Interpublic (IPG) delivered a decent set up 2022 results with 7% organic growth, behind Omnicom on 9% and Publicis 10%. Unusually CEO Philippe Krakowsky chose to highlight the performance of his two big digital agencies – R/GA and Huge – ...
Read More »IPG’s Q2 shows signs of headwinds, media exec Daryl Lee moves in at McCann Worldgroup
Is it the calm before the storm as the ad holding companies post their Q2 results? Omnicom and Publicis have posted double digit Q2 growth, now Interpublic (IPG) has reported 7.9%, down on the others obviously but against tougher comparatives ...
Read More »IPG follows rivals with strong Q1 2022 – now investors will seek better long term growth
Interpublic (IPG) has more than matched its peer ad holding companies with net revenue of $2.23 billion, up 9.8% from 2021 with organic net revenue growth of 11.5%. Organic revenue increases among the big five (WPP, Omnicom, IPG and Publicis ...
Read More »Now Interpublic suspends operations in Russia
Interpublic (IPG) has finally decided enough is enough in Ukraine, suspending its business operations in invader Russia, where it has around 200 people. They’ll be paid for six months. CEO Philippe Krakowsky (left) said in a memo: “Essentially, we hoped ...
Read More »IPG noses ahead of rivals with 11.9% 2021 organic growth
Interpublic (IPG) has nosed ahead in the Q4 and full year 2021 ad holding company reporting stakes with Q4 net revenue of $2.55bn (up 11.6% on 2020) and organic net revenue growth of 11.7%. For the full year Interpublic registered ...
Read More »IPG leads holding company pack with 15% organic growth
Interpublic (IPG) is the new leader in Q3 organic revenue growth among the big holding companies with 15% (Publicis was 11.2 and Omnicom 11.5) on a rise in net revenue of 15.7% to $2.26bn ($1.95bn last year.) Organic revenue grew ...
Read More »IPG posts solid Q1 and forecasts 5-6 per cent for the year
Interpublic (IPG), owner of McCann, FCB, UM and Initiative plus a newish collection of data businesses, delivered solid Q1 numbers, the first under New CEO Philippe Krakwosky. First quarter net revenue was $2.03 billion (up 2.8% on 2020) with net ...
Read More »Interpublic mulls successor to CEO Michael Roth
Is more changing of the guard afoot among the holding companies? Campaign reckons that Interpublic CEO Michael Roth (below) has told the board he’s planning to step down (Roth is 72 and due to retire at 75) and notes that ...
Read More »Interpublic defies US odds with 5.6 per cent growth
Interpublic CEO Michael Roth and his key lieutenants, including Harris Diamond at McCann Worldgroup and Carter Murray at FCB, seem to have discovered a secret sauce that eludes its rivals at WPP, Omnicom and Publicis Groupe. The smallest of the ...
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