Sir Martin Sorrell
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George Parker: how I met David Ogilvy – twice
When, in 1963, as a snot nosed 23 year old, I disembarked at pier 96 from the Queen Mary (the…
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Omnicom has the same Europe blues as Publicis Groupe – only rather more of them
Investors prefer companies to be boring when it comes to announcing quarterly results and the marcoms gang looks unlikely 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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Ogilvy UK plans escape from Canary Wharf
Ogilvy UK has been marooned in the financial fastness of Canary Wharf for the best part of 20 years –…
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Cannes jiggles media judging criteria following WPP complaint – but ignores DDB on block voting
Last year WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell objected to the votes cast in the Cannes Lions media category; claiming that his…
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It wasn’t a rogue creative at JWT India who dropped Ford in the mire – it was the agency’s top managers!
This one goes from bad to worse for JWT India, Ford agency Blue Hive or Team WPP (take your pick)…
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Do WPP’s becalmed London creative agencies need a business blood transfusion?
Marcoms giant WPP has four big (or supposedly big) creative agencies in London – JWT, RKCR/Y&R, Grey and Ogilvy –…
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Now Sir Martin’s WPP tunes into dance music
Sir Martin being Sir Martin Sorrell of course, not another new rapper on the block. WPP is planning to invest…
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WPP’s Sorrell and shareholders limber up for annual pay fist fight
This one is becoming a hardy perennial – according to the Sunday Times WPP investors are (once again) revolting over…
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