WPP PLC
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2025-06-28 (uol.com.br)
Ogilvy dismisses employees and closes inclusion program - 06/27/2025 - Market - Folha
About 5% of the company's professionals will be disconnected; To date, there is no exits in the Brazilian branch
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2025-06-25 (adage.com)
Ogilvy lays off 5% of staff, disbands global DEI team - Ad Age
The WPP creative agency is letting go of roughly 700 employees.
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2025-06-13 (huxiu.com)
WPP steps down from the altar-
WPP Group is facing a serious crisis: core customers such as Mars and Coca-Cola turn to rivals; they are robbed of the top revenue by Publicis in 2024; CEO Mark Reed resigns, and his "complete evolution" reforms include institutional mergers, layoffs and AI investments fail to boost performance; internal employees' morale is depressed and brand integration fails, which intensifies competitive pressure; the AI advertising invasion of technology giant Meta further threatens traditional businesses. Big customer churn: Long-term customers such as Mars and Coca-Cola...
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2025-06-04 (adweek.com)
WPP's Mark Read Says AI Will Upend the Advertising Workforce
The holdco CEO spoke at SXSW London as WPP grapples with disappointing financial results and layoffs
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2025-05-12 (wirtualnemedia.pl)
Groupm will connect its agencies. There will be large exemptions
As part of the process of changing the Name Groupm to WPP Media, they will stop acting as independent business units of media agencies, including Wavemaker, Essencemediacom and Mindshare. A significant reduction in employment is also planned.
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2025-05-08 (adweek.com)
EXCLUSIVE: Layoffs Hit WPP Media Agencies Days After Reports of GroupM Rebrand
Staff at WPP's media agencies say they were blindsided by sudden layoffs, locked out of email, and told to leave—just days after the company's high-profile rebrand.
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2025-04-04 (adage.com)
WPP's VML merger—ad execs and experts react to agency shakeup - Ad Age
Experts predict there will be layoffs in the future, but said the merger will result in a stronger overall offering.
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2025-01-19 (employerbranding.news)
Paper Cut: Weekly DEI, AI Jobs, and HR Trends – Jan 19 Edition
Apple defends DEI policies while Amazon scales them back, AI jobs dominate 2025 growth predictions, WPP’s RTO mandate faces backlash, and HR leaders brace for new antitrust guidelines.
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2024-12-17 (programmaticmexico.com)
Who are the winners and losers after Omnicom's acquisition of IPG? —
Omnicom's acquisition of IPG creates a competitive advertising giant with Publicis and WPP. It provides strategic benefits, but also faces layoffs and cultural challenges. This agreement could redefine the competition and open opportunities for independent agencies.
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2024-12-13 (campaignlive.com)
Omnicom and IPG 'huddling together as cold winds blow': Martin Sorrell | Campaign US
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.. From Campaign US
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2024-12-09 (whatsnew2day.com)
Jobs At Risk In US Advertising Megamerger: Omnicom And Interpublic To Join Forces In £10bn Deal
Omnicom, led by CEO John Wren (left) and Interpublic, led by CEO Maurice Levy (right),are the world's second and fourth largest ad agencies.
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2024-12-09 (whatsnew2day.com)
Jobs At Risk In US Advertising Megamerger: Omnicom And Interpublic To Join Forces In £10bn Deal
Omnicom, led by CEO John Wren (left) and Interpublic, led by CEO Maurice Levy (right),are the world's second and fourth largest ad agencies.
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