The chairman of WPP, Philip Lader, chatted about the fast-changing advertising business.

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In early July I was in London, eating breakfast with Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, U.S. Ambassador Phil Lader and ten other Americans.

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Investors have signalled they wish Sir Martin to stay, by voting 98% in favour of his re-election - but only 78% voted for Mr Rosen and 88% for Mr Lader.

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But I understand that the company's chairman, Philip Lader, and the head of the remuneration commtitee, Jeffrey Rosen, will meet shareholders to find a new package that would be acceptable to them.

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If the resignation is not to be Sir Martin - and most shareholders will be thinking "bathwater" and "babies" at the possibility of him quitting - then presumably it will have to be one or both of the individuals who set his pay, Mr Rosen and Mr Lader.

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