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Rahat Kapur
Dec 12, 2024

Omnicom and IPG 'huddling together as cold winds blow': Martin Sorrell

S4 Capital head and former WPP chief talks to Campaign about Omnicom-IPG's $30 billion mega-merger—predicting 7,500 job cuts, dismissing AI claims as 'smokescreen', and warns of 'brutal' integration ahead.

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