The Big Consolidation
Beyond the headlines: Examining the IPG-Omnicom merger’s impact on clients, competition, and creativity.
Omnicom-IPG billings worth $2.7 billion in China: Ebiquity
The merger locks in a 15.5% global market share, but China becomes the decisive battleground to close the gap with rivals.
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'The industry doesn’t need another behemoth’: Mark Penn on Omnicom-IPG
EXCLUSIVE: The political kingmaker-turned-Stagwell-chief tells Campaign why the $31 billion merger could see thousands of layoffs, shift pitch dynamics, and prove that AI will favour smaller players in the long run.
The $31 billion Omnicom-IPG deal has industrial logic but also many caveats
The biggest beneficiary might not be the two companies involved, but the wider agency sector itself, writes Campaign UK editor-in-chief, Gideon Spanier.
Omnicom and IPG 'huddling together as cold winds blow': Martin Sorrell
S4 Capital head and former WPP chief talks to Campaign about Omnicom-IPG's $30 billion mega-merger—predicting 7,500 job cuts, dismissing AI claims as 'smokescreen', and warns of 'brutal' integration ahead.
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‘This is not a merger of equals’: 6 marketing experts discuss the $13 billion Omnicon-IPG takeover
With the big six holdcos on the verge of becoming the big five, how will the so-called ‘mega-merger’ impact client work, employees, and opportunities for smaller agencies?
Publicis Groupe CEO Arthur Sadoun says Omnicom-IPG deal is 'real opportunity'
Sadoun said new holding company 'will require every leader to be focused internally on integration'.
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