By Stephen Foster on August 6, 2012
We might be flogging a dead horse here but it’s interesting that WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell has endorsed our view that Publicis Groupe’s much-reported ‘denial’ of a bid for Interpublic isn’t quite as denying as it seems. Essentially PG has denied two things which don’t refute the story: one that it has talked to Interpublic [...]
Posted in Agencies, Finance, News | Tagged Interpublic, Maurice Levy, merger, publicis groupe, Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP
By Stephen Foster on August 6, 2012
It’s as well to read to small print in these things. On Sunday Pubicis Groupe released the following (rather lumpy) statement concerning rumours of an imminent deal to buy US giant Interpublic.: “Following the speculations published by FT.com Alphaville and their resulting widespread publicity, Publicis Groupe denies having engaged in any discussions with Interpublic Group [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, News | Tagged Bob McDonald, draftfcb, Elizabeth Badinter, Interpublic, mccann, merger, procter & gamble, publicis groupe, unilever
By Stephen Foster on July 15, 2012
Aegis CEO Jerry Buhlmann (left) had an interview in the Sunday Times Business News today (there’s no point in providing a link as the Times paywall is a drawbridge) saying, inter alia, that there was no conflct between his giant media buying contract with General Motors and Dentsu’s Toyota, that key shareholder Vincent Bollore was [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, Media, News, Research | Tagged aegis, dentsu, general motors, Jerry Buhlmann, kinetic, mcgarrybowen, merger, omnicom, out of home, posterscope, private equity, rival bidder, sunday times interview, toyota, Vincent Bollore, WPP
By Stephen Foster on May 24, 2012
John Lewis agency Adam & Eve, bought for £60m by Omnicom yesterday, seems to have executed a reverse takeover of flagging DDB London as the Adam & Eve-ites have emerged firmly on top in the merged agency’s management. The three A&E founders James Murphy (pictured), David Golding and Ben Priest becomes CEO, CSO and executive [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, Finance, News | Tagged adam & eve, Ben Priest, David Golding, ddb london, integrated agency, john Banks, John Wren, merger, omincom, rainey Kelly, reverse takeover, rkcr/y&r, Rupert Howell, Stephen Woodford, Tom Roberts, virgin media, WPP, y&r, £60m
By Stephen Foster on May 24, 2012
It doesn’t look very pretty does it, saatchi&saatchi duke? But that’s the way they’re spelling the new name for the Paris-based combo of good old Saatchi & Saatchi and digital agency Duke, a Publicis Groupe sibling. The new agency will be managed jointly by Elie Ohayon, chairman (right) and Stéphane Guerry, general manager. The 105 [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, News | Tagged dare, ddb, digital agency, duke, Elie Ohayon, eployees, kevin roberts, mcbd, merger, publicis groupe, saatchi & saatchi france, saatchi&saatchi duke, Stephane Guerry, traditional advertising, tribal ddb
By Stuart Smith on February 27, 2012
At virtually the same moment trendy digital agency Dare triumphantly announced it had won the £28m Gocompare.com price comparison account, it also had to make an embarrassing disclosure. It had just lost Danny Brooke-Taylor (pictured), the executive creative director who, probably more than anyone else at the agency, had laid the groundwork for this signature [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, Finance, News | Tagged adam & eve, Andy Nairn, bbh, cossette, Danny Brooke-Taylor, dare, edc, fallon, Flo Heiss, Gio Compario, gocompare.com, Helen Calcraft, john Prescott, Mark Collier, mcbd, merger, Michael Pring, moneysupermarket.com, mother, Omid Djalili
By Stephen Foster on September 1, 2011
Many analysts still expect Havas, the French-based marcoms group controlled by Vincent Bollore and headed by CEO David Jones, to bid for media buyer Aegis now that Aegis has sold its research arm Synovate to Ipsos for £530m. But Jones has just announced Havas’ half-year figures and it’s pretty obvious that his company, which owns [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, News | Tagged advertising, aegis, arnold worldwide, david jones, Dell, Euro RSCG, group bollore, havas, ipsos, merger, mpg, omnicom, pfizer, reckitt benkiser, synovate, takeover, Vincent Bollore, WPP
By Staff on August 8, 2011
Acquisitive India-based Ybrant Digital, currently in the process of merging with Indian rival LGS Global, has been appointed one of Facebook’s first official API partners. Ybrant is believed to be the first Indian digital specialist to join Facebook’s list of a dozen or so companies allowed to use scaling applications on Facebook which allow campaigns [...]
Posted in Agencies, Media, News | Tagged facebook, facebook api marketing partner, India, lgs global, merger, social ads, ybrant, ybrant ad center
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