Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
In part one of a video interview with Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP Group, he talks to Chrystia Freeland, US managing editor, about the shape the economic recovery and his record on predicting the recession
SeekingAlpha Internet Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan submits: Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP’s ( WPPGY ) head honcho, was talking at the 13th annual WWD Apparel / Retail CEO Summit at the St. Regis hotel in NYC last week: New Media is 25% of our business already, but our clients only spend 12 to 13% of their budgets online. We know people spend 20 to 25% of their time online. There’s a natural gravitation pull...
Wadds' PR blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Journalists apparently hung on to Sir Martin Sorrell’s every word at the WPP Q3 results announcement on Friday. Not to hear that WPP report revenues of £2.01 billion for July to September (up 6.7 per cent on the same months last year) but to learn the adman’s latest thinking on the shape of the recession. They [...]
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP, the advertising group, yesterday added to what he called the "alphabet soup debate" on the shape of the recession by...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
WPP chief Sir Martin Sorrell pointed to an "LUV"shaped global recovery as the decline in revenues at the advertising group slowed.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
WPP's chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell remained cautious as revenue declines slowed at the advertising giant in the third quarter, but said Armageddon had been averted and conditions in the market were "less worse".
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Sir Martin Sorrell, the world’s most influential adman, yesterday offered a new expression to describe prospects for the world’s economy as he predicted a “LUV”-shaped recovery.
Brand Strategy Magazine Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Anything Sir Martin Sorrell says tends to make headlines. Today, Sorrell said that he thought the recession would take an “LUV” form. This was a phrase coined by Thomson Reuters correspondent Stella Dawson. But what does “LUV” mean? Dawson suggested there would be an L-shaped recovery for some countries, a U-shaped for others and a few [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
All eyes will be on what Sir Martin Sorrell of WPP has to say about the world economy when he reports third quarter results this Friday as the advertising giant is such a bellweather of how companies are faring. Analysts reckon that WPP's revenues will be down by 9.4 per cent on the period, albeit slightly better than the second quarter's fall.
thebluedoor pr (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... - ' Social Media and Online PR ' from Econsultancy has been a must-read for us all. WPP's Sir Martin Sorrell has been extremely vocal about the role online has in taking PR out of recession - it has an important role within any communications strategy. And this report into the state of the Online PR industry certainly demonstrates that his prediction is more than just crystal ball...
Tribal Journalist (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Notes from BBC The Media Revolution programme: presenter Janet Street Porter. started as a Fashion Writer in the 1970s PART ONE: Newspapers Property and Recruitment advertising going elsewhere. - Online websites. Print: 2.25m loss of readers last year. 750,000 readers lost The Mirror 400,000 readers lost The Sun 10% Guardian lost 500,000 readers stopped buying a sunday paper. Sir Martin Sorrell...
May 22 Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... the Third Test at Trent Bridge, and so the strike is due to begin at midnight tonight." Or there's Martin Sorrell, Group chief of WPP advertising, who in the last year laid off 7,200 staff and collected a £3m salary. But because we're all in it together maybe he gave them a little jingle as he laid them off, singing "You won't be let back in with a Sorrell sacking, now you're...
m-cause (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
“I have a confession to make, I lead a double life.” Bob Gilbreath in the Marketing with Meaning introduction If you are looking for a fresh voice from a new generation of marketers…then I highly recommend you pick up Bob Gilbreath’s new book: Marketing with Meaning. Yep, there are reasons why marketing heavyweights like Sir Martin Sorrell [...]
Arts Reader (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... rates look likely to stagnate http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/OEILD/QNRPS/S3U7II/MY257/ID/h Video: Sir Martin Sorrell on economic recovery In part one of a video interview with Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP Group, he talks to Chrystia Freeland, US managing editor, about the shape the economic recovery and his record on predicting the recession http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/OEILD/QNRPS/S3U7II/LDV4T/ID/h...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
BARCELONA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Martin Sorrell, chief executive of top ad agency group WPP , does not believe the recession is over and has seen little change in business trends in October, which he described again as "less worse".
