Havas Posts Record 8% First-Half Organic GainJuly 25, 2008 BOSTON Riding strong Asia-Pacific results and surpassing most analysts' expectations, Havas today reported record first-half organic revenue growth of 8 percent to approximately $1.184 billion. (Havas CEO Fernando Rodes Vila is shown.) Read Full Article 
Publicis Posts 5.4% First-Half Organic GrowthJuly 24, 2008 BOSTON Despite the weak U.S. dollar and uncertainty about the long-term economic outlook, Publicis Groupe beat most analysts estimates and posted a 5.4 percent organic revenue gain in the first half of 2008. Read Full Article 
Publicis N.Y. Names McCarthy CEOJuly 23, 2008 LOS ANGELES Joseph McCarthy (shown) is joining Publicis USA in New York as chief executive, replacing Gill Duff. McCarthy, with more than 25 years of agency and client -side experience, most recently served at Johnson & Johnson. Read Full Article Aegis Unit Makes Denver DebutJuly 23, 2008 NEW YORK Aegis Group's outdoor ad buyer Posterscope is expanding its U.S. operations with a new office in Denver, the shop confirmed today. Read Full Article GSD&M Hires Wal-Mart's RogersJuly 23, 2008 LOS ANGELES Omnicom's GSD&M Idea City has hired Tony Rogers from Wal-Mart. He joins the Austin, Texas-based shop on Aug. 11 in a senior executive role, though his title has not been determined. Read Full Article 
Young to Succeed Lazarus as Ogilvy Group CEOJuly 22, 2008 NEW YORK WPP Group has confirmed that Miles Young will succeed Shelly Lazarus as worldwide CEO of The Ogilvy Group, effective Jan. 1. Young, 53, has been chairman of Ogilvy's Asia-Pacific region since 1995. Read Full Article 
O'Keeffe Defines WPP RoleJuly 22, 2008 NEW YORK Reactions to WPP Group's hire last week of John O'Keeffe have ranged from curious to concerned. But the incoming worldwide creative director said that WPP agencies need not worry. Read Full Article 
Omnicom Grows Revenue 11% in Q2July 22, 2008 BOSTON Shrugging off the impact of two key client losses and some slowdown in domestic growth, Omnicom posted Q2 net income of $307 million on revenue of $3.48 billion, both gains of about 11 percent. (Photo: Omnicom CEO John Wren.) Read Full Article 
JWT Global CCO Davis to DepartJuly 18, 2008 NEW YORK JWT worldwide chief creative officer Craig Davis is leaving the agency next year to return to his native Australia, JWT worldwide CEO Bob Jeffrey informed staffers today in an internal e-mail. Until then, the London-based Davis will remain with the agency to "ensure a smooth transition," Jeffrey wrote in his e-mail. JWT intends to fill the post. Read Full Article MPG Adds Exec on Jones ApparelJuly 16, 2008 NEW YORK Late last month, MPG won the Jones Apparel account without a review. Now the Havas-owned shop has recruited a former supervisor on the business to run the assignment out of New York. Read Full Article 
DraftFCB in N.Y. Cuts 47July 15, 2008 NEW YORK The New York office of DraftFCB today laid off some 47 staffers, or roughly 2 percent of the agency's workforce, said worldwide president Laurence Boschetto (shown). Read Full Article Fallon's Sheil Shifts to CrispinJuly 14, 2008 NEW YORK Amy Sheil, former director of media at Fallon, Minneapolis, has joined Crispin Porter + Bogusky as co-director of the agency's media department, which has been rebranded analytics and message planning. Read Full Article 
Apply Liberally: Consumers Use Products as They See FitJuly 14, 2008 Preparation H is generally not something you'd dab on while waiting in line outside a Manhattan dance club, but according to recent media coverage, that's exactly what some men are doing. Read Full Article Euro RSCG Moves Into Music BizJuly 14, 2008 NEW YORK Euro RSCG's acquisition last week of startup music label The:Hours further illustrates how the music and advertising industries are increasingly rubbing shoulders, with both seeking to develop new business models, along with new sources of revenue and exposure. Read Full Article Building the Home of the BraveJuly 14, 2008 LOS ANGELES One day, the story goes, two young David&Goliath employees, dressed in identical agency-branded hooded sweatshirts, were minding their own business in the office elevator. That is, until a fellow building tenant razzed them about apparently having to "wear uniforms." One of the dng employees stared the man down. "We wear them because we want to," she told him. Read Full Article 
Ex-Riney, Ground Zero Exec Souder Joins GMMBJuly 11, 2008 NEW YORK Kirk Souder, former president of Publicis & Hal Riney and co-founder of Ground Zero, has joined Omnicom advocacy agency GMMB as executive creative director and partner. Read Full Article JWT ECDs to Help Lead Euro RSCG N.Y.July 11, 2008 NEW YORK Jeff Bitsack and Con Williamson, two of JWT's eight executive creative directors here, are heading to Euro RSCG to help lead its New York creative department, Euro RSCG confirmed today. Read Full Article 
Casanova Pendrill Appoints CEOJuly 10, 2008 NEW YORK Advertising agency veteran Ingrid Otero-Smart has been named president and CEO of Casanova Pendrill, Costa Mesa, Calif., the Hispanic ad shop said. Read Full Article 
Updated: TNS Terminates Merger Deal With GfKJuly 09, 2008 NEW YORK Just hours after WPP Group's hostile takeover bid today, market research giant Taylor Nelson Sofres has terminated its merger agreement with German research company GfK so that GfK can pursue a separate bid for the company. Read Full Article 
Energy BBDO Taps Planning ChiefJuly 07, 2008 NEW YORK Murray Hardie, previously director of planning at Fallon in Minneapolis, has joined Energy BBDO in Chicago as chief planning officer. Read Full Article 
Dentsu, Biegel Reach SettlementJuly 07, 2008 BOSTON Dentsu and Steve Biegel, a former cd at the shop, today issued a joint statement saying they had settled their bitter legal battle, though terms were not disclosed. Biegel had originally sued the agency for discrimination, harassment and retaliation, and Dentsu threatened to bring counterclaims for defamation and fraud. Read Full Article 
Q&A: Ed McCabeJuly 07, 2008 NEW YORK Ad industry legend Ed McCabe is known to many in the business as "The Wizard of Words." Some of his most lauded work is featured in The One Club exhibition, "The Real Men and Women of Madison Avenue." Read Full Article 
TNS Rejects 3rd Bid From WPPJuly 03, 2008 NEW YORK WPP Group made a third bid for market research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres after the close of business on July 2. TNS management quickly rejected that offer. WPP's latest bid came shortly after the U.K.'s Takeover Panel ruled that the holding company must make a new offer by July 9 or exit the process. Read Full Article 
Panel Sets Deadline for WPP, TNSJuly 02, 2008 NEW YORK The U.K.'s Takeover Panel ruled today that London-based agency holding company WPP Group has until July 9 to make a firm offer for market research group Taylor Nelson Sofres. Read Full Article 
Modernista!'s Simmonds Dies at 47July 02, 2008 BOSTON Modernista! said Nick Simmonds, managing director and managing partner of the independent agency's office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, since May 2006, died on June 27 of a brain hemorrhage. Read Full Article
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