Finance
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Forrester says UM and Starcom are media agency leaders
How long does the writing have to be on the wall before anyone reads it? Back in 2016 the Us…
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Murdoch/Disney lose out to Comcast for Sky but new owner still has to face Amazon and Netflix
US cable and telecoms giant Comcast’s £30bn “win” of Sky against competition from Rupert Murdoch’s Fox is unlikely to have…
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Is WPP on the way to merging Y&R and VML?
The Wall Street Journal reckons WPP is on the way to merging Y&R, WPP’s biggest acquisition at a mind-boggling $4.7bn…
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TBWA for Lidl is UK’s first Grand Effie winner – shame it’s moving the account
The UK Effie Awards, which purport to reward ad effectiveness, has announced its winners and they are: Aldi and John…
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Ciesco: WPP turns a corner in post Sorrell era, Publicis is worst performer during H1 2018
By James Harries, analyst WPP, the world’s largest marketing group, shares hit a five-year low in July amidst continued uncertainty…
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Radio player Global buys Primesight and Outdoor Plus in UK out of home mega-deal
The UK has a big new multi-media player, Global Media & Entertainment, the owner of Capital, LBC and Classic FM…
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JWT Canada boss Choi is out in continuing creative exodus
Is something up at JWT? Everyone is expecting a big announcement from new WPP CEO Mark Read soon and, among…
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Forsman & Bodenfors absorbs KBS as owner MDC Partners faces restructuring
When top Swedish creative shop Forsman & Bodenfors joined MDC Partners a couple of years ago we noted it was…
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Peter Reid of MSQ: why the sum of WPP’s parts are worth more than the whole
As WPP pivots its offering to reflect life after Sorrell, much has been made of the potential breakup of his…
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