by MarkLives. WPP is launching AKQA in South Africa through the rebranding of Platform 5.
Tag archives: merger
EXCLUSIVE: TBWA merges Yellowwood, HDI Youth
by Herman Manson. While the two agencies combined officially as of 1 June 2020, the integration process will last through the rest of June 2020.
Grid Worldwide swallows Openco
by Herman Manson. TBWA\South Africa has merged agencies Grid Worldwide and Openco.
EXCLUSIVE: CT agencies of Hellocomputer, FCB form HelloFCB+
by Herman Manson. Hellocomputer Cape Town and FCB Cape Town have merged to create a new agency: HelloFCB+.
EXCLUSIVE: Stretch and Point Blank merge, form R50m agency
by Herman Manson. Two experiential and activation agencies, Stretch and Point Blank, have merged to form a new agency named Elevator.
incuBeta, DQ&A Media Group join in R1.5bn venture
by MarkLives. The resulting merged company has over 400 full-time staff, in 13 offices worldwide, running digital marketing campaigns across 100 countries.
Publicis, Omnicom divorced
Publicis Groupe and Omnicom have announced that they have terminated their proposed merger by mutual agreement, “in view of difficulties in completing the transaction within a reasonable timeframe.”
The Ad Contrarian: The ad world’s desperate attempt to remake itself as a tech industry will lead to failure
Bob Hoffman. Over 20 years ago I left the agency business for the first time. We had sold our agency to a “global” network and after two years of working for them I decided it was not the life for me. I took the money and ran.
Publicis Omnicom merger creates world’s largest ad group
by MarkLives. Two of the world’s largest agency networks are merging.
Breaking now: WPP buys NATIVE, joins agency to VML network
by Herman Manso. Digital agency NATIVE, one of the last major independent digital agencies in SA, has been bought by WPP.