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By Stuart Smith on July 24, 2012
These days, we’ve come to see Maurice Lévy, chairman and chief executive of Publicis Groupe, as something of an oracle. Every time the 70-year-old eminence grise makes one of his ceremonial public appearances – ostensibly to observe the religious rites of the financial year – we strain our ears for words of greater meaning, expertly [...]
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By Staff on June 6, 2012
Simon Francis, chief executive of Aegis Media across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has left the company abruptly after a meeting without coffee involving group CEO, Jerry Buhlmann. He’s only been there for 18 months, having joined with great fanfare in February 2011. The reason for his sacking remains murky, but Aegis was clearly [...]
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By Stephen Foster on March 16, 2012
And doubtless in years to come too. Aegis Group CEO Jerry Buhlmann (pictured), basking in the glow of record profits and growth numbers, has found time to peer into his crystal ball (who does he think he is? Martin Sorrell?) and forecasts that digital advertising will overtake print worldwide some time in 2012 or 2013. [...]
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By Stephen Foster on July 18, 2011
Media buying group Aegis is on the brink of selling its Synovate research arm to French research firm Ipsos for £500m (unless other bidders including private equity firm Doughty Hanson agree to pay more). Which would surely leave Aegis, headed by CEO Jerry Buhlmann, as a media-only play and one likely to be attacked by [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, Finance, Media, News | Tagged advertising, aegis, aegis group, doughty hanson, iPad, ipsos, isobar, Jerry Buhlmann, kinetic, mec, media buying, mediacom, mitchell communications, mobile marketing, omnicom, posterscope, publicis groupe, Steve Jobs, synovate, tigerspike, WPP
By Stephen Foster on June 6, 2011
French research giant Ipsos has bid £500m for Synovate, the global research firm owned by media buying group Aegis. Synovate has lagged its bigger sibling’s performance over the past decade so a bid should be welcome, allowing Aegis to cuts its debt and concentrate on what it clearly does best. But why is this a [...]
Posted in Agencies, Finance, Media, News, Research | Tagged advertising, aegis group, commarco, france, gfk, havas, ipsos, Jerry Buhlmann, kantar, Media, media buyer, omnicom, publicis groupe, research, Sir Martin Sorrell, synovate, tns, WPP
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