The uncertainty surrounding the intentions of French corporate raider and key Havas shareholder Vincent Bollore has made it difficult for the agency holding company to strike an alliance for its media
buying unit MPG, chairman Alain de Pouzilhac said in an interview published Monday by French newspaper
Les Echos. The paper previously reported that Havas was in talks with Interpublic about
forming a joint media buying venture with one or more of Interpublic's Initiative Media and Universal McCann units.
