Finance
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WPP Media ‘sunsets’ its big agencies
Here’s a new one in the mealy-mouthed vocabulary of today’s management: ‘sunsetting.’ This is what’s going to happen to WPP’s…
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WPP axes GroupM for WPP Media
Yet another big change is coming at WPP – inevitable given its slow or no-growth and becalmed share price –…
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Can Facebook’s AI “wipe out the entire ad ecosystem?”
Sir Martin Sorrell, in his WPP heyday, famously referred to Google as a “frenemy.” As opposed to a mighty monster…
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Channel 4 doesn’t need a visionary but it could do with a new vision
Is there a future for UK broadcaster Channel 4? The one-time enfant terrible of the UK broadcasting scene has been…
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Ahmed’s new Studio.One gears up for growth
Ajaz Ahmed’s Studio.One is already gaining momentum just days after the AKQA founder escaped his WPP gardening leave with a…
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Ajaz Ahmed sets up WPP rival Studio.One
Ajaz Ahmed, founding CEO of WPP-owned agency AKQA is setting up a rival, Studio.One. Ahmed, who founded AKQA 30 years…
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New US EV Slate may be another headache for Musk
More not so good news for Elon Musk: there’s a rival indie US EV, Slate, planning to launch in a…
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WPP and IPG report dismal Q1 2025
How much attention should we pay to the first quarter numbers (dismal) from WPP and IPG? After all, we’ve yet…
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Musk’s Tesla needs some urgent brand repairs
Agencies have been arguing until they’re blue in the face that brand building is the key to sustained corporate growth.…
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