11 Sep 2001
| by Staff,
LONDON - Acquisition-happy WPP has announced it is buying French media-ratings firm JFC...WPP will take a 75% stake in JFC, which provides audience analysis systems for print media ...
and consultancy arm of WPP which also includes Millward Brown.
JFC operates in France and other European ...
week, WPP announced it had acquired leading Puerto Rican market research firm Mediafax.
If you ...
16 Apr 2007
| by Lisa Simmons
LONDON - WPP Group has invested an undisclosed sum in VideoEgg, a video content and ad network...provide a combined audience of more than 12 million unique users. WPP joins existing VideoEgg investors ...
16 Dec 2008
| by John Reynolds
LONDON - Sarah Wyse, the chief executive of WPP-owned customer publisher Forward, is to leave...has also been responsible for developing Forward s digital strategy. Sir Martin Sorrell s WPP Group ...
03 Jul 2008
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - Market research outfit Taylor Nelson Sofres has rejected a third takeover attempt from WPP...In a statement released to the London Stock Exchange this morning, TNS told WPP to "stop ...
three proposals from WPP, each of which substantially undervalues the company. WPP has received materially the same information as has been provided to GfK." Brydon went on: "WPP has got all ...
10 Sep 2007
| by Staff
LONDON - WPP Group has acquired US digital agency Schematic, which was behind the recent revamp...had revenues for the year to March 31 of $29.6m. In a statement, WPP said: This investment continues WPP s strategy of developing its networks in fast growing markets and sectors and strengthening its capabilities in digital media. WPP has bought a 100% stake in independent Asian digital agency Blue ...
25 Sep 1997
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
MindShare, the new WPP joint venture media company, claims it will
be the world s first truly...MindShare, the new WPP joint venture media company, claims it will
be the world s first truly ...
research as well as working with WPP
Group companies such as The Henley Centre.
According to its ...
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Proctor said: My brief from Martin Sorrell (WPP Group s chief
executive), is to build a global media ...
29 Feb 2008
| by Andrew McCormick
LONDON - WPP's media agencies were the company's best-performing operations last year, according...GroupM, WPP s media trading group, which oversees MediaCom, MindShare and Mediaedge:cia, brought in 3.7bn of new billings globally in 2007, making it the outstanding performer among WPP s marketing and communications offerings. WPP s media businesses expanded collectively by more than 14% year on year ...
28 Aug 2008
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - WPP Group is establishing an operation that will distribute digital production work across...Normal 0 Part of WPP Digital, Deliver is intended to give clients "the best solutions ...
of production professionals around the world. It means WPP agencies such as Agenda in China, Aqua in South ...
job will be to act as the conduit through which the global demands of WPP's agencies are matched ...
09 Jul 2008
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - WPP's pursuit of market research outfit TNS has taken a fresh twist - with TNS rejecting...Following its rejection of WPP's latest offer, TNS has agreed with GfK to terminate their proposed ...
. By pursuing a sale to GfK rather than a merger, TNS hopes to appease shareholders and head off WPP's takeover aspirations. This morning WPP launched a hostile bid worth 1.08bn for TNS, following its tabling, last week ...
11 Jun 2007
| by Staff
SEOUL - WPP Group has bought its third agency in South Korea, the world's ninth largest advertising...and Citibank. The acquisition of Lee Jang follows WPP s Wunderman network buying Seoul-based marketing services businesses SRP Corporation and ComHaus Korea in October. Prior to that, WPP opened a joint office ...