WPP launched a pre-emptive strike to ward off speculation within the media and investment community of possible changes to its relationship with key client Ford. In a formal statement filed with stock

While they weren't as bad as Dentsu and WPP, and were at least better than Havas' own Q2, they were still significantly below past performance. Overall organic growth weighed in at just 0.1%, the same

Dentsu matched WPP with its own set of disappointing results for Q3, though the figures were at least an improvement on the previous quarter. Gross profit - Dentsu's equivalent to revenues stated by other

WPP has expanded the role of Lindsay Pattison, recently appointed as chief transformation officer for the GroupM media division. She will now take that role across the group as a whole. WPP's shares have

In the news this past week: Agencies WPP's 3Q figures were its weakest for several years, and also significantly worse than any of its peers so far. Revenues of £3.65bn represented a like-for-like

Like WPP, Interpublic also breaks out net sales excluding "pass-though revenue" from disbursements and programmatic buying. Organic performance was slightly better here at 1.5% for the quarter and 1.6%

currently split between WPP's Mediacom and Mindshare. Click here for a summary of other account changes this quarter or here for the full searchable database of account assignments. In the news this

Interpublic's Futurebrand and WPP's Brand Union. WPP was put in an embarrassing position by the revelation that it has been playing both sides against the middle on gun control in the US. Public affairs

appear to be supported by ADK's biggest shareholder WPP, which holds around 25% of equity to anchor a 20-year global partnership between the two groups. However, the Japanese group says the two companies

analyst at French investment bank Natixis has identified WPP and Publicis as potential takeover targets because of recent steep falls in their market value. Although he suggests that merger with an existing