{"id":2760,"date":"2013-08-09T06:38:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T10:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2013-08-09T06:38:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T10:38:36","slug":"inside-pr-3-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/2013\/08\/09\/inside-pr-3-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside PR 3.42: Our take on the Publicis Omnicom merger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2746\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2760-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/prworks\/IPR_342_FINAL.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/prworks\/IPR_342_FINAL.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/prworks\/IPR_342_FINAL.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/inside-pr\/id137886027?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidepr.ca%2F%3Fp%3D2760\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>[display_podcast]<\/p>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s episode of the Inside PR podcast, <a title=\"Gini Dietrich on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ginidietrich\" target=\"_blank\">Gini Dietrich<\/a>, <a title=\"Martin Waxman on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/martinwaxman\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Waxman<\/a> and <a title=\"Joseph Thornley on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thornley\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Thornley<\/a> talk about the <a title=\"Omnicom and Publicis merge\" href=\"http:\/\/files.omnicomgroup.com\/ReportManagement\/UploadedFiles\/130195081104588750.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Omnicom Publicis merger<\/a>. Will this yield opportunities for independent agencies? While the deal seems to have be driven by considerations of scale and efficiencies, what of the creatives who actually attract the clients? What about the clients themselves? Where was the client demand for this type of a deal? And what about the front line employees? Will they see immediate benefits from this deal or will they experience uncertainty as they wait for the other shoe to drop? Will they be distracted? Will smaller clients suffer from inattention as management focuses on securing the larger clients? And what about PR? Where does it fit in the thinking of the new mega-holding company?<\/p>\n<p>Also in this episode, we discuss<a title=\"Hootsuite receives funding\" href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2013\/08\/01\/hootsuite-raises-165m-series-b-round-from-insight-accel-and-omers-to-go-large-on-enterprise-social-media-monitoring\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Hootsuite&#8217;s $165 million funding<\/a> round and we receive a comment from <a title=\"David Jones on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doctorjones\" target=\"_blank\">David Jones<\/a>, one of the original Inside PR podcasters.<\/p>\n<p>********************************************<\/p>\n<p>Send us an email or an audio comment to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:insideprcomments@gmail.com\">insideprcomments@gmail.com<\/a>, join the\u00a0<a title=\"Inside PR Community on Google+\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/communities\/107220947721041165633\" target=\"_blank\">Inside PR Google+ Community<\/a>, join the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=101489863251163\" target=\"_blank\">Inside PR Facebook<\/a>\u00a0group, leave us a comment here, message us\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/inside_pr\">@inside_pr<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, or connect with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ginidietrich\" target=\"_blank\">Gini Dietrich<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thornley\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Thornley<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/martinwaxman\">Martin Waxman<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter. Our theme music was created by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortheloveofrecords.com\/\">Damon de Szegheo<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerdey.com\/\">Roger Dey<\/a>\u00a0is our announcer. Inside PR is produced by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kristinesimpson\" target=\"_blank\">Kristine Simpson<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Ashlea LeCompte on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ashlealecompte\">Ashlea LeCompte<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[display_podcast] In this week&#8217;s episode of the Inside PR podcast, Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman and Joseph Thornley talk about the Omnicom Publicis merger. Will this yield opportunities for independent agencies? 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