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By Stuart Smith on January 30, 2013
Not all fairy tales have a happy ending. One such is the marriage of convenience between Brazilian hotshop Neogama, its micro-network affiliate BBH and Publicis Groupe. Readers will recall that, a little over six months ago, Publicis chief Maurice Lévy bought out the 51 per cent of BBH PG did not already own. A useful [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance | Tagged Alexandre Gama, bbh, bradesco, brazil, deal, Interpublic, Jean-Yves Naouri, Maurice Levy, mccann, neogama, omo, procter & gamble, publicis groupe, unilever
By Stephen Foster on January 2, 2013
Well it’s already the biggest of a bunch also numbering Omnicom, Publicis Groupe, Interpublic, Aegis/Dentsu and Havas so what’s new about 2013? According to an interesting piece in MediaPost, which has chosen to award WPP a new gong as holding company of 2012, the difference between WPP and its competitors is its various proprietary systems [...]
Posted in Agencies, Analysis, Clients, Finance, Media, News, Research | Tagged aegis/dentsu, groupm, Interpublic, kantar, Media, mediapost, nielsen, omnicom, publicis groupe, Sir Martin Sorrell, vivaki, WPP, xaxis
By Stephen Foster on December 18, 2012
Former McCann New York CCO Joyce King Thomas (pictured) is rejoining the troubled agency to head a new group, effectively a ‘Team Mastercard,’ for one of the Interpublic-owned agency’s biggest remaining accounts. King Thomas left the agency two years ago in a clear-out of the old guard instigated by former McCann Worldgroup CEO Nick Brien. [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, News | Tagged Harris Diamond, Interpublic, Joyce King Thomas, Linus Karlsson, mastercard, mccann worldgroup, mccann xbc, Nick Brien
By Staff on December 11, 2012
Here’s Maurice Levy’s Christmas card from Publicis Groupe. It’s been an interesting year for PG; a good financial performance by peer group standards, the acquisition of LBi and a neat and advantageous exit from its partnership with Dentsu. But is there something lacking? Flagship agency Publicis Worldwide still doesn’t stand for much apart from lots [...]
Posted in Agencies, Finance, PR | Tagged christmas card, Interpublic, Maurice Levy, publicis groupe
By Angie Dean on December 6, 2012
Fashion items and luxury goods have proved remarkably resilient during the recession with big-spendng clients preferring to stay with smaller specialists rather than entrusting their precious wares to big agencies. So Publicis Groupe is buying specialist agency AR New York whose clients include Banana Republic, Brioni, Smartwater and Jimmy Choo (left). The agency was founded [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, News | Tagged ar new york, banana republic, Dianne Desroches, fashion, Interpublic, Jimmy Choo, luxury, Maurice Levy, publicis groupe, Raul Martinez
By Stephen Foster on December 4, 2012
McCann Worldgroup is taking on the independent production giants like Williams Lea-owned Tag with a big production arm of its own, Craft. Interpublic-owned Craft says it is happy to work with other agencies and creative companies but has no plans to work with other agencies’ clients direct. Craft is to be headed by McCann production [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, Finance | Tagged China, craft, Fred Schuster, hogarth, Interpublic, mccann worldgroup, production business, tag, WPP
By Stephen Foster on November 23, 2012
WPP is planning to merge its Grey and Ogilvy agencies in Sweden: which may be a solution to a local problem or a sign of things to come at the world’s biggest marcoms network. WPP says the merger of the two agencies based in Stockholm is intended to create a bigger shop. “The strengths in [...]
Posted in Agencies, Analysis, Clients, Finance, Media | Tagged ford, general motors, grey, Interpublic, ogilvy, omnicom, publicis groupe, Sir Martin Sorrell, stockholm, sweden, toyota, WPP
By Stuart Smith on November 14, 2012
Harris Diamond – who’s he? The new chairman and chief executive of McCann Worldgroup, replacing Nick Brien as of last night – that’s who. Brien’s position has long since looked untenable – to all, that is, except senior Interpublic management. Brien (left) is a dynamic, no-nonsense, deal-cutter, inured to the ways of media-buying, but the [...]
Posted in Agencies, Analysis, Clients, Creative, Finance, Media, News, PR | Tagged AOL, commonwealth, exxon, Frank Mergenthaler, golin harris, goodby silverstein & partners, grey, Gustavo Martinez, Harris Diamond, hsbc, Interpublic, IPG, Joel Ewanick, JWT, L'Oreal, Laurence Boschetto, Luca Lindner, lufthansa, Marion Harper, mccann, mediabrands, Michael Roth, Nestle, Nick Brien, octagon, weber shandwick, WPP
By Stephen Foster on November 14, 2012
Who, you may say? While it’s no surprise that Nick Brien has been turfed as CEO of McCann after a string of account losses, it is a surprise that he’s been replaced by Harris Diamond (left), a PR man from New York. Diamond, a lawyer by training, headed Interpublic’s CMG unit which includes PR and [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, News, Politics, PR | Tagged cmg, Harris Diamond, Interpublic, lobbying, Maurice Levy, mccann, Michael Roth, Nick Brien, PR, publicis groupe
By Stephen Foster on November 7, 2012
The rumour mill says he is, on account of his supposedly less than fulsome references to either in recent analyst calls. Back in March my colleague Stuart Smith reported that Nick Brien, head of McCann Worldgroup, would be on his bike following a ruckus with big client L’Oreal which declined McCann’s invitation to be lumped [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, News | Tagged draftfcb, Interpublic, IPG, Laurence Boschetto, mccann, Michael Roth, Nick Brien, oreos, sc johnson, super bowl ad
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