Richard Foster is suing the holdco for $100 million over claims that he was fired in retaliation for flagging a hidden rebate scheme within WPP’s media arm.
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Group M officially rebrands to WPP Media
Mindshare, Wavemaker and EssenceMediacom will continue to provide clients with dedicated teams as brands within WPP Media.
GroupM restructures across Asia, Indonesia leadership impacted
Staffing cuts across Asia have begun as GroupM transitions to a “single operating model” under the soon-to-be-rebranded WPP Media banner.
Electronic Arts appoints GroupM to global media account
T&Pm was the incumbent on the account.
WPP now expects revenues to decline in 2024 after cutting forecast and 3,000 roles
China's Q2 revenues declined by 24.2%, impacting overall Asia-Pacific performance.
WPP is ‘significantly stronger company’ than when Sorrell left, chairman says
Company has lost crown as most valuable agency group since 2018.
Group M goes global with AI adtech partner
Partnership brings ‘intelligent creative’ to Group M’s global clients.
Beyond empathy: Building for client breakthroughs with agency leadership
Empathy will only get you so far when balancing the client-agency relationship, shares EssenceMediacom's APAC COO Josh Gallagher. The rest lies in the unpredictable space that fosters true innovation.
Tencent announces joint digital ads partnership with GroupM & Dentsu
Cannes Lions 2023: Tencent wants to show advertisers it can achieve ROI on its platforms with the help of GroupM and Dentsu.
Will agency groups continue to outperform tech companies?
Analysts and agency bosses explain why holding groups have had a better year than pure-play tech companies.
GroupM lands Reckitt’s media account in Indonesia
The agency will handle all media buying and planning duties, including digital.
Pippa Berlocher named EssenceMediacom CEO for ANZ
Berlocher joins from IPG Mediabrands’ performance marketing agency Reprise; current boss Pat Crowley moves into client lead role within the agency.
Big tech bleeds, Southeast Asia ad tech hit, but not as hard
While marketing and ad spend is the first to be slashed in the wake of economic uncertainty, experts are optimistic about a milder brunt for Asia, however, firms need to future-proof themselves to withstand the downturn.
Sonali Malaviya replaces Anand Chakravarthy as Essence India MD
She most recently led the agency’s Google business in India and Southeast Asia as senior vice president, client services.
OMG wears Hearts on its sleeve
By signalling the entry of Hearts & Science into Asia, Omnicom Media Group is laying out a very different regional growth strategy from GroupM.