Publicis Groupe/Creative Counsel rumours gather pace
by Herman Manson. Rumours around the imminent acquisition of below-the-line agency The Creative Counsel by Publicis Groupe are gathering pace. Negotiations around a possible deal are understood to have started in 2014 but have yet to be concluded successfully.
World Wide Creative two years after the Sekunjalo deal
by Herman Manson. A little over two years ago, Saratoga Software, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Sekunjalo Investments Limited, acquired a majority shareholding in digital agency, World Wide Creative. The agency had intentionally sought a buyer that wasn't part of an agency network (or an ad agency, for that matter).