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Lightspeed Research-The Foresight Group, a Kantar Company Within the WPP Group, Announces Jerry Halamaj has Joined the Company as a Senior Consultant

Extra Technology News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Lightspeed Research - The Foresight Group, a global provider of innovative employee survey solutions, announced today that Jerry Halamaj has joined the company as a Senior Consultant. Chicago, IL ( PRWEB ) July 23, 2008 -- Lightspeed Research - The Foresight Group, a global provider of innovative employee survey solutions, announced today that Jerry Halamaj has joined the company as a Senior Consultant....

Tall Task for New Top Man at UM

Advertising Age - MediaWorks (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- In the past few years, Interpublic, with a lot of loud talk and routine facelifts, has been the Joan Rivers of agency-media operations. With its most recent nip and tuck, it seems like it finally has the face it needs to move forward and better compete with rivals WPP Group and Publicis Groupe.

advertising: WPP Group Seeks to Buy Taylor Nelson Sofres

New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

The move by WPP pushed GfK, the preferred merger partner of Taylor Nelson Sofres, to scramble to put together a higher bid for the British market research company.

The Real-Life Advertising-Industry Drama

DealBook (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

As if “Mad Men” weren’t enough, the advertising industry can now entertain itself with the latest episode in what has become an international takeover feud. Not long after WPP Group, a British advertising giant, announced a hostile bid for Taylor Nelson Sofres, also based in the United Kingdom, GfK Group, a rival market research firm [...]

WPP Turns Hostile in Bid for TNS

Mediabuyerplanner (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

WPP Group has gone directly to TNS shareholders with a hostile takeover bid valued at nearly $2.2 billion. The move comes following the TNS board of directors' rejection of three previous offers from...

WPP Makes Hostile Bid For TNS; GfK Considers Cash Bid For Audience Measurement Firm In Response

Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

As expected, WPP Group is making a hostile bid for audience measurement firm Taylor Nelson Sofres, which has rejected the ad holding company's three previous offers, Reuters reports . That in turn, has led UK-based TNS' preferred suitor, Germany audience measurement provider GfK to rethink the combination of equals that was originally being worked out in May. That deal has been valued at €100 million...

• WPP Makes Hostile Bid For TNS; GfK Considers Cash Bid For Audience Measurement Firm In Response - paidContent:UK

WPP Group Seeks to Buy Taylor Nelson Sofres

DealBook (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

WPP Group, the advertising and marketing company, said Wednesday that it had made a hostile bid for the British market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres, aiming to upset that company’s plans to merge with a rival, GfK. Martin Sorrell, the WPP chief executive, said in a statement that WPP had “reluctantly” decided to go straight to [...]

• WPP makes hostile bid for market research firm - International Herald Tribune
• WPP makes hostile $2.1 billion TNS takeover bid - The Earth Times Online Newspaper
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WPP Group Seeks to Buy Taylor Nelson Sofres

New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

WPP Group, the advertising and marketing company, said it had made a hostile bid for the British market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres.

WPP makes hostile $2.1 billion TNS takeover bid

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

LONDON (Reuters) - WPP Group , the world's second-largest advertising company, launched on Wednesday a hostile bid worth 1.08 billion pounds ($2.13 billion) for British market research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres .

WPP makes hostile $2.1 billion TNS takeover bid

Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

LONDON (Reuters) - WPP Group , the world's second-largest advertising company, launched on Wednesday a hostile bid worth 1.08 billion pounds ($2.13 billion) for British market research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres .

WPP makes hostile takeover bid for TNS

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

LONDON (Reuters) - WPP Group Plc , the world's second-largest advertising company, said it has launched a hostile bid worth 1.08 billion pounds for market research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres .

Once Upon A Time, Wunderman Was a Direct Shop

AdPulp (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008

Chicago interactive shop Design Kitchen , has been bought by WPP Group's Wunderman, an agency network busy employing revisionist history. According to Adweek , Wunderman has made a series of acquisitions over the last year-plus to increase its digital heft. These include purchasing Blast Radius last October and six interactive firms in international markets. Wunderman also bought Web site optimization...

Taylor Nelson Rejects 4th WPP Merger Bid

DealBook (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008

Taylor Nelson Sofres has rejected a fourth unsolicited takeover offer from WPP Group. Taylor, the British market-research company, previously agreed to merge with Germany’s GfK, Bloomberg News said. The $2.1 billion bid, “substantially undervalues” the company, Taylor Nelson said in a statement. “WPP’s successive approaches and considerable press commentary and innuendo collectively represent an attempt...

Taylor Nelson Sofres rejects $2.2 bln approach from WPP

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008

U.K. market research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres on Thursday rejected an improved takeover proposal of 1.08 billion pounds ($2.15 billion) from WPP Group and accused the advertising giant of trying to undermine its planned merger with Germany’s GfK.

TNS rejects improved approach from WPP

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008

LONDON (Reuters) - Marketing research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres rejected an improved 1.08 billion pounds approach from WPP Group saying it still substantially undervalued the company.