Uber Live launches in the UK
Uber has launched a marketing campaign in the UK, which will see customers taken on secret gigs via the taxi service. Customers have been sent information via and email, telling them to enter a special code by the end of Thursday 18 June, in order to be in with a chance to go to the secret gigs. The campaign has previously run in the US and is part of a partnership with Sofar Sounds, a livingroom-based gig start-up.
In the US a ruling has deemed a driver an employee, not a contractor, which the BBC is claiming could mean the taxi start-up facing higher costs.
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Fitbit valued at $4bn in IPO
Smart tech, particularly health tech, just showed the world that it could surface some of the future's most valuable brands as Fitbit's valuation soared to $4bn after selling shared in its initial public offering. According to the Financial Times, the IPO raised $732m but it could reach $841m if underwriters Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch buy their option.
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Samsung confirms Marc Mathieu as CMO
Samsung has confirmed that it has appointed former Unilever marketer Marc Mathieu as CMO, as previously reported by . It has also announced the appointment of a new chief creative officer Jesse Coulter.
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Speaking at the 3% Conference in London last week Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn.com and the jury president of the new Glass Lion at Cannes, said: "The new creativity is female-informed, it is driving new thinking about the talent we recruit and the way we operate around the world."
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