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WPP wins 'Holding Company' gong at Cannes but DDB creative chief accuses it of rigging votes

WPP wins ‘Holding Company’ gong at Cannes but DDB creative chief accuses it of rigging votes

By Stephen Foster on June 23, 2012

Dear oh dear, the Cannes International Festival of Creativity’s decision to introduce a ‘Holding Company,’ award, for the agency group winning the most Lions, was always bound to end in tears and now it has. The award was introduced last year and won by WPP, hardly surprising as it’s the biggest such company in the [...]

Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, Finance, News | Tagged Amir Kassaei, cannes, ddb worldwide, holding company award, omnicom, publicis groupe, Sir Martin Sorrell, vote-rigging allegations, WPP

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