The world’s biggest advertisers are trying to take back control of their digital and programmatic ad spend and, in what may be the most significant move to date, US telecoms giant AT&T has lured WPP’s GroupM North America CEO Brian ...
Read More »Surprise as Murdoch pulls $80bn Time Warner takeover
With Ruper Murdoch what you see is usually what you get. While the old boy is capable of springing big surprises from time to time, they’re always in character. But his decision to pull 21st Century Fox’s $80bn bid for ...
Read More »Martin Sorrell on Murdoch’s $75bn Times Warner bid
I was beginning to worry about WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell – since Cannes he’s been strangely quiet. Did he overdo it on La Croisette? Perhaps he picked up a bug, because he certainly sounds a bit croaky in this interview ...
Read More »Murdoch tries to cap career with Time Warner mega-bid
You can’t keep a Dirty Digger down (pace Private Eye) and now octogenarian media mogul Rupert Murdoch (left) is trying to buy film rival Time Warner for his 21st Century Fox empire for $80bn, a 25 per cent premium to ...
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