GroupM top boss is very gung-ho

JWT India, a unit of WPP, the world's largest advertising group, recently unveiled a theme An Eye-Opener for Portfolio Night 11 to clear misconceptions aspirants have about the advertising industry and people associated with it. Portfolio Night is a ...

Menara defeated WPP India XI in the "Plate" finals of the Apple Coal JCA League 2012-13, to lift the trophy for the third time. At Cibubur, Menara comfortably beat WPP by five wickets to be crowned the Plate Champions for the season 2012-2013. Sent ...

The Agency won the account after a multi-agency pitch MUMBAI - MEC India, www.mecglobal.com, has been awarded the media duties for Dixcy Scott, the nationally renowned innerwear brand. The company markets premium innerwear under the brand names ...

Ford Motor Co. (F) and a WPP Plc (WPP) unit apologized over unauthorized ads for the Figo in India, including a version depicting former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi tying up and gagging three young women. We deeply regret this incident, ...

The Indian unit of advertising group WPP has sacked employees after a series of ads, including one showing women tied up in the trunk of a Ford driven by ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi created a furore last week. The ads, uploaded on an ...

Ford India today apologised over advertisements that portrayed women in a derogatory manner, including one in which former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been shown carrying three gagged and tied women in the trunk of a car. The company had ...

US auto major Ford and its ad agency WPP have apologized for offensive artwork depicting women tied up in the back of a Ford Figo, a car made in India.Manufactured by Ford India in Chennai, Figo is based on the Mark V European Ford Fiesta hatchback. It has ...

Senayan Lions and Bogor won their respective cup matches, while WPP-India XI won its plate match in the Apple Coal JCA League 2012-13. At Cibubur, Senayan put up a ruthless performance to demolish under-strength nine-man GMIS CC by seven wickets.

To its credit, WPP has acted rather more swiftly against JWT than its sister network Y&R once it emerged that one of its creative teams had been responsible for a grossly offensive scam ad for one of its clients. But then the implication of its ad, ...