 12th until March 16th, 2011, with the annual National Association Council (NAC) scheduled on March 16th, 2011.
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31/08/2011

WFA opposes ICANN decision for unlimited generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

WFA has spoken out against the decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to approve a plan to allow for unlimited generic Top Line Domains (gTLDs).
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30/08/2011

eMarketer: "The global mobile payments market"

Research firms disagree on the current size of the nascent market, but project strong growth in mobile payments and their users.
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29/08/2011

USA Touchpoints set to offer marketers consumer centric holistic measurement

USA TouchPoints will equip 2,000 American consumers with smartphones loaded with a special app that allows them to record their media usage at half-hour intervals throughout the day.
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05/08/2011

eMarketer: “Maintaining Engagement on Large Facebook Pages”

On a per-user basis, “likes” began to decrease for pages with more than 100,000 fans, then rose again for pages with 1 million to 2.5 million followers.
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31/07/2011

Beyond Twitter, Facebook: Social media use in BRIC markets

UM, formerly Universal McCann, found that 79.3% of internet users in Russia managed a social network profile in 2010. In China, more than 68% did the same. But each country has its own unique social networks that leave Facebook and Twitter on the sidelines.
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