View Post People Sir Martin Sorrell Has Harsh Words for Facebook’s Fake Data in ‘Overstategate’ By Erik Oster on Sep. 23, 2016 - 11:32 AM "The referee and player cannot be the same person."
View Post People WPP’s Next CEO Due Some Time This Year By Erik Oster on Jul. 18, 2016 - 12:09 PM The increasingly Jagger-like Sir Martin and his wife are expecting their first child in November.
View Post People WPP Approves Sorrell’s Colossal Pay Package By Erik Oster on Jun. 8, 2016 - 11:01 AM The £70.4 million ($102.4 million) pay package for 2015 arrives in spite of some investor objections.
View Post Ad Biz Sir Martin Makes It Official: ‘We’re Not in the Advertising Business Anymore’ By Patrick Coffee on Mar. 25, 2016 - 10:55 AM What business are we in, though?
View Post We Hear? We Hear: Sir Martin Sorrell Likes to Hang Out at WPP Media Pitches By Patrick Coffee on Aug. 13, 2015 - 5:06 PM He cares THIS MUCH about WPP's media agencies.
View Post Ad Biz Monday Morning Stir By Patrick Coffee on Sep. 15, 2014 - 10:05 AM -New spot by Verba of Milan brags that client Audi reached one million Facebook fans “without ever posting a single kitten.” (Video above via Ads of the World) -End of an era? Anheuser-Busch InBev will outsource its me ...
View Post Ad Biz Sir Sorrell: Creativity Is Dying, and It’s All Your Fault! By Shawn Paul Wood on Jul. 9, 2014 - 2:50 PM In what seems to be a weekly occurrence, Sir Martin “Mr. Happy Fun Guy” Sorrell offered agency folks a Debbie Downer moment in the form of a LinkedIn”fluencer” blog post: “The 10 Trends Shaping the Gl ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies WPP: ‘U.S., U.K. Advertising Is Still in Strong Demand.’ By Shawn Paul Wood on Jun. 25, 2014 - 2:47 PM Sir Martin Sorrell is back (like he ever left) and still smirking like the Grinch after a Christmas rummage sale. According to a release published in the Wall Street Journal, WPP reported “strong demand for advertising in ...
View Post Agencies WPP Will Double Its Spending Budget on Twitter in 2014 By Shawn Paul Wood on Jun. 23, 2014 - 11:26 AM In another headline from Cannes-Lions, WPP Grand Poobah Sir Martin Sorrell told the world that he will double ad spending on “The Twitter” (as he may have called it) from $50 million to $100 million. The news was anno ...
Agencies | Campaigns | Events Y&R’s Argentine Olympics Spot Sparks Controversy for ‘Playing Politics’ By Bob Marshall on May. 4, 2012 - 4:30 PM The above new spot for Argentina’s Olympic team from Y&R New York Buenos Aires is being called by some “beneath contempt,” “tasteless,” “feral and disgusting behavior” and “desig ...