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GSK divides most of its global media business between Group M and OMG

Pharmaceutical giant GSK splits its hefty global media planning and buying accounts between Group M and Omnicom Media Group.

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What? Pharmaceutical giant GSK is splitting most of  its global media planning and buying account between Group M and Omnicom Media Group (PHD).
Why it matters: GSK invests over US $1.5 billion annually in advertising.

After a review, GlaxoSmithKline announced that most of its global media business will go to units of GroupM and Omnicom Media Group.

According to Campaign, OMG agency PHD has retained the estimated £890 million (approximately US$ 1.3 billion) U.S. business and will also run the Canadian and West African markets. GroupM agencies will manage the rest of the world, with MediaCom expected to retain the £60 million (US $95 million) UK account. Dentsu, on the other hand, will manage media buying in Japan.

“This decision ends GlaxoSmithKline’s relationship with Publicis Groupe’s Starcom and Dentsu’s Carat, which previously worked on the business alongside PHD and Group M.”

Sam Singh, VP of Global Media at GlaxoSmithKline, said that with this move, the company intends to attain “simplicity and speedier deployment of best practices”.

 
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