Mark Read

Following our earlier report on the lawsuit alleging Sony investigated WPP's media operation, Digiday's media buying briefing asks whether legal exposure at a holding company actually travels to client relationships.

The argument holds that a class action on the docket since March, which alleges former chief executive Mark Read, finance chief Joanne Wilson, and WPP media head Brian Lesser misled shareholders for nineteen straight months, may matter more than the ex-executive suit alleging undisclosed rebates and kickbacks.

Those are allegations, and WPP is fighting them, per that account.

That Read also holds clients are unlikely to walk.