09-06-2025 13:29 via theguardian.com

WPP chief Mark Read to step down as ad agency battles AI

CEO to leave global advertising group after three decades, with shares at lowest level in about five years‘The death of creativity’? AI job fears stalk advertising industryBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of WPP, Mark Read, has announced he will step down, as the advertising agency, which was once the largest in the world, struggles against the rise of artificial intelligence and with its shares at their lowest level in about five years.Read will leave WPP after more than
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