Finance
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Are WPP and Dentsu preparing for a tussle over IPG?
In the blue corner we have WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell and in the red corner my friend George Parker of…
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Guinness embarks on pointless multi-agency pitch when all the evidence shows that BBDO can do the job
Guinness global strategy and communications director Grainne Wafer says the Diageo-owned brand is looking for a new global agency. “To…
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RB signs up creative hotshots Droga5 and W+K
This should be interesting – RB (Reckitt Benckiser as was) has hired creative hotshots Droga5 in New York and Wieden+Kennedy…
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Paul Simons: Omnicom/Publicis shows us that mergers are really takeovers by another name
John Wren, CEO of Omnicom, has sworn never again to attempt a merger of equal partners in the wake of…
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Dixons/Carphone merger may set AMV against CHI
It would be interesting to know how much Dixons’ and Carphone Warehouse’s respective agencies – AMV/BBDO and CHI & Partners…
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Talon Warner bid fails, Publicis fall-out from failed merger, phone hacking trial nears the end – me and Liz
***Before we embark on more musings about the collapsed Omnicom/Publicis deal, one of my spies tells me about a thwarted…
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It’s official – Omnicom/Publicis merger is off
Omnicom and Publicis Groupe have called off their mega-merger, which would have created a $35bn marcoms supergroup. The two have…
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Neil Christie of W+K London: how advertising really works – and what marketers don’t know
‘Advertising troubles both sociologists and financial directors: the former because they think it works, the latter because they think it…
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Here’s how to reform the BBC following Patten exit
The BBC occupies such a pivotal place in British life – and it’s a growing force worldwide too – that…
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