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Reports/Agency Sector
Edition 1 · April 2026

The agency industry under the microscope.

Six months of tier-1 coverage. Same disruption forces — opposite frames.

44.8%
WPP · negative
26.6%
Omnicom · negative
Feb '26
Inflection

Narrative volume · monthly · Nov 2025 – Apr 2026

n = 216

NovDecJanFebMarApr
MarginConsolidationAIRegulatoryTalent
§Continue to Recommendations for the two open positioning lanes.
Recommendations/Positioning
§ 04 · for new entrants

Two frames the category hasn’t claimed yet.

Both lanes have buyer signal and zero entrenched holdco voice. New entrants can own them on a six-to-twelve month window.

Underreported · 4% of coverage

The Talent frame.

Position as the antidote to holdco AI-driven attrition. Buyer concern is unanswered in print.

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Journalists
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  • Suzanne Vranica
    WSJ — Agencies
  • Lara O'Reilly
    Business Insider
  • Megan Graham
    Bloomberg
Awards & Events
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  • PRWeek Best Places to Work
    Sep 18, 2026
  • Ad Age Best Places to Work
    Jun 6, 2026
  • Cannes Lions · Talent track
    Jun 22, 2026
  • PRovoke Global Summit
    Oct 27, 2026
Emerging · 7% of coverage

The Regulatory frame.

Own the compliance-first lane as AI-disclosure and platform rules tighten across major markets.

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Journalists
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  • Kim Mackrael
    WSJ — Regulatory
  • Brian Fung
    CNN — Tech Policy
  • Cecilia Kang
    NYT — Tech Policy
Awards & Events
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  • SABRE Awards · Public Affairs
    May 22, 2026
  • ICCO Global Awards
    Oct 16, 2026
  • IAB Annual Leadership Meeting
    Jan 26, 2027
  • PRSA International
    Oct 12, 2026

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Erin WalshCEO · Northwind
Inbound · Apr 28

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    Specialised agents that read, analyse, write, and operate 24/7 as an extension of yourself.

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    Maya ChenAccount Lead · Halo Networks
    Awards & events · Apr 28
    Halo's Q3 awards window closes in three weeks — pull the calendar, score against our positioning, draft the top picks, and stage submissions for Maya's Friday review.

      Crafted with the best.
      Not in a lab.

      Top teams running on Shadow today.
      Real numbers, not gated claims.

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      Outcast

      Absorbed 3x inbound, no new headcount.

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      3x
      Inbound growth in 90 days
      80+
      Hours saved per week
      22
      Custom agents

      Outcast needed to handle surging new business volume without pulling senior time from active clients. With Shadow running the full intake and contracting flow, the team tripled pipeline throughput across hundreds of accounts — and junior staff started shipping work closer to senior judgment.

      Haymaker

      Awards and events, halved in 30 days.

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      50%
      Overall time reduction
      90%
      Faster first drafts
      15+
      Clients covered

      Haymaker was spending weeks per cycle on awards research, roadmaps, briefs, and final submissions across their client roster. Shadow automated the full lifecycle — halving production time and saving 40+ hours across awards and events workflows every week.

      Inworld AI

      A full launch playbook, built from scratch.

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      300+
      Personalized pitches
      38
      Months of media data analyzed
      3 days
      From zero to launch-ready

      Inworld needed a data-driven launch plan for voice AI models with no precedent in the market. Shadow analyzed thousands of articles across hundreds of journalists, compounded it with keyword data to land positioning on beat for media and buyers, and built a 300+ journalist media list with personalized pitches.

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