Media Buying Briefing: What’s going on with the holding companies in India?
All the holding companies have been interrogated as a result of guidelines that were issued by the ad agency association
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Michael Burgi
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WPP ups the data-driven arms race with the purchase of InfoSum
The deal represents a leveling-up on WPP’s part in the data-driven arms race among the agency holding companies...
Michael Burgi
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Media Buying Briefing: Overheard at Digiday’s Media Buying Summit
The Town Halls at the Media Buying Summit offered up insights on programmatic investment, commissions vs. fees and generating new
Michael Burgi
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At Digiday’s Media Buying Summit, challenges with talent recruitment bubble to the surface
The rising use of AI for entry-level and sometimes menial tasks has started to jeopardize the ability of young people
Michael Burgi
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Media Buying Briefing: iProspect adds brand-building powers to its performance reputation
The Dentsu media agency's three new leaders bring broader more traditional chops to widen out the agency’s ability to deliver
Michael Burgi
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Coca-Cola quietly considers moving its North American media out of WPP
Nothing is decided yet, but if Coca-Cola does opt for a change then Publicis Groupe is the frontrunner to handle
Michael Burgi
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Media Buying Briefing: WPP and Stagwell offer a tale of two outlooks
WPP and Stagwell painted considerably different portraits of the future in the guidance they offered for the rest of 2025...
Michael Burgi
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How indie agency Siberia’s work with James Beard Foundation offers a glimpse into its operating ethos
The James Beard Foundation hopes its new rebrand grows its audience...
Michael Burgi
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Media Buying Briefing: Crossmedia’s global goals are to localize where holdcos can’t
The independent media agency has designs to expand hubs into Asia Pacific and Latin America in hopes of securing more
Michael Burgi
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A principal media side-effect: avoiding the word ‘agency’ in contracts with clients
The pursuit of principal media has ended up affecting how holding company agencies draft contracts with big clients. Some say
