Finance
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Desmond eyes bumper £700m payday from Channel 5
We haven’t always been UK media entrepreneur Richard Desmond’s biggest fan – he started out at the tacky end of…
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Action man Carter Murray speeds through London merger of DraftFCB and Inferno
Interpublic-owned DraftFCB has bought London creative agency Inferno for a reported £11m up front to pep up its flagging UK…
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Droga5 partner WME buys sports outfit IMG for $2.3bn – but the really interesting player in this is Silver Lake
This is all a bit complicated so let’s take it from the top. IMG, the sports marketing company founded by…
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China’s BlueFocus takes another big step on world stage with We Are Social social media agency buy
There’s a new kid on the block in the global marcoms stakes and it’s China’s BlueFocus, capitalised in China at…
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WPP strikes deal with ‘global influencer’ Richard Attias
Another day brings another WPP deal but this one’s more interesting than most: the marcoms giant headed by Sir Martin…
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Robert Jenkins: where would I work now?
Robert Jenkins is a New Zealander who has worked in Australasia, Europe, the US and Asia – mostly for big…
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Now WPP snaps up digital policeman Crystal Semantics
WPP has bought UK firm Crystal Semantics which purports to match advertising to the content of web pages, thereby reducing…
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WPP merges 24/7 into Xaxis to try to steal a march in the online media marketplace
WPP is merging its 24/7 Real Media business, which represents online publishers, with its own invention, Xaxis, which buys ad…
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New blow for Havas as Volvo switches to Grey London
It’s not been a good couple of weeks for Havas CEO David Jones with Havas in the UK losing the…
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