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Another billion reasons not to flog off Channel 4
The UK government is, in many, ways quite a diverting comedy: Partygate, tractorgate (watching porn in Parliament), bloodcurdling noises from…
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Brands in the front line over Ukraine
Brands are in the front line everywhere these days it seems and this installation – officially sanctioned presumably – has…
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Pandemic recovery boosts UK adspend to record £31.9 billion
The UK ad market reached a record £31.9bn in 2021, equating to growth of 34.3% year-on-year. The latest AA/WARC full…
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Has Piers Morgan the staying power to make Talk TV a success?
It takes quite a lot to make us warm to Donald Trump (actually warm is a bit strong) but here…
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New Twitter owner Elon Musk becomes the ultimate media power broker
Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44bn (with a third of the money coming from banks) but it’s far from…
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Ukraine war hits Omnicom hard but US giant still posts impressive Q1 2022 growth
Omnicom grew strongly in the first quarter of 2022 with organic growth up 11.9%, ahead of rival Publicis with 10.5%.…
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Post-Covid UK adspend rising says IPA but there are plenty of clouds on the horizon
Total UK marketing budgets were revised up to an almost eight-year high during the opening quarter of 2022, according to…
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Why Channel 4 privatisation is a process of Discovery
The UK government has finally pressed the starting gun on the privatisation of broadcaster Channel 4, even though virtually no-one…
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Ciesco: M&A booms in early Q1 2022 but falls back in March
Specialist M&A firm Ciesco reports a 17% volume increase in deal activity in the first quarter of 2022, with the…
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