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• Earnings: Publicis Groupe Declares Downturn Over, Restates Digital Ambitions

  PaidContent - 2009-10-27

  Many in the media world are still struggling through the slashed budgets and changed business models, but at least for French advertising group Publicis the ad spend downturn is over. In its Q309 earnings release pdf on Tuesday, the company declared that the ad market reached its lowest point...

  Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Publicis Groupe S.A., Razorfish, Earnings, Operational Accounting, Finance, Advertising, Marketing, Money, Companies, Publicis, Countries, Europe, France, Patrick Smith

• Publicis Groupe's Digital Media Investment Chief Tim Hanlon Signs Off

  PaidContent - 2009-10-15

  French ad holding company Publicis Groupe is losing its top digital media M&A and investment exec: Tim Hanlon. Hanlon serves as EVP and managing director of VivaKi Ventures, Publicis’ new media VC arm; Mediapost reports that he’s leaving the company at the end of the month. The news comes...

  Tags: Digital Media, Publicis Groupe S.A., Hanlon, Advertising & Promotion, Investment, Marketing, Finance, Industry Moves, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Publicis, Tameka Kee

• Publicis Closes Razorfish Acquisition; Microsoft Gets 3.3 Percent Stake In Ad Holding Company

  PaidContent - 2009-10-14

  Two months after striking the deal, French ad holding company Publicis Groupe has closed its $530 million acquisition of digital agency Razorfish from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT). As part of the terms of the sale, Microsoft got a 3.3 percent stake in Publicis, which paid Microsoft $286.8 million in cash...

  Tags: Acquisition, Advertisement, Publicis Groupe S.A., Razorfish, Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, David Kaplan

• Publicis Buying Unilever's French CRM Site For FMCG Intelligence

  PaidContent - 2009-09-01

  Top four advertising group Publicis is buying Pour Tout Vous Dire (“for everything you say”), a customer relationship management programme and website with which Unilever tries to build relationships with its French customers. It will now open up the platform to all brands, in an effort to harvest online...

  Tags: Brand, Publicis Groupe S.A., Women, Unilever PLC, Gender And Diversity, Branding, Mergers & Acquisitions, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Software, Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Robert Andrews

• Interview: Razorfish CEO Bob Lord: Ready To Think About Buying?Not Being Bought

  PaidContent - 2009-08-10

  Publicis Groupe's $530 million acquisition of Razorfish from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) was anticipated for over a month, but the interactive shop's CEO Bob Lord tells paidContent it wasn't a done deal until about two weeks ago. The Paris-based ad holding company bested a higher bid from Japan's Dentsu as...

  Tags: Acquisition, Publicis Groupe S.A., Razorfish, Microsoft Corp., Bob Lord, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Companies, Microsoft, David Kaplan

• Publicis' David Kenny On Razorfish Buy: Digital Revs Now 25 Percent Of Total Revenues

  PaidContent - 2009-08-10

  By acquiring interactive agency Razorfish from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), Publicis Groupe has now attained a goal outlined by CEO Maurice Levy shortly after the Paris-based ad holding company bought Digitas nearly three years ago: 25 percent of its revenues will now be digital. The $530 million deal also satisfies...

  Tags: Revenue, Publicis Groupe S.A., Razorfish, Publicis, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operational Accounting, Investment, Finance, Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Companies, Microsoft, David Kaplan, Microsoft Corp.