Jonathan Shannon

Acting Editor

Jonathan Shannon is acting editor of Brand Republic.

Heather Delaney (right): predicts big brands will start to enter the crowdfunding space

Brands to push into crowdfunding space in next eight months

The head of a crowdfunding PR team predicts that "within the next eight months you'll start to notice big companies pushing into the crowdfunding space."

Bloomberg's Trendr

What Bloomberg EMEA launched at the IAB Digital Upfronts

Bloomberg debuted B:Match, Social Connect 2.0 and Trendr, products and services to help advertisers with segmentation and targeting social audiences at their Upfront.

William Heath Robinson: the illustrator in his studio

Classic advertising: View William Heath Robinson's work at McCann London

The advertising agency is hosting an exhibition of work by William Heath Robinson, the illustrator and cartoonist.

Puppyhood: Buzzfeed Motion Pictures production for pet food brand Purina in the US

BuzzFeed launches branded video content in the UK with Costa Coffee video

Kate Burns, general manager, BuzzFeed UK and Europe, and Ze Frank, president of BuzzFeed Motion Pictures, made the announcement at the IAB Digital Upfronts.

Paul Falla: founding partner of agency Five Second

Disruptors: cofounder of Five Seconds agency, Paul Falla

The creative from the self-described "world's first five second ad agency" talks influences and what will happen to agencies in the next three years.

Nescafé to move all global websites to Tumblr platform

The biggest Nestle brand hopes to engage a younger generation of passionate coffee drinkers, as well as supercharging their SEO and becoming more mobile friendly.

Lissted: publish rankings of UK marketing and advertising influencers

Another top 50 list of the UK's marketing and advertising influencers

Social listening company Lissted have published an alternative list to Klout's rankings, and it's very different. The question is, why?

Social media charts: how Klout influencers use social media

How to be a Klout influencer in 4 charts

We asked the top 50 UK Klout influencers on social media for marketing and advertising how they use social media. Here's what 24 of them said.

Top 50 UK marketing and advertising Klout influencers on social media

We asked Klout to run the numbers on social media influencers in the UK's marketing and advertising industry.

Animl founders: Richard Neville and Nathan Gainford

Disruptors: Animl founders Richard Neville and Nathan Gainford

The creative agency wants to help brands put good things into the world. In just over a year, they've made a cloud-based photo system for Canon and their work with Unilever inspired a Ted talk.

Mobile device hijacking: Forensiq has identified a new type of ad fraud originating from mobile apps

New type of ad fraud estimated to cost $1bn this year

Some apps are hijacking mobile devices to rapidly load hidden ads, according to a new report from ad fraud detection business Forensiq.

When you have to eat a turd don't nibble: Gary Baseman, "I Could Just Eat You Up #2", 2005

Creatives reveal the best piece of advice they ever received

Ten creatives reveal the best piece of career advice they were ever given, including "go home, you're drunk" (excellent advice).

A mythical-themed smartphone case: These are not the type of mobile myths we're talking about. Photograph: K膩rlis Dambr膩ns via Flickr

4 myths about mobile content and 1 truth

UX consultants from cxpartners broke down some common misconceptions at the CMA's Digital Breakfast event, Creating adaptable content for the mobile web.

Axa shield: 5 million of these highly sought after branded items were deployed in the Ingress game

Axa reaches millions of people through augmented reality game Ingress

New numbers reveal the real-world effects of Axa's brand integration with Ingress, the game by internal Google start-up Niantic Labs.

Wimbledon: online game #MakeTheTeam lets fans test their ability to capture data points

Wimbledon online game makes data entry fun

#MakeTheTeam by OgilvyOne UK gives tennis fans a glimpse of life as an IBM data capturer.

Beacons on buses: Exterion Media has installed beacons on London buses, after a trail in Norwich (pictured)

Beacons installed on 500 London buses by Exterion Media

The technology will allow brands to deliver contextual messages through their own apps to commuters.

Barclaycard: bPay payment scheme now includes a contactless key fob

Barclaycard bPay returns with new contactless wearables

Key fobs and stickers join bracelets as bPay returns on 1 July.

Amnesty: uses virtual reality headsets for London fundraiser

Watch: Amnesty uses VR headsets to transform London into Aleppo

Amnesty reps explain their new street fundraising tool: virtual reality headsets with 360掳 images of the aftermath of barrel bomb attacks in Syria.

Social media: the dos and don'ts

What should social media managers not do?

We asked the Brand Republic community which traits social media managers should *not* have. Make sure you're not making the same mistakes.

A unicorn is born in a Florida wildlife park on April's Fool Day

April Fool's Day 2015: The best brand pranks

See what brands cooked up for April Fool's Day 2015 with our rolling coverage.