4 posts and columns on organic growth

TripAdvisor CEO Says Wall Street Underestimates Its Value Now That It’s Flying Solo

in Commerce on January 9 at 6:00 am PT

TripAdvisor’s co-founder and CEO Stephen Kaufer talks to AllThingsD about the media company’s prospects for growth now that it has broken off from Expedia and is an independently traded company.
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For Big Media, “Getting Better” Means “Less Bad”

in Media on February 17, 2010 at 4:15 am PT

Publicis, the giant ad holding company, is the latest big media company to declare that the worst is over. But that doesn’t mean the company is actually growing yet.

Whoops! Are Reports of the Ad Recovery Greatly Exaggerated?

in Media on October 28, 2009 at 7:55 pm PT

Here’s the counterpoint to Publicis’s mildly optimistic take on the ad market yesterday: Rival ad-holding company Interpublic Group’s report, which is mildly pessimistic. But the takeaway is the same: If things get better, anyone who’s not Google won’t see much real sign of it until next year.
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Ad Giant Omnicom: Things Could Get (A Little) Better in Nine Months

in Media on February 10, 2009 at 6:14 am PT

For much of 2008, the big ad conglomerates seemed unaffected by the global slowdown. But that had to stop sometime: Omnicom Group just announced that its fourth-quarter revenue and earnings dropped seven percent and 13.7 percent, respectively. The good(ish) news: The company thinks things will stink for at least another nine months, but sees a light at the end of the tunnel.