Holding Companies

Huntsworth first quarter revenue up 3.8%

May 18, 2012

LONDON: Huntsworth, the holding company of Grayling, Citigate, Huntsworth Health, and Red, reported like-for-like revenue growth of 3.8% in the first quarter, compared with the previous year.
 

MDC reports $236m in Q1 revenue, $25m net loss

May 03, 2012

NEW YORK: MDC Partners reported $236 million in first quarter 2012 revenue on Thursday, representing 5.4% organic growth compared with the prior year. However, the holding company also saw an operating loss of $11.7 million and a net loss of nearly $25 million in Q1.
 

Building a strong network

Alex Palmer May 01, 2012

Moderate growth, accompanied by acquisitions, defined last year. Firms are moving toward more micro, tactical positioning in 2012.
 

WPP PR, PA revenue up 1.9% in first quarter

April 27, 2012

DUBLIN, IRELAND: WPP Group's PR and public affairs revenue grew 1.9% on a like-for-like basis in the first quarter to approximately $297.6 million.
 

Publicis PR firms see 6% first-quarter growth

April 19, 2012

PARIS: Publicis Groupe's PR firms saw organic growth of 6% year-over-year in the first quarter, said Olivier Fleurot, CEO of MSLGroup.
 

Omnicom PR revenue up 4.4% in first quarter

April 17, 2012

NEW YORK: Omnicom Group's PR revenue grew 4.4% organically compared with the prior year to $306.9 million in the first quarter.
 

Havas buys crowd-sourcing ad firm Victors & Spoils

April 03, 2012

PARIS: Havas has acquired a majority stake in Victors & Spoils, a creative advertising agency that uses crowd-sourcing principles.
 

Huntsworth PR revenue up 2% last year

April 03, 2012

LONDON: PR revenue at Huntsworth, the holding company of Grayling, Citigate, Huntsworth Health, and Red, was up 2% on a like-for-like basis in 2011 compared with the prior year.
 

Strengthened Edelman holding company won't copy ad-focused rivals

March 19, 2012

NEW YORK: The decision to build out Daniel J. Edelman Inc. into a PR-centric holding company does not mean it or principal agency Edelman are on the verge of a major acquisition or that its firms will regularly compete for business.
 

Holding company figures can be deceptive

March 09, 2012

Full-year financials for the main agency holding companies have been released and we can draw some initial conclusions about the 2011 PR year - although top-line figures aren't always quite what they seem.
 

Huntsworth suffers $4.7M reorganization charge

January 31, 2012

LONDON: Holding company Huntsworth is nearing the end of a rebudgeting process that will result in a one-time restructuring cost of about $4.7 million, the company said Tuesday.
 

Huntsworth reports client cutbacks, 7% Q3 growth

November 18, 2011

LONDON: Huntsworth reported 7% overall like-for-like revenue growth in the third quarter. Yet the holding company, which owns Citigate, Huntsworth Health, Grayling, and Red, said it is experiencing heavy end-of-year client cutbacks.
 

Omnicom acquires Marina Maher

, November 16, 2011

NEW YORK: Omnicom Group has acquired Marina Maher Communications.
 

MDC PR revenue up nearly 20% in third quarter

November 02, 2011

NEW YORK: MDC Partners' PR businesses saw year-over-year organic growth of nearly 20% in the third quarter, Miles Nadal, chairman and CEO of the holding company, told PRWeek.
 

Publicis realigns Digitas, Razorfish health units

October 28, 2011

PARIS: Publicis Groupe has added Digitas Health and Razorfish Health to its Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG) in an effort to redefine the unit as technology needs grow in the healthcare sector.
 

Interpublic CMG Q3 earnings rise 10.9%

October 28, 2011

NEW YORK: Interpublic Group's (IPG) Constituency Management Group (CMG) unit, which includes its PR agencies, reported a third-quarter organic revenue increase of 10.9% to $293.8 million.
 

WPP PR, public affairs revenue up 7.4% in Q3

October 28, 2011

DUBLIN, IRELAND: WPP Group's PR and public affairs revenue was up 7.4% on a constant currency basis in the third quarter to $358.1 million.
 

Publicis' Q3 PR revenue growth nears 10%

October 20, 2011

Publicis Groupe's PR firms saw organic revenue growth of between 8% and 10% in the third quarter, CFO Jean-Michel Etienne told PRWeek today.
 

Publicis names Atellian IR officer

October 04, 2011

PARIS: Publicis Groupe has appointed Stéphanie Atellian investor relations officer, reporting to Martine Hue, director of IR.
 

PR shops still playing catch-up on digital

September 01, 2011

With Omnicom, Interpublic Group, Publicis, Havas, and now WPP all having reported first-half trading figures for 2011, the financial results season is over and it is time to draw some conclusions.
 

Havas H1 organic growth up 8.1% in North America

August 30, 2011

PARIS, FRANCE: Marketing services group Havas grew 8.1% organically in North America in the first half of 2011.
 

IPG to sell nearly half its Facebook stake

August 15, 2011

NEW YORK: Interpublic Group plans to sell approximately half of its holding in Facebook for $130 million.
 

Howard Paster, WPP PR head, passes away

August 11, 2011

NEW YORK: Howard Paster, EVP and head of PR and public affairs for agency network WPP, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 66.
 

IPG's PR revenues climb 9.6% in Q2

July 28, 2011

NEW YORK: Q2 revenues for Interpublic Group's (IPG) Constituency Management Group (CMG) rose 8.2% from $248.5 million to $269 million year-over-year, according to an earnings report released this morning.
 

Publicis Groupe reports 5% PR growth in Q2

July 21, 2011

PARIS: Publicis Groupe reported that first-half 2011 organic revenue increased 2.7% year-over-year, including $2.4 billion of new business in the last six months. The PR component of its business posted 5% organic growth.
 

Omnicom's Q2 PR revenue up 7.1%

July 19, 2011

NEW YORK: Omnicom Group reported a 7.1% increase in global PR revenue for Q2, year-over-year, to $311.7 million. Organic PR revenue increased 1.3% during Q2.
 

Creston posts strong yearly growth

June 23, 2011

LONDON: Holding company Creston posted strong financial results in an annual report this week, citing its recent acquisition of PR firm Cooney/Waters as a key factor in its growth.
 

Acquisitions in season, WPP Digital gets stake in nPario

May 17, 2011

NEW YORK: WPP Digital made a strategic investment of $5 million for a minority stake in nPario, a provider of technology solutions and applications for marketers, and advertisers.
 

Third quarter earnings indicate holding company rebound

October 22, 2010

Earning reports released this week by Havas, Omincom Group, Next Fifteen Communications, and Publicis all showed revenue increases.
 

Publicis revenues up 26% for the quarter

October 21, 2010

PARIS: Publicis reported $1.85 billion in revenue for the third quarter of 2010, a 26.1% increase over the $1.466 billion from the same time last year.
 
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