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French advertising network, Havas Advertising, has posted a solid set of financial results with organic growth at 5.5% for the first half of the year. Traditional advertising grew by 1.6%, but the results were bolstered by an 8.3% growth in market services revenue, vindicating Havas’ strategy of moving its business to 60% market services, according… Continue reading Havas Posts Good Growth, But No Tempus Counterbid

Retail executives are failing to consider offline effects when they calculate their return on investment (ROI) from online investments, according to Forrester Research. A new report claims that retailers will find that investments in online technology will pay off if they take a disciplined approach to site investments and ROI analysis. “The problem today is… Continue reading Online Retailers Are Blinkered When Measuring Web ROI, Says Forrester

WPP this morning made clear its intentions regarding Tempus Group, confirming that an offer of 555p-a-share had been made (see WPP Poised To Make Counter Bid For Tempus). This values Tempus at £440 million, an increase on the 541p-a-share offer made by Havas in July (see Tempus Shares Soar On Havas Takeover Reports) which put… Continue reading Tempus Confirms WPP Offer

Global advertising and communications group, WPP, has this morning posted interim financials in line with expectations, at the same time confirming a 555p per share offer for UK-based media and communications group Tempus (see Tempus Confirms WPP Offer). Pre-tax profit at WPP rose by 80% to £247.6 million, whilst revenues rose by 65% to £1.997… Continue reading WPP Posts Strong Interims

Recent months have seen increased consolidation with the media market as the increasing trend towards globalisation leads to one independent after another being snapped up by the ‘big boys’ of the industry. The name in the frame for the past month has been Tempus, which seemed likely to be bought by French advertising agency Havas… Continue reading The Media Agency Landscape, Consolidation And Globalisation

Following speculation yesterday that WPP is poised to make a counter-bid for media buying agency Tempus, less than a month after Havas made their offer (see Tempus Shares Soar On Havas Takeover Reports), analysts at ABN AMRO forecast that increased interest in buying into media buying may indicate a pattern for future media consolidation. Should… Continue reading WPP Bid Could Prompt Further Consolidation

Speculation is rife that Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP, is poised to make a counter bid for the Tempus media buying agency just a month after reports that French group Havas Advertising was to take over the agency (see Tempus Shares Soar On Havas Takeover Reports). The Havas bid of 514p-a-share values Tempus… Continue reading WPP Poised To Make Counter Bid For Tempus

Recent press reports suggest that AOL Time Warner is to cut more jobs within its America Online division in Virginia. The Wall Street Journal reports that the media giant is struggling to meet financial targets in the current advertising climate. Last month the company reported lower than anticipated revenue growth and AOL Chief Executive Gerald… Continue reading AOL Prepares To Make Further Jobs Cuts

According to a new report, eBanking Technology In Europe 2001, by Datamonitor, 75 million Europeans will be making use of internet banking by 2005. By the end of 2000 there were just 23 million customers using ebanking via their PC and this will treble by 2005 according to Datamonitor. After a cautious beginning, Datamonitor’s research… Continue reading 75 Million Europeans Will Be eBanking By 2005, Says Datamonitor

Cordiant Communications, owners of Bates Worldwide, today released interim results revealing pre-tax profits of £22.1m. Although this was an increase of 27%, growth for the period fell below analysts’ forecasts and press reports this morning predict global job losses within the group. In a statement in June, Cordiant announced that the global ad downturn would… Continue reading Cordiant Prepares To Cut More Jobs As Profits Fall Flat