Finance

Is Maurice Levy’s Publicis Groupe suffering a nasty dose of indigestion? Agency Spy in the US reports that Publicis has imposed a pay freeze – on all its staff, presumably, all 62000 of them – as it grapples with almost ...

Michael Wall (left), who was last reported as preparing ‘the roadmap’ for the merger of Interpublic’s Lowe (where he was global CEO) and Mullen, has found time to find a new job too: global CEO at London-based micro-network Mother. Mother ...

Most people in adland have been rather mystified by Interpublic’s decision to merge US agency Mullen with global network Lowe – as Mullen Lowe which says clearly enough who’s in the driving seat. Lowe has struggled to build its one-time ...

I note that ITV’s ad revenue continues to go up even as its audience share declines, ad revenue up 11 per cent to £1.7bn while audiences are down three per cent. Might this have something to do with the bizarre ...

Once upon a time media agencies did what it said on the tin – planned and bought media time and space. But the lines are blurring all over adland and Publicis Groupe’s ZenithOptimedia has something called Performics, which describes itself ...

It’s amazing how brands get watered down in adland. Interpublic is now merging the Lowe network with middle-ranking US agency Mullen to create Mullen Lowe. Which as an international agency network will have no purchase whatsoever. Affable and capable Lowe ...

Digital technology is making our world an impatient place. Digital signals can travel at the speed of light, and so we expect digital delight at the same speed. In a world where instant gratification takes too long, we’re all live ...

Companies bang on about corporate social responsibility and all that that stuff endlessly but – at heart (maybe the wrong word) – many of them are shits. Cue Viacom, proud new owners of Richard Desmond’s Channel 5. Now ‘Dirty Dicky,’ ...

US-based global banking giant Citibank has joined the list of blue chip companies reviewing their burgeoning media accounts. Citi uses WPP’s MEC in the US, which accounts for about half its sales, and Publicis Groupe’s Starcom MediaVest elsewhere. Other huge ...