DigiTales Blog - Mel Carson

Microsoft Advertising's Mel Carson collects stories and insight from the digital media space and brings them back down to earth...

Gotta be careful here, but The Guardian reports that The Big G will end their agency subsidy at the end of 2008.

Damian Burns, Head of Agency Relations at the media giant and someone who can drink Guinness prolifically, says there's been a "mixed reaction."

I gather the news has not been welcomed by some agencies who depend on the size of the kickback to help them win business, but applauded by others who feel they could do a better job, but up until now haven't had the level playing field on which to prove their mettle.

Would anyone care to comment, not on Damian's drinking prowess, but on the news?

 

All Comments

  September 20, 2007
Isn't it amazing that when the inevitable happens, people are still shocked and appalled? Every agency should have been prepared for this one. Subsidies, be it in advertising, farming or anything else, distort markets and retard progress.
  September 20, 2007
Google is scrapping BPF in 2009. I think this is great news for the UK search industry and advertisers. There are also some changes in 2008 aswell, including no growth kicker and existing tiers for rebates lowered from Euro 4M upwards, making higher rebates achievable quicker. Ultimately this is good news for search marketing in the UK. Advertisers will gravitate to agencies that can provide added value. All good stuff in my eyes!
  July 25, 2008

Tomorrow is the 1st anniversary of my first post on DigiTales . In 157 posts, as the tagline says, I

 
 

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