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WPP’s Sorrell may need to re-examine emerging markets and digital strategies in a low margin world
WPP’s shares took a powder yesterday as analysts digested the unwelcome news that it had not achieved the margins desired…
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Harry Davison of Maxus: how can we ensure that ‘media effectiveness’ helps us do the right thing?
“Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing”. I am always struck by these words by Peter…
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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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Paul Simons: power meals that mattered with John Wren and various other Omnicom big shots
My previous piece on the famous advertising lunch got me thinking about the ones that were truly about making history.…
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Premier Foods doesn’t want a £40,000 ‘investment’ payment from its media agency – it wants £300,000
Last week we asked which UK media agency would bite the bullet and pitch for Premier Foods’ account, resigned by…
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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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The gospel according to Dan Wieden: the big marcoms companies are ”wobbling like drunkards”
Actually that was only a small part of what the Wieden+Kennedy founder said at Ad Age’s Small Agency conference in…
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PubliCom posers for WPP’s SMS, Publicis outdoor on its way to Talon, drink more Herbert Hall…
The great Publicom merger posts a number of interesting questions for Sir Martin Sorrell and WPP. The first is: WPP’s…
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Controversy at last from SMS in Cannes – client payment terms, PG Twitter deal, Aegis bad debt
We thought WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell had been a bit quiet at Cannes but it turns out he did say…
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