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Martin Sorrell on Dentsu's potential divestiture and S4’s own gameplan

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On a visit to Singapore, Sorrell addressed the MSQ merger chatter and spoke about how his company is positioned for the future.

Martin Sorrell on 'lack of strategy' at Omnicom and why WPP should be 'broken up'

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In an interview with Campaign Germany, the 80-year-old S4 Capital chief executive took aim at rivals, fielded questions about his own holding company and made predictions about the future of adland.

‘Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas’: Martin Sorrell on the fate of agencies in an AI age

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SPIKES ASIA 2024: Like it or not, technology is not done revolutionising the marcomms industry, and agency networks need tech-minded people, transparent relationships and the right global addresses to survive, he said.

Tech platforms attribute recent growth spurts to AI-powered performance products

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Alphabet, Amazon and Meta turned more highly scrutinised marketing budgets to their advantage in Q2, by honing in on ease and efficiency, according to analysts.

S4 stutters as clients pull back in May and June

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Content practice continues to experience weakness.

Omnicom was best-performing stock among agency giants in 2022

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WPP was weakest performer among 'big four'.

S4 Capital cuts earnings by up to 5% after ‘unacceptable’, ‘embarrassing’ audit issue

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Financial results have now been published having been postponed twice.

S4 Capital audit delay: what stock market analysts are saying

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Analysts warn of continued pressure on S4 Capital's share price after the company postponed the publication of its 2021 financial results.

Sorrell reveals 'firepower' for more S4 mergers

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S4 Capital reports 71% y/y increase in organic revenue in Q1 2021 thanks to 'whopper' accounts, raises annual target.

Sorrell claims 'outstandingly successful' 2020 for S4

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Former WPP supremo's venture grew organically by double digits despite the pandemic.

S4 Capital picks up two US agencies

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Performance agency Metric Theory will merge with MightyHive and integrated agency Decoded will merge with MediaMonks.

Parody 'GreyKQA' website makes fun of AKQA-Grey merger

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Pranksters have set up spoof domain names and social media accounts in name of GreyKQA, AKQGrey and AKQA Group.

Sir Martin Sorrell interview: 'S4 Capital's real competition is Accenture'

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When Sir Martin Sorrell acrimoniously left WPP after three decades in 2018, he responded immediately by launching S4 Capital. Two years later, it is worth £2 billion. Campaign went to visit him to discuss what drives him and why he keeps attacking his old company.

Actor Eddie Peng recruits sea turtle warriors in China

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A campaign for WildAid by MediaMonks is not gathering an actual army of marine reptiles, but an army of humans who pledge to protect them.

Sorrell's S4 Capital manages to grow despite Covid-hit summer

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Asia leads the way in gross profit as Sir Martin Sorrell's venture reports accelerating growth through the summer despite the pandemic.

S4's MightyHive to absorb Australian digital shop Lens10

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Sir Martin Sorrell's also hired former Ogilvy CEO Miles Young as a non-executive director.

Sorrell: Spending through a recession is 'nonsense'

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The S4 Capital chief remains bullish about a Q4 recovery.

One-on-one with MediaMonks' first global creative chief: Jouke Vuurmans

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Vuurmans, who previously held the title of global executive creative director, said that now was the time for MediaMonks to have its first global CCO because of its ever-increasing scale.

S4 Capital reports net loss as revenue rises 292%

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Like-for like revenue rose 41% in what Martin Sorrell called an "outstandingly successful" first full financial year.

Martin Sorrell's S4 Capital buys Latin American digital shop Circus Marketing

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Sorrell is merging Circus with S4's global content practice, which is built around MediaMonks.

Sorrell denies 'slapping' Superunion's Prior over Campaign Asia interview

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Former WPP chief was angry that ex-colleague called S4 Capital 'speck in rear-view mirror'.

S4 Capital absorbs analytics companies in South Korea, UK

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London-based ConversionWorks and Datalicious Korea will be integrated into the company's programmatic practice, MightyHive.

'We’re rolling up our sleeves and getting shit done': S4C APAC CEO

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Michel de Rijk says S4 Capital’s Asia-Pacific adventure is only just beginning, with plans for several more regional acquisitions in the pipeline.

Former WPP executive Scott Spirit rejoins Martin Sorrell at S4 Capital

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Spirit named S4 Capital's chief growth officer based in Singapore

S4 Capital paid Sir Martin Sorrell $180,000 in 2018

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S4 Capital, the advertising business Sir Martin Sorrell launched after leaving WPP last year, has published its first annual report.

Sorrell: I'm going back to the 1990s

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S4 Capital is reuniting digital creative and media services, the former WPP chief tells Advertising Week Europe.

Exclusive: Watch Martin Sorrell's Q&A at Campaign360

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Front Stage Pass: The executive chairman of S4 Capital answered live questions about past decisions at WPP, his strategy now at S4, his regrets, his digital ad habits and much more. Plus, answers to the questions we didn't have time for at the event.

Martin Sorrell's MediaMonks launches London office opposite WPP's AKQA

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Of all places to choose for a new office, MediaMonks opted for space directly opposite the company it turned down for Sorrell.

Avon taps MediaMonks to run digital content creation hubs globally

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Beauty brand's 'always on' content studio will create thousands of assets.

Sorrell: S4's model is answer to adland's woes

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At CES, the executive chairman told of plans to capitalize on adland's transformation as S4 Capital continues to build out its armory.

Sorrell's S4 Capital confirms $150m MightyHive acquisition

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'The peanut has morphed into a coconut,' Sir Martin Sorrell proclaims as new venture makes second purchase.

Sorrell and MediaMonks lift lid on S4 Capital's ambitions

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Media buying, particularly performance marketing, is high on the agenda, Sir Martin Sorrell and Victor Knaap revealed at a Campaign event in London.

Sorrell: 'Revenge? That'd be building the new-era, new-approach agency'

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The S4 Capital founder spoke at a Campaign Breakfast Briefing in London Thursday morning.

Clients said "take the Sorrell offer": MediaMonks CEO

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MediaMonks CEO shares his new ambitions with the backing of Martin Sorrell and public money.

Sorrell's investor pitch: S4 will bypass agencies and take on consultants

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The comments are striking because when Sorrell was running WPP, he downplayed the impact of the same factors.

MediaMonks duo 'very comfortable' that Sorrell has voting power over S4 Capital

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Welsey ter Haar and Victor Knaap "will gladly defer to Sir Martin".

WPP threatens to pull Sorrell's bonus if he wins MediaMonks

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Sorrell spokesman describes threat as "bollocks".

Sorrell's S4 Capital, WPP eye MediaMonks as potential acquisition

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Sir Martin Sorrell's S4 Capital is looking at buying MediaMonks, the Dutch-based digital content production company, as its first acquisition.