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It’s a four-day week for most of us in 2025 says WPP boss Read
Is there an arms race going on between ad holding companies about time in the office? Not that long after…
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Johnson & Johnson is another big media win for WPP
WPP’s GroupM is ending 2024 on a high note, winning Johnson and Johnson’s US and Canada media accounts, worth around…
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Omnicom agrees deal for IPG – but game may not be over yet
So now we wait. Omnicom has agreed its deal to buy US rival IPG (Interpublic) in a deal which values…
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Omnicom lines up IPG takeover – Publicis will surely respond and WPP may be in play
Publicis’ much-advertised ambition to be the world’s biggest ad holding company by the end of 2024 could be rudely upended…
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Publicis and WPP: does taking over as world’s number one ad holding company actually matter?
Adland may be full of professional charmers but it’s as competitive as a 16th century Italian court, with assassins lurking…
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Michael Farmer: why Publicis is leading the holding company pack
This is consultant Michael Farmer’s recent article from his Substack series C-Suite Blues. Making Sense of Four Holding Companies: WPP,…
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Key Ahmed ally at AKQA Sam Kelly quits
You worry a bit about the AKQA in AKQA Group (which now includes Grey.) Founder Ajaz Ahmed resigned after 30…
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WPP takes full shareholding in Hornby’s T&Pm
WPP has bought out the remaining minority shareholdings in T&Pm, Johnny Hornby’s agency that started life as Clemmow Hornby Inge…
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Mars launches global ad review of nearly everything
Mars is reviewing most of its global advertising with the exception of creative (mostly at Omnicom) which poses a further…
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