David Kaplan
Jul 22, 2008 2:39 PM
After 10 years in the CEO seat, Ogilvy & Mather CEO Shelly Lazarus is expected to announce that she’ll leave her post by the end of this year, WSJ reported, citing unidentified sources. Lazarus will retain her current title of chairman when she steps down. Her expected successor as CEO…
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David Kaplan
Mar 17, 2008 9:30 AM
For the past year, ad agencies have been trying to find the best way to consider their individual relationships to Google (NSDQ: GOOG). With the internet search giant’s $3.1 billion merger with display specialist DoubleClick completed last week, the choices to view Google as friend, foe or, WPP Group CEO…
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David Kaplan
Jan 7, 2008 5:39 PM
WPP Group’s Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide is expected to cut between 50 and 100 jobs in its New York office, AdAge reports. The layoffs are being blamed on the “changing nature” of the advertising business. Citing an unidentified executive at the agency, the article says compensation from it blue chip…
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David Kaplan
Nov 6, 2007 3:58 PM
Updated below with post-panel comments from Beth ComstockThe last Ad:Tech panel for the day had NYT advertising columnist Stuart Elliott looking into the impact of conversational marketing. One small piece of news: Ogilvy expects to acquire a mobile ad company sooner rather than later, co-CEO Carla Hendra told the group.…
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