Media

Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

By Kunal Sinha I see a particular kind of desperation in marketing today. You can almost hear it, like the rustle of a brand rummaging through a drawer of half-baked ideas, hoping something, anything, will go viral. Take the recent KitKat “heist” stunt. A playful premise on paper: bars “stolen,”

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The NexGen Show Episode 50: Student Power In Marketing

In this podcast, Ian Chim shares his journey of building Ques, an innovative app designed primarily for students to better explore the cities they are in. The platform bridges the gap between users and local businesses by offering curated deals, activities, and experiences, while also helping brands attract and engage

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IKEA Turns Its Most Ignored Tool Into a Fashionable Idea

For years, the most reliable thing about an IKEA purchase wasn’t the flatpack. It was the small, L-shaped promise tucked inside. An Allen key that would be used once, then quietly disappear into a drawer of forgotten things. Now, IKEA Singapore has decided that maybe the problem wasn’t the tool.

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GO Has The Inside Scoop For Malaysia’s Sweetest Travel-Inspired Campaign

GO Communications has been appointed by Inside Scoop, Malaysia’s beloved home-grown ice cream brand, to lead PR and communications for its deliciously original new campaign, Rasa-Rasa Malaysia. The travel-inspired celebration of local flavour created in conjunction with Visit Malaysia 2026 was launched just days ago by Encik Wizani bin Rosmin,

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Omnicom Media Crowned #1 Network In Malaysia and APAC.

In the latest edition of the Network Diagnostics report from RECMA (Research Company Evaluating the Media Agency Industry), Omnicom Media, has been ranked #1 in Malaysia and Asia Pacific. This achievement contributed to Omnicom Media being named the best performing global media group, with top rankings across North America, EMEA,

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IKEA Malaysia Hands WPP Media Click-to-Cart Mandate

Home furnishing giant, IKEA Malaysia, has appointed WPP Media Malaysia as its integrated media agency for the next three years, consolidating media strategy, planning, and buying under one roof. The move signals a recalibration of how retail media works in a market where discovery happens online, but decisions are still

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Malaysia Moves to Redraw the Under 16 Social Media Line By June

If everything goes to plan, Malaysia may soon do what many governments have debated but few have executed cleanly: draw a hard line between childhood and the algorithm. At the centre of it is Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil, who signalled that a nationwide restriction on social media access for

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24 Hours. 24 Stories. One Biscuit That Says Everything

There’s a moment in most ads where the brand leans forward and says, “Look at me.” This one doesn’t. Instead, it watches. In doing so, Griffin’s may have stumbled onto something many brands talk about but rarely achieve: relevance that feels earned, not inserted. 24 Hours. 24 Films. Zero Hard

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