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Ad holding companies wait nervously for end to phoney war
It’s fanciful to see the holding companies and their agencies as the cast of ancient UK comedy Dad’s Army, waiting…
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Accenture’s big move for tech wizard Mackevision puts holding companies in the shade
A tale of two acquirers: WPP has just bought a Portuguese agency, BAR, to merge into Ogilvy. BAR has revenues…
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Blackett becomes first WPP UK boss, Theakstone moves to bigger role at GroupM
WPP has finally decided on its first country manager for the UK and it’s to be Karen Blackett, chairwoman of…
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M&C Saatchi lures CSO Chicourel from Saatchi & Saatchi as new strategy boss
New-style M&C Saatchi has completed its management line-up with the appointment of Raquel Chicourel, head of planning at Saatchi &…
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WPP faces nil return from Weinstein fire sale
WPP looks set to end its role as an investor in Harvey Weinstein’s The Weinstein Company with nothing as the…
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Five things that may define adland in 2018
Getting rather fed up with the daft predictions of others so here are some of ours – did I mean…
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Ascential in buying mode as it faces showdown with agencies over Cannes Lions
Cannes Lions owner Ascential faces an interesting year with Publicis Groupe pulling out of the awards – although we can…
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Tom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: who were the heroes of 2017?
On this week’s #MediaSnack Tom and David review the key events of the last 12 months and hand out gongs…
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Busy buyer Merkle lands San Francisco’s DWA
Dentsu Aegis Network’s Merkle performance marketing agency is busily expanding in Europe and now it’s getting bigger in the US…
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