http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/business/media/two-ad-giants-in-merger-deal-chasing-google.html The New York Times reporter Tanzina Vega takes a closer look at the mega merger of advertising industry giants – Publicis…
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» At Publicis, a big bet on digital seems to be paying off. (NYT)
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Oct 27, 2010 - 12:26 PM PST
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Oct 26, 2010 - 6:40 PM PST
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Oct 18, 2010 - 2:04 PM PST
IPG’s media buying and planning umbrella unit Mediabrands has renamed its investment arm Greenhaus as Velociter and is installing ex-VivaKi…
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David Kaplan
Oct 12, 2010 - 10:15 AM PST
As the one-year anniversary of Publicis Groupe’s $530 million acquisition of digital agency Razorfish from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) passes, a…
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David Kaplan
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David Kaplan
Aug 18, 2010 - 1:01 AM PST
Today on the Net: a new app from PlayOn will let users stream Hulu and other web video services to their iPhones and iPads, Starcom and partners are trying to get YouTube to adopt the Ad Selector unit and TwitVid launches a social video ad network.
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Jul 12, 2010 - 4:11 PM PST
David Kenny, one of the key architects of Publicis Groupe’s digital strategy, is leaving the company, the WSJ reports, citing unidentified s…
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Jun 1, 2010 - 4:06 PM PST
It looks like Publicis Groupe’s three-year digital acquisition binge may be slowing down. It’s not for a lack of desire on the part of the m…
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David Kaplan
Jun 1, 2010 - 12:20 AM PST
Publicis Groupe’s digital unit VivaKi is opening its online video research initiative, The Pool, in China with a long list of marketers and…
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David Kaplan
May 28, 2010 - 12:56 PM PST
Maurice Levy’s French advertising group Publicis is laying down
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Big-four advertising group Publicis says a return to revenue growth this Q1 is mainly thanks to its historical investment in digital adverti…
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Apr 22, 2010 - 12:19 PM PST
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Feb 17, 2010 - 1:17 PM PST
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Oct 27, 2009 - 12:12 PM PST
ZenithOptimedia is reversing its forecast for 2009 UK online ad spend – from its earlier prediction of a 2.3 percent increase, to an expecta…
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Oct 19, 2009 - 5:26 AM PST
French ad holding company Publicis Groupe is losing its top digital media M&A and investment exec: Tim Hanlon. Hanlon serves as EVP and mana…
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Oct 15, 2009 - 2:09 PM PST
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Oct 5, 2009 - 12:33 AM PST
— Publicis-Microsoft: Advertising group Publicis has signed an agreement to provide mobile ad technology and metrics across Microsoft (NSDQ…
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Sep 23, 2009 - 7:44 AM PST
Now that it has sunk in that Dentsu’s $700 million offer to buy Razorfish from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) was soundly trumped by Publicis Groupe…
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David Kaplan
Sep 3, 2009 - 2:27 AM PST
Nearly two years ago, Microsoft (s msft) CEO Steve Ballmer told a group of European advertising executives that he saw online ads…
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Aug 10, 2009 - 1:14 PM PST
By acquiring interactive agency Razorfish from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), Publicis Groupe has now attained a goal outlined by CEO Maurice Levy…
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David Kaplan
Aug 10, 2009 - 2:00 AM PST
Update: It was announced officially seconds ago. Details below.
So as I first tweeted late last night, the Razorfish bidding war is over, a…
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Aug 9, 2009 - 10:58 AM PST
Publicis Groupe made
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Patrick Smith
Jul 23, 2009 - 11:37 AM PST
By Mark Sweney:
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Publicis Groupe, owner of ad networks including Saatchi & Saatchi, have struck a deal to tap in…
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Jun 25, 2009 - 5:40 PM PST
Publicis Groupe chairman and CEO Maurice Levy is expecting Q209 to be the worst part of a bad year for his company but he predicts the ad ma…
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Jun 9, 2009 - 12:07 PM PST
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Apr 29, 2009 - 1:55 PM PST
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Apr 7, 2009 - 5:58 AM PST
Publicis Groupe, one of the largest advertising and marketing groups in the world, says it is on track to make a quarter of its total revenu…
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Feb 11, 2009 - 11:31 AM PST
Publicis Groupe, one of the largest advertising and marketing groups in the world, says it is on track to make a quarter of its total revenu…
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Feb 11, 2009 - 11:05 AM PST
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Jan 22, 2009 - 2:14 AM PST
Looking back at the growing strains on the traditional ad business over the last year, Publicis Groupe CEO Maurice Lévy expresses his conti…
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Jan 2, 2009 - 5:02 PM PST
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Nov 19, 2008 - 5:56 AM PST
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Oct 9, 2008 - 8:18 AM PST
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Oct 6, 2008 - 4:22 PM PST
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Jul 24, 2008 - 5:00 AM PST
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Jul 8, 2008 - 1:26 PM PST
Big-four advertising group Publicis reckons it will easily meet its goal of reaping a quarter of company revenues from the internet by 2010.…
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Jun 16, 2008 - 7:16 AM PST
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David Kaplan
Jun 5, 2008 - 2:19 PM PST
Just in time for the summer Olympics in Beijing, Publicis Groupe has acquired its second major Chinese digital ad shop, Shanghai-based digit…
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David Kaplan
May 22, 2008 - 9:11 AM PST
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David Kaplan
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Jan 24, 2008 - 6:53 PM PST
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David Kaplan
Jan 22, 2008 - 3:21 PM PST
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David Kaplan
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David Kaplan
Nov 13, 2007 - 3:29 AM PST
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Sep 12, 2007 - 12:52 PM PST
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