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Rumbles in the takeover jungle – WPP said to be readying a bid for Interpublic
Interpublic, the owner of McCann, Lowe and DraftFCB among many others, is manning the defences in preparation for a takeover…
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WPP’s Sorrell minds the pennies with stake in India’s Pennywise – but don’t rule out a bigger deal
Ogilvy & Mather agrees to acquire majority stake in PennyWise, a leading digital technology and production company in India WPP…
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Deutsch LA poaches Arnold’s Pete Favat as new CCO
Deutsch LA, arguably the hottest agency in the Interpublic line-up, has poached Pete Favat (left) of Arnold Worldwide in Boston…
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Dentsu boss Andree hints at more big deals
Dentsu boss Tim Andree (left) (non-Japanese Dentsu boss to be strictly accurate) has been sharing some intriguing thoughts about further…
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Keith Hunt: PubliCom merger is really about the media technology arms race
Keith Hunt (left) is managing partner of Results International. He argues that the main reason for the $35bn PubliCom merger…
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Does the world (and Omnicom) need yet another media agency network?
Omnicom maybe does, at the moment it has two – OMD and PHD – under its OMG holding operation (OMD/OMG…
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It’s boom boom time at Publicis Groupe says buoyant boss Maurice Levy
Maurice Levy’s Publicis Groupe increased first half profits by 15 per cent (to €314m) on a ten per cent increase…
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Will new Brit at McCann NY (Chris Macdonald) be more successful than the last one (Nick Brien)?
Having, a while back, complimented Chris Macdonald on the improved quality of his tailoring, it would be churlish not to…
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Why the future looks good for old admen – if you don’t get turned out to grass aged 50
Whoever said advertising was a young person’s business? The conventional wisdom is that at 40, most ad executives would be…
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