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| John Wren |
The FleishmanHillard, Ketchum, Porter Novelli, Mercury and Marina Maher Communications collection of PR firms at Omnicom reported a 0.2 percent decline in Q3 revenues to $392.4M and a 5.5 percent fall, organically.
For the nine-month period, PR posted 1.1 percent growth to $1.2M and was flat on an organic basis.
CEO John Wren highlighted the acquisitions of Plus Communications and FP1 Strategies as the major PR achievements during the quarter.
The DC-based firms expand OMC expertise in PA and crisis management, especially in the technology and healthcare sectors.
Omnicom posted a 3.9 percent rise to overall revenues to $3.6B. It was up 3.3 percent on an organic basis.
Public Policy Holding Company grew 27.5 percent to $50.1M during Q1, powered by the accelerating contribution from recent acquisitions and a 5.1 percent hike in organic revenues across its three operating segments.
Institutional Shareholder Services advises investors to vote "no" on a compensation package for WPP chief Cindy Rose at the May 8 annual meeting.
FTI Consulting chalked up a 9.5 percent rise in Q1 revenues to $983.3M, powered by gains in its PR, corporate finance and technology segments.
Stagwell reports 4 percent growth in Q1 net revenues to $585M and a record $141M in net new business wins.
WPP reported a 6.7 percent drop to $3.1B in Q1 like-like revenues less pass-through costs. CEO Cindy Rose says 'it will take time to outpace historical losses."
