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Aegis profit growth makes life harder for Vincent Bollore and Havas

Aegis profit growth makes life harder for Vincent Bollore and Havas

By Angie Dean on August 27, 2010

Aegis shareholder Vincent Bollore, whose Havas empire owns 29.9 per cent of the media buying and research firm, is no doubt pleased to see Aegis revenues (up 4.4 per cent in the half year to June) and post tax profits (up from £6.6m to £25.3m) bounce back but these numbers make his long-mooted takeover bid [...]

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Is Aussie Harold Mitchell the world's most successful media man?

Is Aussie Harold Mitchell the world’s most successful media man?

By Stephen Foster on August 2, 2010

He’s not Rupert Murdoch of course but Harold Mitchell, who’s just sold his Mitchell Communication Group based in Melbourne to Aegis for £207m, is arguably the most successful member of that once quite large of media department refugees who departed full service agencies to set up independent media planning and buying companies. Mitchell began his [...]

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