***Here’s another happy-slappy ad from Coke, this time for Coke Zero from Publicis Conseil. But actually it does it with a bit of wit and irony, which is much needed these days. Who’s the girl? I don’t know if ex-Mother ...
Read More »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 think about it all – and it certainly seems to be the case in adland at the moment. Already this ...
Read More »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 form his own social media company? New boss Yannick Bollore (left), son of major shareholder Vincent, has rather pointedly not ...
Read More »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 Bollore promoted son Yannick to chairman of the business and other son Cyrille to be his number two at family-owned ...
Read More »Hamlin in, LePlae out as Arnold digests Volvo loss
Now it could be a coincidence that Arnold Worlwide global president Robert LePlae is leaving the agency – ‘to pursue other interests’ – hard on the heels of the loss of the flagship Volvo account (now owned by the Chinese) ...
Read More »New blow for Havas as Volvo switches to Grey London
It’s not been a good couple of weeks for Havas CEO David Jones with Havas in the UK losing the big Santander banking account to WCRS and now the rather larger global Volvo account shipping out from Havas network Arnold ...
Read More »Omnicom/Publicis Groupe merger is a win for the Americans claims David Jones of French rival Havas
Havas CEO David Jones has been chatting to the Daily Telegraph in London and, inter alia, has claimed that the impending $35bn Omnicom/Publicis merger means that “Publicis has been sold to the Americans but nobody has worked it out yet.” ...
Read More »Blushing bride-to-be Havas adds to its attractions with new hirings to beef up New York
The more you think about a post-PubliCom agency world the more the name Havas crops up. Over the past decade or more Havas has steadily lost ground to its ancient French rival Publicis but now, following the proposed merger between ...
Read More »PubliCom merger’s unanswered questions – who’s really in charge, client reaction and WPP’s response
Nearly three weeks on from the seismic news that Publicis Groupe and Omnicom are to merge and still no end in sight to the discussion of possible permutations. Not, be it noted, among the clients involved – who are mostly ...
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