Tag Archives: Sir Martin Sorrell

Sorrell’s S4 Capital bounces back although question marks remain

S4 Capital, owner of Media.Monks among many others, and its india-rubber boss Sir Martin Sorrell may be down but they’re certainly not out. Sorrell says third quarter like-for-like gross profit (not actual profit) rose 29% to nearly £250m although real ...

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Sir Martin Sorrell’s S4Capital takes more heavy fire

S4Capital’s share price headed sharply downwards this morning following a good kicking in the influential UK Sunday Times yesterday (subscription required.) ‘How chaotic accounting engulfed Sir Masrtin Sorrell’s S4 Capital empire’ was the headline, referring to the essentially book-keeping problems ...

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From the WPP Archive: under fire WPP settles Johnson/Martinez case at JWT

The messy Johnson/Martinez affair at JWT signalled the end for the venerable agency as a separate entity (WPP merged it with Wunderman with Wunderman in the driving seat.) It also pre-dated, just, Sir Martin Sorrell’s ousting at the company he ...

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S4’s Sorrell says: watch out ad holding companies

Advertising Week in New York is proving surprisingly interesting – Burger King’s lively CMO on his radical approach to advertising, Arthur Sadoun forced to admit that Publicis’ purchase of data firm Epsilon was “expensive but necessary” – and S4Capital’s Sir ...

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