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- How to Manage Clever People
- Brainy employees are a mixed blessing. They dislike authority, flout the rules and are convinced they are smarter than you. But they also create a disproportionate amount of value for your business. So learn how to be a 'benevolent guardian', says Rob Goffee, co-author of "Clever". Here, he explains how...
- Videos 2009-09-30
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- Wealth creation should be rewarded, not sneered at: shareholders quibbling over the remuneration package being awarded to Sir Martin Sorrell should take stock of the wealth he creates
- I like Sir Martin Sorrell. My more cynical friends and business associates tell me that this is because I have never worked tot him. If that is so, I am happy for this situation to prevail. It has always seemed to me that if one struck up a pleasant, social...
- Research articles 2004-04-08
- WPP's Sir Martin To Olympic Committee: Embrace YouTube Or Lose Your Audience
- With the 2016 Olympic Games all squared away and set for Rio de Janeiro, members of the International Olympic Committee could get down to more serious business—such as how to handle the issue of online video. WPP Group CEO Sir Martin Sorrell had some very simple ideas for the...
- External links 2009-10-06
- At WPP, Martin Sorrell Indulges His Inner Economics Professor
- Sir Martin Sorrell, chief of agency holding company WPP, inserted a curious rant about economics into his third quarter earnings press release. WPP â€" which includes ad agencies such as Ogilvy & Mather, JWT and Grey Global Group â€" normally makes a fairly staid statement of its finances and restricts...
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Sorrell hit by friendly fire as recession rumbles on: Martin Sorrell's optimistic assessment of recovery seems premature alongside tales of woe in the UK. But he's no Comical Ali of advertising. (Business)
- I have been enjoying what Sir Martin Sorrell has had to say recently. It's reminded me of the optimistic media performance of Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf or Comical Ali, the erstwhile Iraqi information minister. The gutters of the marketing services sector have been running red with the most fearful...
- Research articles 2003-05-01
- Sorrell faces revolt over 3-year deal
- SIR MARTIN SORRELL, the head of the WPP advertising group, is expected to become the latest corporate chief to come under attack for alleged "fat cat" infringements when he chairs the group's annual meeting today. And a shareholders' gathering on Friday to approve the Kingfisher retail group's...
- Research articles 2003-06-30
- Sorrell back on top of ad world as WPP seals Y&R deal
- SIR MARTIN Sorrell reclaimed the top rung in the global advertising industry yesterday when WPP Group sealed an all-share $4.5bn (pounds 3bn) agreed takeover of Young & Rubicam, the US advertising and communications group. The deal, which will see WPP shareholders own two-thirds of the enlarged group...
- Research articles 2000-05-13
- Sorrell joins battle with Levy in pounds 1.7bn tussle for Aegis
- A successful bidder for Aegis, the media-buying and market research group, is expected to have to pay up to 150p a share, valuing the group at pounds 1.7bn, after WPP entered the bidding process on Monday in competition with Publicis, its French rival. Publicis has already held...
- Research articles 2005-10-05
- Sorrell and sacked Italian chief in fresh feud
- The feud between Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP and the sacked head of the advertising giant's Italian arm is set to heat up, as the pair battle over control of a subsidiary company. FullSix, a Milan-listed marketing firm in which both WPP and Marco Be-natti have substantial stakes,...
- Research articles 2006-02-23
- WPP Group's Sorrell Looks to Maintain Firm's Revenue Growth in 2004.
- By Christina Hoag, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 15--A wire basket manufacturer may seem an unlikely beginning for one of the world's largest advertising holding companies, but that's how London-based WPP Group got its start. In...
- Research articles 2004-03-15
- WPP's Sorrell: Online Ad Spending Should Reach 25% of Total
- Ashkan Karbasfrooshan submits: Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP’s WPPGY head honcho, was talking at the 13th annual WWD Apparel / Retail CEO Summit at the St. Regis hotel in NYC last week: New Media is 25% of our business already, but our clients only spend 12 to...
- External links 2009-11-18
- Sorrell Used WPP Stock as Collateral for Personal Loans
- There's been discussion recently about whether WPP can pay its debts. (BNET concluded that, for the time being, WPP is fine). But what about WPP boss Martin Sorrell's personal debts? Turns out Sorrell is highly leveraged -- with his own stock. The FT...
- Blog posts 2009-01-26
- WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
- "The US brand still has significant leadership, but there has been a significant decline in the perception of the brand over the past few years," Sir Martin Sorrell, Group Chief Executive, WPP, United Kingdom, told the World Economic Forum Annua"The US brand still has significant leadership, but there has been...
- Research articles 2008-01-27
- USA: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: IS "BRAND USA" SUFFERING? PERHAPS NOT.
- "The US brand still has significant leadership, but there has been a significant decline in the perception of the brand over the past few years," Sir Martin Sorrell, Group Chief Executive, WPP, United Kingdom, told the World Economic Forum "The US brand still has significant...
- Research articles 2008-01-27
- World Cup Advertising Analysis
- ROSS WESTGATE, CNBC ANCHOR: Well, the French advertiser Publicis PUB says it is expecting very satisfactory results for the year ahead, and Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of communications giant WPP WPPGY, thinks that 2006 will be a bit better than 2005, driven largely by special events...
- Research articles 2006-03-03
- WPP to offer $4bn for rival
- SIR MARTIN SORRELL is preparing to plunge WPP Group into its first hostile bid battle since it took over Ogilvy & Mather a decade ago, with a $4bn (pounds 2.5bn) offer for Young & Rubicam. Talks between Sir Martin and Tom Bell, chief executive of the New...
- Research articles 2000-04-16
- WPP's Sorrell Eyes "LUV" Recovery; Does U-Turn on Paid Content
- WPP chief Martin Sorrell has come up with a yet another metaphor for the economic recovery which he believes is not happening yet: Going forward, Sir Martin says we'll see a "LUV" recovery: a Little recovery in Europe, a U-shaped one in the United States, and a V-shaped one in...
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
- WPP's knight foresees early dawn and many rising stars in the East
- Sir Martin Sorrell sat before the Capitol as an invited guest at the inauguration of President Obama in Washington before heading out to JF Kennedy airport to catch an overnight flight back to London. He arrived at Heathrow at 9.30am, plenty of time in Sir Martin's world to go straight...
- Research articles 2009-02-02
- Earnings: WPP Sales Fall In 'Less Worse' Q2
- WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell had predicted a two percent revenue fall for 2009, then revised it downward to four percent after a lackustre first half.In reality, both figures are wide of the mark: for the first nine months of the year, WPP made revenue of £6.29 million—an impressive...
- External links 2009-10-30
- Advertising Roundup: Carrefour Taps Publicis; LePlae Out at TBWA; LA Bans New Outdoor; Insider Buys at ValueClick; More ...
- Carrefour taps Publicis Groupe -- The holding company plans to form an ad-hoc agency that will be totally dedicated to the account, like Enfatico for Dell. Hired without a review to handle its corporate and commercial advertising. [Source: Adweek] Rumor: LePlae out at TBWA -- Back in...
- Blog posts 2009-01-26
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