WPP still remain top of the media pile after their organic growth outstripped all competitors for Q3 2013.

In an interview with British broadsheet the Daily Telegraph, Havas chief executive David Jones has spoken candidly on Europe's economic recovery and his take on the Publicis-Omnicom super-merger.

In a range of interviews with The Drum magazine, senior executives across multiple digital agencies are coming to terms with Google's decision to encrypt natural search queries last March; affecting the levels of keyword analysis available to marketers in an effort to protect user privacy.

French media group Havas have announced a rise of 8% in pre-tax profits to £74.6 million (€88 million) in the first half of 2013.

Havas Media, part of the sixth-largest advertising group in the world, have announced the win of Emirates airline media planning and buying business.

Whilst media outlets were clamouring for WPP's take on relinquishing the title of world's largest media agency, the next band of media groups were quietly going about their business, with executives rallying their agencies and shares prices on the up.

Publicis' digital agency Starcom has been appointed to handle Burger King's lucrative European media business after winning a four-way competitive pitch.

Havas Media group's agency Arena is celebrating a double victory after wins of LG's $400m global media business as well as Betfair's £15m media planning and buying account for Europe.

French media group Havas, owners of Havas Worldwide and Havas Media, have announced a 14.5% rise in pre-tax profits for 2012, a total of £160m (€190m).

Paul Frampton, managing director at Havas Media (subsidiary of Havas, sixth-largest advertising and communications group worldwide) has made some bold statements regarding the perception and future of digital agencies in an interview with Campaign magazine.