Martin Sorrell
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Survey: Business Is Up To Start 2012 - Posted January 12, 2012
Worldcom Public Relations Group, the international network of independent firms, has conducted a survey of its members, finding that new business is trending upward in the new year.
More than 100 respondents (Worldc... [PRNewser]
Team Detroit to Launch NYC-Based Boutique for Lincoln - Posted December 15, 2011
Ah, so this is why we got a last-minute invite to a conference here in New York starring WPP don Sir Martin Sorrell among others. Come Jan. 1, WPP's Team Detroit unit will launch a new unit here in the Big Apple that will be dedicated to the... [MediaJobsDaily]
Wednesday Morning Stir - Posted December 7, 2011
-After just eight months at Mullen, where he worked alongside Mauro Cavalletti, Perry Fair ... [AgencySpy]
Friday Morning Stir - Posted October 28, 2011
-Jeep/Maxus and Lowe's/OMD took home top honors at last night's Vibrant Awards in NYC. link
-Cheil Canada hired Havas Euro RSCG Toronto alum Matthew Cammaert as president.
-Cleveland-based agency Marcus T... [AgencySpy]
Friday Morning Stir - Posted September 23, 2011
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Monday Odds and Ends - Posted May 9, 2011
-Step aside, Google. Apple takes over as the world's most valuable brand. ... [MediaJobsDaily]
Thursday Odds and Ends - Posted April 28, 2011
-Here's a compilation of ... [AgencySpy]
Anonymous 'Ad Professional' Takes Issue with Sorrell in Open Letter - Posted March 1, 2011
It seems as of late that our tips box has evolved into a soapbox of sorts and just like our frustrated job seeker from earlier this year... [AgencySpy]
Friday Odds and Ends - Posted January 14, 2011
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Tuesday Odds and Ends - Posted December 21, 2010
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Tuesday Morning Stir - Posted December 7, 2010
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Tuesday Morning Stir - Posted November 30, 2010
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Reuters Global Media Summit Begins Monday - Posted November 29, 2010
The annual Reuters Global Media Summit starts Monday and runs through Thursday in New York, London, Paris, Mumbai, and Taipei, featuring exclusive, private interviews with top executives from media and entertainment companies.
C... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
WPP Acquires TAXI - Posted November 19, 2010
Sir Martin Sorrell nabbed another one today as his WPP announced that it's acquired TAXI and is aligning the shop with its roster of Young & Rubicam Brands unit. ... [AgencySpy]
Martin Sorrell Will Now Take Your Questions - Posted November 2, 2010
(Sir) Martin Sorrell is head of the world's most successful advertising holding company, W... [AgencySpy]
WPP's Sorrell Supports Paywalls - Posted August 25, 2010
WPP CEO Martin Sorrell spoke with the UK's MediaWeek about the necessity of paywalls for online media.
"We think paywalls are essen... [PRNewser]
WPP: PR Revenue Up 2% So Far In 2010 - Posted June 30, 2010
WPP said at its annual meeting on Tuesday that public relations and public affairs are up 2% over the first five months in 2010, an slight improvement over the company's advertising and media investment management businesses, which saw 1.7% growth over the ... [PRNewser]
WPP CEO Martin Sorrell: Invading Social Media With Commercial Messages 'Might Not Be The Right Thing' - Posted March 4, 2010
As the social media marketing gold rush continues, one of the marketing industry's top executives -- WPP CEO Martin Sorrell -- is questioning the medium.
"Invading these [social] media with commercial messages might not be the right thing," said Sorrell ... [PRNewser]
Year in Review: Agency Trends - Posted December 30, 2009
This year was all about digital, digital, digital. Agencies big and small expanded, re-branded, and staffed up to meet client demand, while also performing triage on their traditional business. A number agencies made deep staff cuts, while some closed altogether. Journalists fled crumbling mastheads to join the PR... [PRNewser]
WPP CEO Martin Sorrell: 2010 Revenues Will Be Flat - Posted December 2, 2009
Don't expect growth from WPP in 2010, said CEO Martin Sorrell at the Reuters Global Media Summit today. Sorrell said he expects revenues for the holding company to be flat for ... [PRNewser]
Middleberg Communications Acquires Dowd Agency - Posted November 3, 2009
Middleberg Communications will acquire The Dowd Agency in a deal announced today. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, however the acquisition puts the agency at more than $4 million in revenues and about 25 employees. Middleberg had net fees of $2,694,000 in 2008, which means about $1.5 million in annual... [PRNewser]
The 36,000 Page RFP Submission? It Exists, Says WPP's Sorrell - Posted October 29, 2009
There are many gripes agencies have with the RFP process. One of the main ones being that they take up so much non-billable time. WPP CEO Martin Sorrell wishes agencies would get paid for their submissions, but knows it's just not going to happen.
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WPP Head Martin Sorrell Explains Problems Behind Enfatico - Posted September 18, 2009
Enfatico, the mega-agency created to handle all advertising, marketing and communications for Dell, launched amid much fanfare. CEO Torrence Boone told the... [PRNewser]
WPP Chief Exec: Ad Industry Is 'Going To Be In Russia, India, China, Vietnam ... And Digital' - Posted August 27, 2009
WPP Chief Executive Martin Sorrell says that the ad industry will never be the same.
While most ad execs are in agreement that the worst is over, nobody knows when things will really bounce back. Clients have gotten used to paying less, ... [MediaJobsDaily]
Morning Reading List, 09.10.07 - Posted September 9, 2007
Good morning Washington.
Jeff Golimowski, investigative reporter, is no longer with CNSNews.com
Longtime producer Michele Michaels has left News 4 to go to Washington Hospital Center. (Trend alert? Producer Lydia Postlewaite left WTOP earlier this year for Washington Adventist Hospital and longtim... [FishbowlDC]
'The Mad Dwarf And The Nympho Schizo' - Posted March 20, 2007
Only in an ad dude's trial would a "dwarf" and "schizo" be central to the plaintiff's case:
Testifying against Marco Benatti, WPP chief Martin Sorrell last week in open court in London accused his former employee of disseminating a "vicious" image of him and a female executive and branding them "the mad... [FishbowlNY]










