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There is a 'disturbing' issue plaguing the advertising industry — yet the...
There's a problem permeating the advertising industry. It has been going on for years. And barely anybody within the agency world wants to admit it even exists.There's a lack of transparency about what...
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The 10 biggest executive perks packages in advertising, ranked by...
In true Don Draper style, the list of executive perks for some of adland's top-ranking executives is swanky to say the least.Private jet travel, big car allowances, "golden coffins," and corporate...
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The former CEO of Havas explains why the traditional advertising agency...
For decades, the advertising industry has been dominated by three main players — the agency networks: WPP, Omnicom, and Publicis.However, David Jones, the former CEO of French advertising conglomerate...
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The 17 richest people in advertising, ranked by income
Global ad spend in 2014 rose 3.9% to $513 billion, according to GroupM — and ad agency bosses saw their compensation soar last year too.Like previous years, our ranking of the richest people in...
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Lawsuit claims ad agency CEO 'pressured' female employee to get him free Viagra
The former president of Omnicom ad agency RAPP USA, Greg Andersen, has filed a lawsuit against the company's global CEO Alexei Orlov that claims complaints he made about his former boss's "harassment"...
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McDonald's is paying its new ad agency in an unusual way, but the agency's...
"Bahdabababa. #imlovinit"That was DDB North America CEO Wendy Clark's jubilant caption on her Instagram photo posted earlier this week to announce the ad agency had won McDonald's creative account...
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The ad agency CEO at the center of a racism and bullying lawsuit blogged...
Alexei Orlov, the former global CEO of Omnicom ad agency RAPP who resigned from his post this summer amid a discrimination lawsuit brought against him by the company's former US president, has blogged...
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Four of the five biggest advertising agencies are in an antitrust quandary
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Four of the big five advertising holding companies – Interpublic,...
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A rival of the world's biggest ad agency doesn't think Amazon is already a...
Omnicom CEO John Wren downplayed the size of Amazon's advertising business in his company's first quarter earnings call.This is in contrast to the thoughts of WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell, who is already...
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RANKED: The 30 most creative women in advertising (PUB, IPG, OMC, WPPGY)
Advertising is still an industry dominated by men. Women hold just 30% of leadership positions in the ad world, according to data from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising.Initiatives like The...
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WPP's Sorrell Says Publicis-Omnicom Group Doesn't Stand A Chance Against...
The head of WPP, the world's largest advertising holding company, said major players in online data management like Nielsen, Facebook, and Google are now the company's main competitors, standing...
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Twitter Is Now Worth Nearly As Much As The World's Largest Advertising...
In the latest piece of evidence that the advertising world once dominated by Mad Men creatives is giving way to one owned by technology and analytics gurus, a social media network in its first day of...
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Massive Ad Industry Merger Collapses
The $35 billion merger between Omnicom and Publicis Groupe SA has been called off, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources. The merger, first announced this past July, would have created the...
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Airbnb Is Running Its First Ever Global Ad Campaign — Here's What It Looks...
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Airbnb is running its first global advertising campaign. Created by its ad agency Pereira & O'Dell and directed by Alma Har'el of Tool, the...
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Culture Clash Killed A $35 Billion Merger
While regulatory approval has been known to halt a merger in its tracks, a $35 billion pending acquisition that could have resulted in the largest advertising agency on the planet has been scrapped for...
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TV Broadcasters Ought To Be Worried About The Looming Shift Away From TV...
Omnicom Group, the world's second largest advertising holding company by revenue, just gave the market another major indication that TV dollars are moving to digital. Speaking on the company's...
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Omnicom CEO John Wren earned a 33% pay rise to $24 million in the year of its...
John Wren, the CEO of the second largest advertising agency holding group in the world, Omnicom, received $24 million in compensation in 2014 — the same year as his company's failed $35 billion merger...
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Analyst advises investors in ad agencies to 'move to the sidelines' or 'exit...
Pivotal Research Group analyst Brian Wieser has downgraded his stock ratings for all of the advertising agency holding companies Pivotal covers — reducing IPG from buy to hold, and WPP, Omnicom, and...
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There is a 'disturbing' issue plaguing the advertising industry — yet the...
There's a problem permeating the advertising industry. It has been going on for years. And barely anybody within the agency world wants to admit it even exists.There's a lack of transparency about what...
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The 10 biggest executive perks packages in advertising, ranked by...
In true Don Draper style, the list of executive perks for some of adland's top-ranking executives is swanky to say the least.Private jet travel, big car allowances, "golden coffins," and corporate...
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