Hacks/Hackers São Paulo holds its first hackathon 20 October

Hacks/Hackers São Paulo holds its first hackathon 20 October

Hacks/Hackers São Paulo
meet to discuss
MySQL and plan
their first hackathon

Hacks/Hackers São Paulo — launched in July as the first group in Brazil — will hold its first hackathon 20 October during the W3C Brazil Conference and alongside the 2012 international PERL community conference. The event will bring the most active participants from previous meetings together to present their ideas for hacking relevant datasets and building useful applications for journalism and news-related technologies.
So far, the chapter in Brazil´s largest city counts 130 members on its Meetup page and has held three meetings. All of them were driven by the discussion of how to explore the large ammounts of data. This is a particularly timely theme because the country is going through a municipal elections period and several news apps are being created to explore the data behind candidates and their proposals.

WPP summit in Rio showcases the opportunities of Brazil's upcoming World Cup and Olympic Games

Check out exclusive insights from WPP's recent conference from some of the key players involved in the upcoming events, watch Martin Sorrell on the country's and industry's prospects over the coming decade, and find out more about the Group's activities in Brazil.

WPP Cuts Growth Forecast As Clients Slash Spending

Reduction in North American Marketing Budgets Blamed For Slower Full-Year Sales

 October 25, 2012

WPP, the world's largest ad holding firm by revenue, slashed its full-year sales growth target for the second time in two months as clients in North America and Europe cut spending.
The announcement led to stock dropping as much as 5.2%.   Revenue growth for the year, excluding the effect of currency fluctuations and acquisitions, will be 2.5% to 3%, down from an earlier forecast of about 3.5%, the company said in a statement today. That comes on the heels of WPP's announcement in late August that it was reducing its growth forecast from 4%.
CEO Martin Sorrell has been pushing the Dublin-based company into new areas, such as Malaysia and Brazil, to counter slowing growth in more established markets. According to Mr. Sorrell, businesses are starting to express concerns about the health of the U.S. economy, which contributed to a "tough month" in September.

Brazil owned firm takes control of XL food plant

Brazil owned firm takes control of XL food plant
A Brazilian-controlled company is taking over operations of the Alberta meat-packing plant at the centre of an E. coli outbreak and the largest beef recall in Canada.
JBS USA, a subsidiary of Brazil-based JBS S.A., announced in a news release Wednesday night that it has reached an agreement with Edmonton-based XL Foods to take over management of the Canadian company’s Lakeside slaughterhouse in Brooks, Alta.
The biggest shareholders of JBS S.A. are its founding family and the Brazilian government. Its U.S. arm will run the Canadian plant. JBS USA also has been given the exclusive option to buy the troubled plant and several other XL properties.

Foreign Film Production in Brazil

Foreign Film Production in Brazil

Foreign companies that have intentions to shoot films in Brazil must ask the permission of ANCINE, the Brazilian regulatory body in this area. We prepared a detailed guide containing all the legal requirements that must be followed by audiovisual companies from abroad.

Why shooting films in Brazil?

Renowned film critic goes viral with Brazil Film Fest

Renowned film critic goes viral with Brazil Film Fest

Directed and edited by Aquib Azim, the short videos show the Canadian film critic Richard Crouse introducing some of the feature films of the upcoming Brazil Film Fest (Oct 18-21 at The Royal). The idea behind the videos is a different way to introduce the films for the Canadian audience, without depending on the trailers, since some of them have no subtitles in English. Good for us, since it is always great to watch Richard talking about movies!

Check out the video gallery!

Rede Minas recebe chancela do Ministério do Esporte - Jornal Minas

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

Our TV & Web project for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Promotion Program got the official approval from the Ministry of Sports! Take a look on my interview, in Brasilia

AdMonsters November 28

AdMonsters announces the second conference for ad operations, technology and online media leaders in Brasil, November 28 in São Paulo.

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Throughout the globe, AdMonsters assembles online ad technology leaders to build the future of online advertising. In Brazil the foundations of the online advertising ecosystem are just being laid, and advertising operations professionals in particular should take the lead in building a solid platform for growth.

New CEO begins duties at WAN-IFRA, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers

New CEO begins duties at WAN-IFRA, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
Jacob Mathew, President of WAN-IFRA, announced today the appointment of Vincent Peyrègne as the organization’s incoming Chief Executive Officer.
“Vincent is a recognized, committed and passionate professional who is familiar with a wide variety of business environments, with a particular strength in international  affairs,’ Mr Mathew said.  “On top of his wide experience serving both publishers and public authorities, he is an acknowledged WAN-IFRA insider. His longstanding commitment to the publishing industry, his particular expertise in innovation, media trends and consumer insights, and his dedication to advocacy on behalf of the news industry, make him the perfect match to bring WAN-IFRA forward into a new era.”