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UK digital adspend inches ahead in 2023, video ads up but search still rules
The UK’s digital ad market attracted £13.8 billion of spend in the first six months of 2023, according to IAB…
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Mother turns advocate for crypto Kraken
Cryptocurrencies help the world move forward to a better place, thinks Kraken and its new ad agency Mother. They’re more…
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WPP GroupM staff detained on China bribery charges
A senior manager and two former employees of WPP”s GroupM media buying operation have been detained by investigators in Shanghai,…
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Interpublic and Havas: two contrasting tales in ad holding company land
Interpublic (IPG) continues to struggle, reporting an organic decrease in Q3 2023 of 0.4% on revenue slightly up at 0.6%.…
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OOH Capital wins Absen Group global advisory role
World-leading leading LED display and service supplier Absen Group has retained specialist advisory firm Out of Home Capital in a…
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Main media a shaft of light in gloomy IPA Bellwether Q3 report
The UK economy – and the ad market with it – is getting like Groundhog Day: bumping along the bottom…
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Omnicom grows 3.3% in Q3 2023 – forecasts stronger 2024
While the ad world mulls over the merger of Wunderman Thompson into VML – now the world’s “biggest creative company”…
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WPP merges VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson – VML now “biggest agency in the world”
We’ve suggested often enough here that more WPP mergers are inevitably on the way but this one’s still a surprise:…
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Publicis progress can’t conceal an ad holding sector in severe need of a shake-up
Has Publicis Groupe discovered a secret sauce that’s eluding its holding company rivals? Its Q3 2023 numbers showing organic growth…
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