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  Adland’s main post-M&A tussle is for second place

  Omnicom and IPG are creating the world’s largest agency, but Publicis’ superior growth profile should keep it in pole position. UK group WPP risks winding up in third place. Yet that hinges on whether advertising’s big merger fast-tracks AI investment, or impedes it.

  19 Dec 2024
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  Brick phones will ring in an unlikely revival

  Nokia handsets of the early 2000s are appealing to a generation seeking a digital detox. The market, which is only 2% of US devices, is growing fast having doubled in a year. With the likes of Australia banning social media for under-16s, Apple and Samsung may pivot or lose out.

  19 Dec 2024
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  Vivendi’s discount haunts Bollorés post-breakup

  The media group split in four to shed a conglomerate valuation penalty. The bits are now collectively worth just 8 bln euros, implying no upside from the move. One lesson is that the discount was always down to the controlling Bolloré clan’s influence rather than the structure.

  17 Dec 2024

• Lack of M&A is squeezing Britain’s media old guard

  2 Dec 2024

• Tycoons’ odd telco bets mask a greater logic

  26 Nov 2024

• Europe’s Starlink-lite is a worthwhile also-ran

  21 Nov 2024

• Vodafone M&A spree leaves German problem untouched

  12 Nov 2024

• Vivendi activist’s critique falls on deaf ears

  1 Nov 2024

• Philips’ China misery renews case for bold surgery

  28 Oct 2024

• Danone’s yogurt bounty can spur M&A spree

  24 Oct 2024

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