Episode 13. 1980's & 90's. "Greed is Good!" The holding company emerges and starts the downfall.
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The 1980’s signified too, a change in the general financial business attitude too, just as the advertising power base was shifting from Madison Avenue New York, to London’s Soho as we said in the last episode. And of course, the Saatchis showing that Ad Agencies could be financial business too for the first time.This is the significant moment in the downfall of advertising standards because money now overtook creative advertising. It was no longer about the Ads, but rather the money in ...
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