{"id":1308,"date":"2015-11-04T11:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2015-11-04T11:37:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T10:37:58","slug":"groupm-adding-essence-to-its-agency-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/groupm-adding-essence-to-its-agency-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"GroupM, adding Essence to its agency portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GroupM, WPP&#8217;s worldwide leading global media investment group, announced today plans to purchase and add Essence Digital (Essence) to its agency portfolio.<br \/>\nGroupM is acquiring a major stake in the capital equity of the agency, which is the world&#8217;s largest independent buyer of digital media.<\/p>\n<p>Following the combination of the two marketplace leaders, Essence will continue operating as an independent brand, but with the advantage of access to GroupM&#8217;s global reach and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>While Essence will keep on competing for business independently, the agency will also collaborate with GroupM&#8217;s agencies (Mindshare, MEC, MediaCom, and Maxus) on specific assignments.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 2005 and headquartered in London, Essence has also offices in\u00a0New York,\u00a0San Francisco,\u00a0Seattle,\u00a0Singapore\u00a0and\u00a0Tokyo.<br \/>\nThe independent digital media buyer employs more than 500 people and deploys campaigns in more than 70 markets, managing media spend over $ 700 million.<\/p>\n<p>The agency blends data science, objective media, and captivating experiences to build valuable connections between brands and consumers. Current brands in Essence&#8217;s rapidly diversifying client base include Financial Times, Google, HP, Viber and Tesco Mobile.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abThe addition of Essence to GroupM represents significant expansion of our digital expertise, particularly with the Google technology stack. This is consistent with GroupM&#8217;s overall policy of a technology agnostic approach,\u00bb said Rob Norman, Chief Digital Officer, GroupM. \u00a0\u00abWe&#8217;re delighted to welcome and begin collaborating with the talented colleagues that come with WPP&#8217;s strategic investment in Essence.\u00bb<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1311\" style=\"width: 506px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/GroupM_logo_1000pix.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1311\" src=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/GroupM_logo_1000pix.jpg\" alt=\"GroupM logo (PRNewsFoto\/GroupM)\" width=\"506\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">GroupM logo (PRNewsFoto\/GroupM)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This acquisition continues WPP&#8217;s strategy of investing in fast growth markets, new media and digital, including data and the application of technology. WPP&#8217;s digital revenues were\u00a0US$6.9 billion\u00a0in 2014, representing 36% of the Group&#8217;s total revenues.\u00a0 WPP has set a target of 40-45% of revenue to be derived from digital in the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abEssence has a proud history of using technology, data and transparent media buying to advance the digital advertising industry,\u00bb said\u00a0Christian Juhl, CEO, Essence.\u00a0 \u00abWe&#8217;re proud to work with some of the world&#8217;s most advanced clients, running global campaigns across more than 70 markets. In GroupM, we have found a partner who shares our vision and augments our capabilities with global scale, access to media that isn&#8217;t yet digital and the global partnerships and platforms to further advance our agenda.\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GroupM, WPP&#8217;s worldwide leading global media investment group, announced today plans to purchase and add Essence Digital (Essence) to its agency portfolio. GroupM is acquiring a major stake in the capital equity of the agency, which is the world&#8217;s largest independent buyer of digital media. Following the combination of the two marketplace leaders, Essence will &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/groupm-adding-essence-to-its-agency-portfolio\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GroupM, adding Essence to its agency portfolio<\/span> Leer m\u00e1s &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[504,1191,1199,1190,1192,451,410,1193,1197,995,498,1198,400,1202,1200,1201,1195,1196,1194,450],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1308"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}