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Looks like it’s goodbye Draft, welcome FCB at IPG
What’s in an agency name? Used to be a load of initials of course, at one time there was a…
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Microsoft’s oddly-timed ad review is worrying for IPG’s UM media agency as WPP’s GroupM looms
The timing of Microsoft’s global ad review looks curiouser by the day (the Windows and Xbox giant is in the…
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Microsoft’s bizarre decision to review ads before a new CEO comes is manna from heaven for WPP
Microsoft, one of the world’s biggest advertisers with a spend comfortably ahead of $1bn, is about to review everything, according…
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David Jones exit puts Havas into takeover play
Is Havas more or less likely to be sold now that CEO David Jones has decided to step down to…
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Karlsson heads off to Commonwealth as McCann shuffles global creative pack – again
What is Linus Karlsson up to at McCann and what is McCann up to with its creative leaders? Karlsson (left),…
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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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The clock is ticking on a bid by WPP for Interpublic
Is WPP planning to buy Interpublic? Oh yes it is, say numerous analysts and hacks; oh no we’re not, says…
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Jeans is out of OOH agency rapport as IPG slashes costs
Who’d work for a holding company? It’s emerged today that Roy Jeans (left), CEO of Interpublic-owned OOH specialist rapport and…
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George Parker: why the agency of the future sucks
For those of you with the moral fortitude and infinite patience (possibly with the help of a few drinks) to…
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