The Publicis Groupe share price was rising unsteadily this morning – and WPP with it, in sympathy perhaps – after the collective panic attack that hit markets yesterday after Publicis CEO Arthur Sadoun (below) reported growth falling by 0.3 per ...
Read More »Sadoun hails “transformed” Publicis Groupe – organic revenue growth inches ahead
Publicis Groupe is the first of the big ad holding companies to report its full year figures for 2018 and they’re a mixed bag, showing how hard it is in today’s marketplace for such companies. Organic revenue in 2018 rose ...
Read More »WPP’s GroupM recruits top-rated Pivotal analyst Wieser
WPP via its GroupM media operation has achieved a coup, luring top-rated Pivotal Research Group analyst Brian Wieser to be its global president, business intelligence. Wieser spent eight years at Pivotal and has also worked at Interpublic’s Magna Global, Lehman ...
Read More »Wunderman Thompson unveils new logo and raison d’être
WPP’s new agency construct Wunderman Thompson has unveiled its new logo from sister firm Landor – in essence a big plus sign cross plus the names – and some more visual stuff intended to summarise its new dynamic nature. So ...
Read More »WPP sells stake in high profile events firm Richard Attias
We don’t often print press releases in full but this one from WPP won’t take long: WPP sells stake in Richard Attias & Associates WPP announces that, in line with its stated objective of simplifying its offer and focusing on ...
Read More »Sorrell war with WPP escalates as it’s payback time
Sir Martin Sorrell (below) has agreed to pay back $200,000 for expenses he charged WPP, mainly incurred in New York and on ski-ing trips according to the Wall Street Journal. There’s more to come it seems as WPP goes through ...
Read More »McCann surrenders in fight over US Army account – will WPP’s Possible stay the course?
Interpublic’s McCann has run up the white flag in its long-running dispute with the US Army, first over its decision to fire McCann and then award the business (said to be worth $136m in revenue over ten years) to Omnicom’s ...
Read More »Engine unveils its three new pillars – but is this wise?
Engine, the marcoms group set up by former WCRS founder Peter Scott, announced last year that it was getting rid of agency brands – including WCRS (Scott had departed some time before.) Engine is now owned by US firm Lake ...
Read More »US Army $4bn ad review heading for court again as WPP contests DDB win
WPP has joined former incumbent Interpublic’s McCann in contesting the result of the US Army’s review of its massive ten-year $4bn ad account, claiming that the winner, Omnicom’s DDB, couldn’t (among other things) do the job for the money. The ...
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