Who, you may say? While it’s no surprise that Nick Brien has been turfed as CEO of McCann after a string of account losses, it is a surprise that he’s been replaced by Harris Diamond (left), a PR man from ...
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Media industry veteran Jack Klues (left), long-time boss of Publicis Groupe’s VivaKi media operation, is to retire at the end of the year. CFO Frank Voris is taking over with Rishad Tobaccowala as chief strategy and innovation officer (the media ...
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Havas increased its revenues by 11 per cent in the third quarter of this year to $546m but organic growth was down to the same disappointing levels of about two per cent reported by rivals WPP and Publicis Groupe; more ...
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Publicis Groupe’s results for the third quarter of 2012 show revenue of €1.63bn, up 14.7 per cent year on year but just two per cent on an organic basis. Which is remarkably similar to WPP’s 1.9 per cent ‘growth’ figure. ...
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The big marcoms companies have rather enjoyed the sagging global economy over the past couple of years, managing to increase revenue and earnings by rather more than most other sectors, apart from freaky performances like Apple’s (Apple is almost a ...
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Ah, the cynicism of the modern corporation. Remember all those years ago when Jo Moore, spin doctor to Stephen Byers, Department of Transport, Local Government and Regions secretary, emailed her boss those immortal words, referring to 9/11: “It’s now a ...
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What a nice client Unilever must be: just when BBH was reeling from swingeing cutbacks in its New York office the consumer goods giant has given it the global Dove Men+Care account, to be handled out of London and New ...
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