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- WPP resumes negotiations to acquire Y&R;On again: Sorrell's back; Publicis remains in fray.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- WPP Group has reopened talks with Young & Rubicam and could be close to an agreement in principle to acquire the communications company. The deal would be the richest ever in the advertising business and create the world's largest advertising company, with worldwide ...
- Research articles 2000-05-08
- At Deadline.(Statistical Data Included)
- Y&R talks Executives of WPP Group and Young & Rubicam have held talks about a possible acquisition of Y&R by the British ad agency, according to this week's edition of Advertising Age, which cited people familiar with the talks. At the same time, a new potential ...
- Research articles 2000-04-10
- Y&R's Peter Georgescu Is Now an Art Muse and Mystery
- Former Young & Rubicam CEO Peter Georgescu has found a new life -- as an artist's muse. Georgescu is best known as the man who took Y&R public, triggering an exodus of newly rich managers and leaving Y&R a shell of its former self. ...
- Blog posts 2009-01-29
- Y&R's Stringham: Email Suggests Enfatico Is a Problem That Needs Fixing
- Y&R Brands chief Peter Stringham referred to Enfatico as a "challenge" in a recent mass email to the Dell shop's staff, and hinted that some of what the agency was doing "hasn't been" working for Dell. The email was a welcome message to Enfatico staff as Enfatico...
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Y&R's McLennan Blames Lawyers for Acquisition Screwup
- Y&R Advertising chief Hamish McLennan has filed his defense in the increasingly complicated Australian lawsuit in which WPP alleges it was ripped off in the acquisition of the George Patterson agency and The Communications Group. "It wasn't me, it was your lawyers who screwed up," is the gist of McLennan's...
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
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- Virgin Atlantic appoints RKCR/Y&R to global ad account
- The airline has previously used different agencies in local markets, with RKCR/Y&R holding the UK account, but campaigns will now be created centrally and then localised. GyroHSR has picked up Virgin Atlantic's global direct marketing account, while incumbent UK media agency OMD will now handle global media planning and buying....
- News items 2009-09-01
- Y&R-Irvine Corrals $90M in New Business Activity - Young and Rubicam Advertising; Mattel Inc - Brief Article
- IRVINE, CALIF--The Irvine office of Young & Rubicam Advertising has landed three new assignments valued at about $90 million. The agency formed to handle Lincoln-Mercury's American Luxury" line, was recently tapped to handle the launch of Sony's Vaio Computers and Digital Imaging products. The assignments total $80 million. Y&R will...
- Research articles 2000-11-27
- Y&R Eliminated as Jaguar Looks to Rejuvenate Brand
- Sole Technology Founder Makes Skatepark Donation; DGWB Makes Finance, Marketing Hires MEDIA & MARKETING Young & Rubicam Inc. in Irvine has been eliminated from a review of Jaguar Cars North America's creative advertising account. The ad shop, part of Britain's WPP Group PLC, was among several agencies that...
- Research articles 2005-02-14
- Enfatico: Y&R's Stringham Gives Staff 90-Day Deadline on Dell
- Y&R CEO Peter Stringham has given Enfatico 90 days to get its act together on Dell, reports AgencySpy. The blog's sources say they aren't clear whether the shop is on probation with Dell, or whether Stringham is merely trying to get the brand-new-giant-agency-from-scratch model right by banning distractions such as...
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- Y&R Chief McLennan Accused of "Deceptive and Misleading Conduct" in George Patterson Acquisition Lawsuit
- Y&R Advertising chief Hamish McLennan can be sued for "misleading and deceptive conduct" in WPP's acquisition of The Communications Group and the ad agency George Patterson, an Australian judge said. The move comes in a tangled lawsuit in Sydney that, so far, seems to be going horribly wrong for the...
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- WPP's Sorrell on Y&R Lawsuit: "Bring It On!"
- WPP chief Martin Sorrell lived up to his litigious reputation when he nixed rumors there might be a settlement in the Y&R v. Pacific Equity Partners case in Australia. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Enfatico Is Dead: Senior Execs Laid Off; Y&R Takes Lead; Commemorative Hitler Video Aired
- Enfatico is dead: Five senior account executives have been laid off, the agency is no longer AOR on Dell (that's now Y&R), WPP chief Martin Sorrell agrees it "went wrong," and the entire topic is now the subject of a YouTube Hitler parody video see below -- which all but...
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- The Player: Machtiger reinvents himself to lead PwC branding effort ; Ex-Y&R exec steps up to 'complex' biz.(profile of Bennett Machtiger)(Brief Article)
- Bennett Machtiger had to talk his way into his first job at Y&R Advertising. Twenty-two years later, Y&R's CEO had to try to talk him out of leaving. Bennett Machtiger had to talk his way into his first job at Y&R Advertising. Twenty-two years...
- Research articles 2002-07-15
- Lincoln-Mercury westward move stuns Y&R office.(automaker and agency relocation, Y&R Advertising)
- Y&R Advertising was surprised by Lincoln-Mercury's announcement that it would move to Irvine, California, but the agency plans to follow its client and relocate in the same city. Y&R is in charge of about $275 million of national advertising for Lincoln-Mercury and about $250 million of its regional accounts. Non-Lincoln-Mercury...
- Research articles 1998-01-26
- Y&R Advertising. (Accounts).(ChevronTexaco consolidates accounts at Y&R Advertising and MediaEdge)(Brief Article)
- CHEVRONTEXACO, which earlier this fall consolidated its North American creative and media accounts at Y&R ADVERTISING and MEDIAEDGE: CIA, San Francisco, has chosen the same WPP GROUP shops ... CHEVRONTEXACO, which earlier this fall consolidated its North American creative and media accounts at Y&R...
- Research articles 2002-11-18
- GUIDING Y&R THROUGH AN IPO INTO A NEW ERA: MESSRS. GEORGESCU AND VICK TALK ABOUT GOING PUBLIC, BRAND BUILDING AND Y&R'S 'WIRED' STRUCTURE OF COMMUNICATION DISCIPLINES.
- Born in 1939, Peter Georgescu joined Y&R in 1963 with a Stanford MBA, just nine years after his arrival in the United States from Romania, where he had spent much of his youth in political prison camps. He rose through the account service ranks t Born...
- Research articles 1998-11-02
- Advertising chief puts Y&R out of STW's reach.
- Apr 06, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of London-based WPP Group, says he is committed to Australian affiliate, Young & Rubicam (Y&R). He rejects suggestions that the John Singleton-controlled STW Communications will probably buy Y&R out,...
- Research articles 2003-04-06
- Y&R Group moving local office to Dearborn.
- The Y&R Group Detroit is planning a move to Dearborn. The group, which includes the advertising agency Young & Rubicam Detroit, is moving mainly because of General Motors Corp.'s purchase of its current home in the Renaissance Center. Its lease runs out at the end of...
- Research articles 1999-06-07
- Enfatico is Wrapped Into Y&R; Layoffs Expected; Dell Looks Elsewhere
- Even though everyone expected it, it's still a surprise: Enfatico has been wrapped into Young & Rubicam, effectively killing* WPP and Dell's grand experiment of a giant new international agency to serve only the computer maker. See correction below No layoffs have been announced as yet, but...
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
- Chicago chills WPP's ad agencies; Sears' cutbacks, other client losses sap Y&R, Ogilvy and JWT shops.(News)
- Byline: JAMES B. ARNDORFER Crain News Service WPP Group's Chicago agencies are feeling a client squeeze. Sears Holdings Corp. has cut the fee it pays Ogilvy & Mather and Y&R Advertising, and its future marketing plans are hazy. JWT, whi ...
- Research articles 2005-06-20
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