Google’s core business remains strong as macro questions swirl
Alphabet reported strong Q1 ad revenue and profit, driven by solid search performance and continued rapid growth in cloud computing, a key proxy for AI investment.
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WPP’s Q1 results dip, tariffs not expected to directly impact the network
WPP’s Q1 results met expectations amid macroeconomic challenges and new business timing. CEO Mark Read expects similar conditions in Q2, with improvement in the second half, noting tariffs will affect clients and the broader economy.
What people think of artificial intelligence: Stanford Index report 2025
Generative artificial intelligence is now part of daily work and business, bringing both promise and skepticism—tracked by Stanford’s AI Index since 2022.
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South Africa business activity contracts for fourth month in a row – PMI
The S&P Global South Africa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 48.3 in March from 49.0 in February, remaining below the 50.0 threshold that separates growth from contraction.
Google claims news is worthless to its ad business after test involving 1% of search results in eight EU markets
Google has reported the results of an experiment it ran which removed news from search results for 1% of users for 2.5 months in eight* markets in Europe — claiming the results show that news is essentially worthless to Google’s ad business.
Mindshare named top UK new-business performer in 2024
Retentions worth $418m pushed Mindshare to the top of the league, attributed to Unilever reappointing the WPP agency in September 2024 — an account worth $418m.Mindshare also won $29m in pure new business.
Google’s R2.5-billion South African cloud investment
“This infrastructure investment marks a giant step forward in business and technology transformation, not only for South Africa, but the continent,†the search giant said.
Publicis wins Coca-Cola’s NA $840 Million media business
In November of 2021 Coca-Cola Co. named WPP its global marketing network partner, a role in which the holding company was tasked with managing end-to-end creative, media, data and marketing technology, across the company’s entire portfolio. But WPP just lost a major piece of the assignment to Publicis Groupe, which was the runner up in the 2021 pitch.
Report looks at best time to post to social apps in 2025
What’s the best time to post to each social med platform? The answer, of course, is relative, with various factors coming into play, including the specifics of your business, your target audience, regional considerations, the content that you’re actually posting, etc.