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Social media agency Bloom Worldwide (left), which is based in Brighton with an office in London, is merging with digital consultancy ralphs mcintosh+partners, with founder Mark Ralphs becoming managing director of the new entity, reporting to CEO Kate Cooper. At ...

It would be interesting to know how much Dixons’ and Carphone Warehouse’s respective agencies – AMV/BBDO and CHI & Partners – knew about the two companies’ proposed £4bn merger. The two are expected to announce the terms this week which ...

The entente cordiale between Omniconm and Publicis Groupe seems to be becoming less cordiale by the day as stories emerge that the two parties have fallen out over who should be the CFO, with Omnicom’s John Wren adamant his finance ...

The great and good (and maybe not so good) of the technology, media and telecoms world are gathered once again in Barcelona at the annual Morgan Stanley talk-fest, with John Wren and Maurice Levy (left) of the about-to-be-merged Omnicom/Publicis Groupe ...

Rightly or wrongly there’s been a perception that Omnicom has been a touch sleepy in the media stakes, certainly in comparison to its hyperactive rivals WPP and, in digital media anyway, Publicis Groupe. Now, of course, Publicis Groupe is trying ...

Keith Hunt (left) is managing partner of Results International. He argues that the main reason for the $35bn PubliCom merger is to create the technology firepower to fend off Google and Facebook. On Sunday 28th July the structure of the ...

Over the last week there has been a frenzy of speculation about the proposed merger between Omnicom and Publicis. It probably goes without saying – but I will – that both Mr. Wren and M. Levy will have discussed in ...

We might be flogging a dead horse here but it’s interesting that WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell has endorsed our view that Publicis Groupe’s much-reported ‘denial’ of a bid for Interpublic isn’t quite as denying as it seems. Essentially PG has ...

It’s as well to read to small print in these things. On Sunday Pubicis Groupe released the following (rather lumpy) statement concerning rumours of an imminent deal to buy US giant Interpublic.: “Following the speculations published by FT.com Alphaville and ...