{"id":85392,"date":"1999-12-31T00:13:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/sony-splits-media-buying\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:13:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:13:00","slug":"sony-splits-media-buying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/sony-splits-media-buying\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Splits Media Buying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has appointed bellamyhayden to develop media strategy and communications planning for its range of consumer electronics brands, while maintaining its relationship with Starcom.<\/p>\n<p>Sony will continue to use Starcom Worldwide as its main media buying agency, however Tim Rich, corporate marketing &amp; communications manager at Sony, said bellamyhayden&#8217;s appointment is intended to strengthen the electronics giant&#8217;s communications planning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can confirm Sony Australia&#8217;s appointment of bellamyhayden as the media strategy agency for our consumer electronics business. 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