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Merger she wrote
There’s been a whole heap of industry chatter about the proposed merger of Publicis and Omnicom, a merger that would create the biggest holding company in all the world (but would still pale in comparison to Google). And, in true modern style, there’s already a parody Twitter account (‘This is a parody. But then again, isn’t the ad industry’) that’s skewering the combined entity.
Here are some of our favourites.
Michael Roth says we are ‘too big to fail’. We completely disagree. We are totally big enough to fail.
— Publicis Omnicom (@PublicisOmnicom) July 29, 2013
This merger will result in more innovation than you have ever thought possible hashtag lotus notes period did you get all of that?
— Publicis Omnicom (@PublicisOmnicom) July 29, 2013
I saved 500 million pounds with this miracle shake! http://t.co/FxuZiwStvQ
— Publicis Omnicom (@PublicisOmnicom) July 28, 2013
If you really think about it, we’re kind of like a Cronut.
— Publicis Omnicom (@PublicisOmnicom) July 28, 2013
May your Dimanche be filled with completely not-awkward man-hugs, like ours was. http://t.co/QSZ6fVeXjf
— Publicis Omnicom (@PublicisOmnicom) July 28, 2013
Please affectionately refer to our co-CEOs as ‘Jaurice’, and not ‘Maurohn’. Merci.
— Publicis Omnicom (@PublicisOmnicom) July 28, 2013
Of course we can be big, French, AND agile. It’s not like it hasn’t happened before, non? pic.twitter.com/kOICsOSQ0N
— Publicis Omnicom (@PublicisOmnicom) July 28, 2013
