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WPP finance boss Richardson outlines changes to come – are agencies now part of the gig economy?
WPP’s outgoing CFO Paul Richardson (below) has been giving delegates at a conference in Barcelona a peek under the bonnet…
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Agencies
What on earth did WPP do to JWT – and what’s it going to do next with its troubled network?
Time was when J. Walter Thompson was the epitome of the top-of-the-world ad agency; a big quoted company in the…
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WPP’s Kantar is for sale – could Sorrell be a buyer?
Might Sir Martin Sorrell (below), now installed as chairman of S4 Capital, the owner of content agency MediaMonks, be contemplating…
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News
Rethink bets against ad holding companies to boost indies
Here’s another shot across the big agency boys’ bows from Canada’s Strategy awards, this time it’s Digital Agency of the…
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Agencies
WPP’s end of year hiring freeze shows problems of managing diverse group
Much kerfuffle about a memo from WPP financial controller David Barker imposing a hiring freeze on the embattled group’s agencies,…
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MediaMonk Sorrell on what might have been – but are WPP’s travails of his making?
MediaMonk Sir Martin Sorrell revealed at a Campaign breakfast today that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway investment giant had offered 925p…
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Read’s running commentary creates more unease at WPP
I wonder if new WPP CEO Mark Read is wise to offer a running commentary on the embattled group’s fortunes?…
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Now Ogilvy UK offers all staff voluntary redundancy
More downsizing is afoot at Ogilvy UK with all staff being offered voluntary redundancy. The agency says this is because…
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WPP in dire straits as net sales fall – Kantar up for sale and more surgery on the way at creative networks
WPP net sales in Q3 2018 fell by 1.5 per cent – far worse than the performance of its holding…
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