AICPA Crowns King
Tue, Feb. 19, 2019
By Kevin McCauley
The American Institute of CPAs has hired FleishmanHillard alum Kathy King as senior director of PA, advocacy and media.
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The American Institute of CPAs has hired FleishmanHillard alum Kathy King as senior director of PA, advocacy and media.
Interpublic today reported a 13.3 percent rise in Q4 net revenues and an 8.5 percent jump in operating income to $459.1M. (2 reader comments)
Omnicom CEO John Wren today reported Q4 revenues dropped 2.2 percent to $4.1B on flat operating profit of $627M. The FleishmanHillard, Ketchum, Porter Novelli-led PR group dipped 0.7 percent to $370M.
Finn Partners has acquired Small Army, a Boston-based 45-member integrated marketing shop focused on health, financial, technology and travel sectors.
Publicis Groupe CEO Arthur Sadoun reports 4Q revenues inched ahead 0.4 percent to $2.8B to wrap up what he calls “a productive year” for the French ad/PR holding company.
Several changes to the tax code may offer deduction opportunities for PR agencies. (1 reader comment)
WPP has unloaded its minority stake in Richard Attias & Assocs., strategic consultancy and events firm that organized the controversial "Davos in the Desert" in Saudi Arabia last year. (1 reader comment)
Next 15 Communications Group enjoyed robust organic growth during the second half of fiscal 2018, according to its trading update released today.
Tax savings ideas and issues that can help your agency this year as well as in the years to come.
WPP chief Mark Read is expected to slash 3,500 jobs as part of his three-year "radical evolution" plan to bolster growth at the beleaguered ad/PR conglom by repositioning it as a streamlined creative technology company. (1 reader comment)
Bloomberg slates first-ever "Sustainable Finance Week" in New York next week as responsible investing accounts for $12T, or more than a quarter of total US assets under management. (1 reader comment)
Assessing how the year went for your agency, and what changes need to be made, in order to be successful in 2019 and beyond.
Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital posted a 44.6 percent rise in Q3 revenues to $33.1M and a 31.7 percent jump in gross profit to $23.1M. (4 reader comments)
Cision posted an 87 percent decline to $6M in Q3 losses from a year ago on an 11 percent boost in revenues to $117.2M.
Blue Engine Message & Media is merging with JDA Frontline on Jan. 1 to form a bipartisan public affairs shop of 25 staffers that will help clients navigate the volatile and divisive political climate.
Embattled MDC Partners, which is searching for a strategic partner and CEO, lost $18.2M during the third-quarter on flat revenues of $375M. (1 reader comment)
WPP today reported a 0.8 percent dip in Q3 revenues to $4.8B as CEO Mark Read promised "decisive action and radical thinking" to turn around the ad/PR combine. The news triggered a stock sell-off. Read seeks partner for Kantar, the big data/research company. (1 reader comment)
FTI Consulting’s strategic communications unit registered a 14.3 percent in Q3 revenues to $55.1M, sparked by higher project revenues and an upswing in pass-through business.
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Interpublic CEO Michael Roth today reported a 3.4 percent increase in Q3 net revenues to $1.9B and a 2.6 percent jump in operating income to $261.7M. (2 reader comments)
Publicis Groupe CEO Arthur Sadoun wants to unload the volatile Publicis Health Solutions (contract sales group) to enable the French ad/PR combine to focus exclusively on its creative and technology offerings.
The Stagwell Group has taken a majority stake in Ink, the London-based travel media and marketing company.
WPP merges iconic ad agency Young & Rubicam with digital marketing shop VML as new CEO Mark Read puts his mark on the ad/PR combine.
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