EPISODE · Aug 6, 2026 · 5 MIN
S4 Capital jumps 26%, creators become conglomerates
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S4 Capital shares jump 26% despite revenue decline. Adweek reports S4 Capital's stock rose 26% after H1 results that still showed falling revenue, a test of how investors price Sorrell's turnaround plan. (Adweek) Creators building diversified businesses resembling media conglomerates. Adweek reports top creators are using inflowing ad dollars and capital to build diversified companies that increasingly look like traditional media empires. (Adweek) Ex-Omnicom and IPG staffers launch independent agencies. Digiday reports thousands of practitioners have left Omnicom since its IPG merger, with some founding their own shops, expanding the indie roster available to clients and talent. (Digiday, Digiday) Also moving today: Performance Marketing’s Biggest Success Created Its Biggest Blind Spot (AdExchanger) Publicis Groupe Africa appoints Jarred Trembath head of Influential in sub-Saharan Africa (pressportal.co.za, South Africa Today, Bizcommunity.com) Tinuiti Named Media Agency of Record for Allies of Skin (Adweek) Momentum appointed by Optus for multi-year retail partnership (Mumbrella) Get Advertising in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://advertisinginfive.com
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S4 Capital's shares rose 26 percent after first-half results showed net revenue down 4.7 percent, a twelfth straight quarterly decline, with margins nearly doubling to 12.3 percent, per Adweek. Adweek's Mark Stenberg argues the biggest creators now operate as conglomerates, citing eMarketer figures putting US brand spending on creators above 21 billion dollars this year. Digiday reports that talent leaving Omnicom and IPG since the merger is forming independent shops built on freelance benches and performance-based fees, plus items on performance marketing's growth ceiling, a Publicis Groupe Africa appointment, Tinuiti's win with Allies of Skin, and Momentum's Optus retail partnership.
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