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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 Explains $20M Discrepancy in Razorfish Acquisition

  BNET - 2009-10-12

  Publicis has offered an explanation for why it said Razorfish was profitable on revenues of $380 million when Microsoft later produced numbers showing it was making a loss on revenues of $360 million. The discrepency comes from accounting differences between Publicis and Microsoft, Publicis' investor relations unit tells BNET. by...

  Tags: Accounting, Acquisition, Razorfish, Investor Relations, Publicis, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Jim Edwards

• Publicis Numbers on Razorfish Acquisition Don't Add Up

  BNET - 2009-09-30

  Some interesting discrepancies have arisen regarding the revenue and profitability of Razorfish, the interactive ad agency acquired by Publicis from Microsoft for $530 million. In a presentation to investors, Publicis boss Maurice Levy told analysts that Razorfish's "FY June 30, 2009" revenue was $380 million (see slide 15). But in...

  Tags: Revenue, Acquisition, Razorfish, Operational Accounting, Finance, Jim Edwards

• Windows Live, Razorfish Posted Big Losses For Microsoft Last Year

  PaidContent - 2009-09-22

  It’s no secret that Microsoft’s online businesses are losing money; the company’s online services business posted a $2.3 billion loss during the company’s most recent fiscal year, which ended in June. But a Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) slide deck breaks down for the first time exactly how much red ink...

  Tags: Razorfish, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Windows Live Property, Microsoft Windows, Operational Accounting, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Marketing, Joseph Tartakoff

• 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.