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Havas is a multinational advertising and public relations company, headquartered in Paris, France. It operates in more than 100 countries and is one of the largest global advertising and communications groups in the world. Havas consists of two main operational divisions:

  • Havas Creative Group (including Havas Worldwide, Arnold Worldwide and a range of other agencies)
  • Havas Media Group (including Havas Media, Havas Sports & Entertainment and Arena Media).

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Havas is a multinational advertising and public relations company, headquartered in Paris, France. It operates in more than 100 countries and is one of the largest global advertising and communications groups in the world. Havas consists of two main operational divisions:

  • Havas Creative Group (including Havas Worldwide, Arnold Worldwide and a range of other agencies)
  • Havas Media Group (including Havas Media, Havas Sports & Entertainment and Arena Media).

The Group offers a broad range of communications services, including digital, advertising, direct marketing, media planning and buying, corporate communications, sales promotion, design, human resources, sports marketing, multimedia interactive communications, and public relations.

The company which today bears the name Havas is itself a former subsidiary of the original Havas which acquired the rights to the name in 2002. It is a holding company headquartered in Puteaux, Paris, and listed in the Euronext main market.

Havas was the first French news agency, created in 1835 emerged in the age of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency comes from it. Havas was acquired by Vivendi in 1998, and renamed Vivendi Universal Publishing. VUP in turn merged with Lagardere to become Editis in 2004.

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Subject ID: 42952