Monday Note

This is the speech (in French) by Maurice Levy, CEO of Publicis Groupe at a conference organized by the French Association of Magazine Publishers April 6, 2009. A quite insightful talk.

discours-maurice-levy-appm-6-avril-2009 (texte en Français)

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