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According to a research report from the Bank of America, “the approach for Synovate by Ipsos has underlined the strategic attraction of Aegis’ assets and sharpened focus on its sum-of-the-parts”.

WPP provided a positive statement this morning, upgrading its 2011 forecasts to growth of over 6% rather than the 5% previously forecast.

Pilar Barrio, head of social at MPG Media Contacts’ social media arm Socialyse, provides six tips for integrating social media into your marketing communications…

WPP shares have fallen c10% over the last month, reflecting concerns over global macro risks, commodity cost inflation and the potential fallout from the Middle East and Japan, according to BofAML.

Agencies are keen to increase spending on newer digital formats, while advertisers want to stick to time-tested tactics, according to a report from Econsultancy and SAS.

Havas, the owner of the Euro RSCG Worldwide advertising agency and the MPG brand, has reported 2010 profit of 110 million euros, missing analyst estimates.

Do agencies really hold the key to better and more systems around process and trading? They seem to, judging by the tone of conversation and comment at MediaTel Group’s latest breakfast event – ‘Would more investment in media systems make us all more profitable?’.

Well it can’t be the year of mobile yet again and it won’t yet be the year of connected TV, so what if the media industry, and most particularly the agency market, focused rather more internally?

In an increasingly fragmented media landscape, can agencies give clients what they want? According to Rino Scanzoni, chief investment officer at WPP’s Group M, “there are still siloed vendors and agencies but those are breaking down quickly because clients want integration.”Speaking at Ad Age’s Media Evolved Conference, Matt Seiler, global CEO at Interpublic Group, said… Continue reading Are silos a thing of the past?

…Or to put it another way – “where has the media voice of the agency world gone?” asks HMDG’s Greg Grimmer.