Finance
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John Billett: how agencies ended up owning the media
A few weeks ago we reported a lecture given by media agency veteran John Billett, now chairman of consultancy ID…
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Heineken buys Red Stripe from Diageo as merger mania takes over the beer market
Beer brands are being batted around like shuttlecocks these days as the £71bn merger of brewing giants AB InBev and…
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Will Comcast/NBC spark a bidding war for ITV?
ITV shareholders may be in for a 2016 bonanza if the Mail on Sunday’s report that US giant Comcast, the…
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WPP takes control of Australia’s STW with 61 per cent
WPP has completed its long expected merger with Australia’s STW Communications Group, increasing its shareholding from 23 per cent to…
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More pain on the US media front for IPG and Publicis as $870m L’Oreal moves to WPP’s MEC
French beauty giant L’Oreal has moved its $870m North America media account to WPP’s MEC, defenestrating Interpublic’s UM and Publcis…
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Exclusive: MullenLowe CEO Alex Leikikh on his plans for Interpublic’s new network
DLKW Lowe in London is rebranding to MullenLowe following the formation of Interpublic’s newest global agency network from two agencies…
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All change at RKCR/Y&R as Sharpe takes CEO reins
Jon Sharpe, currently chief innovation officer at RKCR/Y&R, is replacing Ben Kay as CEO. Kay is moving to owner WPP…
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M&C Saatchi begins renewal process with choice of Burnett’s Justin Tindall as creative chief
A couple of weeks ago we wrote that M&C Saatchi had got itself into a fine old muddle following the…
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Omnicom to set up new P&G media agency to fend off client conflict problems.
Despite our assertion yesterday that clients were more concerned with cost than conflict these days Omnicom, winner of the bulk…
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