Analysis
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Microsoft’s bizarre decision to review ads before a new CEO comes is manna from heaven for WPP
Microsoft, one of the world’s biggest advertisers with a spend comfortably ahead of $1bn, is about to review everything, according…
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Dixons moves £50m account from M&C to AMV/BBDO
We’ve noted before that you never get fired for hiring AMV/BBDO (just like IBM in the old days) so Dixons’…
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What really happened in BETC London bust-up
My spies tell me that, rather than BETC London CEO Matthew Charlton and ECD Neil Dawson walking out a deux…
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Another blow for Havas empire as Matthew Charlton and Neil Dawson quit BETC London
They do say that the New Year is a popular time for divorces/quitting jobs – maybe too much time to…
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David Jones exit puts Havas into takeover play
Is Havas more or less likely to be sold now that CEO David Jones has decided to step down to…
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Jones quits Havas as Bollores take over top jobs
It was pretty clear last June that David Jones’s time as CEO of Havas was up, when majority shareholder Vincent…
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Will Christmas update show that Marks & Spencer’s brand management problems haven’t gone away?
A number of commentators in the broadsheet business press are predicting dire news from Marks & spencer when it releases…
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BBC’s new Sherlock series loses the plot
These days the BBC is at least partly a commercial organisation, depending on sales of its hit shows to boost…
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