The Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC) is the world's largest advertising agency holding company in terms of revenue (and one of the big six advertising holding companies, the others being WPP Group plc, Interpublic, Publicis, Dentsu and Havas). Its major holdings include the advertising agency networks BBDO, TBWA Worldwide, and DDB Worldwide. Its portfolio of companies also includes public relations, lobbying, marketing services, interactive design, and media buying services. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... An advertising agency or ad agency is a service business dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising (and sometimes other forms of promotion) for its clients. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... WPP Group plc, based in London, is one of the worlds largest advertising agency networks. ... The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. ... Logo Publicis Groupe (Euronext: PUB, NYSE: PUB) is a multinational advertising and communications company based in France. ... Dentsu Building in Shiodome, Tokyo Dentsu Inc. ... Havas was the first French news agency, created in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas. ... Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn is an advertising agency formed by merging of BDO (Barton, Durstine & Osborn) and Batten Co. ... One of the worlds leading advertising agencies, TBWA handles the advertising for such brands as adidas, Apple, PlayStation, and Nissan. ... Doyle Dane Bernbach was an advertising agency famous in the 1950s and 1960s for its innovative campaigns for Volkswagen (Think Small), Avis (We Try Harder), and other companies. ... Public relations (PR) is the business, organizational, philanthropic, or social function of managing communication between an organization and its audiences. ... It has been suggested that Interest representation: Academic overview be merged into this article or section. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Look up marketing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Omnicom's specialty marketing and public relations agency holdings are managed by its Diversified Agency Services division. The CEO of Diversified Agency Services("DAS") is Thomas L. Harrison. The President is Dale A. Adams, the CFO is John C. Doolittle, and the CIO is Jason S. Cohen. Among Omnicom's PR agency holdings are Brodeur Worldwide, Fleishman-Hillard, Ketchum Inc., Luntz-Maslansky Strategic Research and Porter Novelli. In 2005, Omnicom acquired its first search engine marketing firm, Chicago-based Resolution Media. Fleishman-Hillard International Communications, based in St. ... Ketchum, a leading global public relations firm, offers clients a unique breadth and depth of marketing and corporate communications expertise. ... Porter Novelli International is a leading, global PR and lobbying firm. ...

Omnicom was formed in 1986 from the merger between advertising agency networks DDB Needham and BBDO. Sometimes referred to as the "Big-Bang" merger, it was spearheaded by BBDO Worldwide CEO Allen Rosenshine, who was responding to competitive threats from other large advertising agency comglomerates. In 1993 Omnicom acquired TBWA Worldwide, a major advertising agency network. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Doyle Dane Bernbach was an advertising agency famous in the 1950s and 1960s for its innovative campaigns for Volkswagen (Think Small), Avis (We Try Harder), and other companies. ... Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn is an advertising agency formed by merging of BDO (Barton, Durstine & Osborn) and Batten Co. ... Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn is an advertising agency formed by merging of BDO (Barton, Durstine & Osborn) and Batten Co. ... One of the worlds leading advertising agencies, TBWA handles the advertising for such brands as adidas, Apple, PlayStation, and Nissan. ...

Quick facts

• Revenue (2004): 9747.20 M
• Employees (2004): 61,000
• Omnicom's CEO is John D. Wren. CFO is Randall Weisenburger. The Chairman of the Board is Bruce Crawford. It is headquartered on Madison Avenue in New York City.

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Companies

Advertising and Media

• Total Advertising
• Arnell Group
• BBDO Worldwide
• DDB Worldwide
• Element 79 Partners
• Goodby Silverstein & Partners
• GSD&M
• Martin/Williams
• Merkley & Partners
• OMD
• PHD
• Resolution Media
• TBWA Worldwide
• TEQUILA
• The Integer Group
• TracyLocke
• Zimmerman & Partners

Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn is an advertising agency formed by merging of BDO (Barton, Durstine & Osborn) and Batten Co. ... Doyle Dane Bernbach is an advertising agency that became famous in the 1950s and 1960s for its innovative campaigns for Volkswagen (Think Small), Avis (We Try Harder), and other companies. ... Advertising agency responsible for many clever ads headed by Jeff Goodby and Rich Silverstein. ... GSD&M is an advertising agency located in Austin, Texas. ... OMD is the worlds biggest media services brand with billings of over $23bn in 2005 (according to monitoring body RECMA). ... TBWA is an Advertising agency. ...

Public Relations

• Brodeur Worldwide
• CONE
• Fleishman-Hillard
• Ketchum
• Porter Novelli International

Fleishman-Hillard International Communications, based in St. ... Ketchum, a leading global public relations firm, offers clients a unique breadth and depth of marketing and corporate communications expertise. ...

CRM

• Agency.com
• Alcone Marketing Group
• AtmosphereBBDO
• Direct Partners
• GMR Marketing
• Grizzard Communications Group
• Integer Group
• Javelin Direct
• LLKFB
• Organic [[1]]
• Rapp Collins Worldwide
• Russ Reid Co.
• Targetbase
• U.S. Marketing & Promotions

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Specialty

• Bernard Hodes Group
• Changing Our World, Inc.
• Cline Davis & Mann
• Corbett Accel Healthcare Group
• Critical Mass Inc.
• Dieste, Harmel & Partners
• Doremus & Co.
• Eden Communications Group
• Harrison & Star Business Group
• Ketchum Directory Advertising
• KPR
• Lyons Lavey Nickel Swift
• Recruitment Enhancement Services
• Seragini Brand Design
• Millsport
• Davie-Brown Entertainment
• ipsh!
• The Marketing Arm
• Hall & Partners
• Wolff Olins

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Market Research

• M/A/R/C Research

Competition

In order of revenue

• WPP Group PLC (NASDAQ:WPPGY)
• Interpublic Group (NYSE:IPG)
• Publicis Groupe (NYSE:PUB)
• MDC Partners (NASDAQ:MDCA)
• Havas (Delisted from NASDAQ)

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Timeline

• 1986 merger of Doyle Dane Bernbach, Needham Harper Steers, and BBDO

• 1986 Omnicom established

• 1988 The Team of Fred J. Meyer, John Watt and Dennis E. Hewitt join Omnicom.

• 1991 WPP sells its 22% stake in AMV to Omnicom for £7.5m

• 1993 Omnicom invests in ailing UK group Aegis

• 1993 TBWA acquired by Omnicom

• 1994 Matthew Freud sells Freud Communications to Abbott Mead Vickers

• 1996 Omnicom sells 13% holding in Aegis for £45.4m

• 1996 buys Ketchum Communications

• 1996 Omnicom's BBDO Worldwide raises stake in AMV from 28.4% to 29.6%

• 1996 Ketchum and Hong Kong-based Newscan establish Ketchum Newscan

• 1997 takes stakes in interactive agencies: Agency.com, Organic Online, Razorfish, Interactive Solutions

• 1998 Omnicom buys Abbott Mead Vickers for £346m

• 1998 buys Gold Greenless Trott for £143m

• 1998 takes 20% of I&S, Japan's eighth-largest ad agency

• 1999 buys Sheppard Associates

• 1999 buys M/A/R/C Research

• 2001 buys Grizzard Communications for US$91m

• 2001 Matthew Freud leads £10m buyout of Freud Communications

• 2001 Omnicom buys The Washington Group

• 2001 buys Stromberg Consulting

• 2001 takes stake in Estrategia Assessoria de Comunicacao in Brazil

• 2001 buys Corporate Technology Communications

• 2002 creates Element 79 Partners agency in Chicago

• 2002 buys TPG (inc The Peter Group, AI Advertising and Topak Marketing)

• 2002 buys Aaron Walton Entertainment

• 2005 buys Resolution Media

• 2005 buys Luntz-Maslansky Strategic Research

• 2006 buys Rodgers Townsend

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Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn is an advertising agency formed by merging of BDO (Barton, Durstine & Osborn) and Batten Co. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... One of the worlds leading advertising agencies, TBWA handles the advertising for such brands as adidas, Apple, PlayStation, and Nissan. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Matthew Freud is head of Freud Communications Limited, and is a descendant of Sigmund Freud and relation of Lucien Freud and Clement Freud. ... Freud Communications is a powerful public relations firm with offices in London and New York. ... 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Ketchum is the name of different towns in the United States of America. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Agency. ... Razorfish Inc. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... 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TPG (Total Peripherals Group) is a private Australian IT company and over the past 18 years, TPG has grown to become one of the largest Australian owned Internet Service Providers (ISP), which provides four ranges of products and services. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Governance

The company is governed by a board of directors. Current members of the board are: Robert C. Clark, Leonard Coleman, Errol Cook, Bruce Crawford, Susan Denison, Michael Henning, John R. Murphy, John R. Purcell, Linda Rice, Gary Roubos, and John D. Wren. In relation to a company, a director is an officer of the company charged with the conduct and management of its affairs. ...

External links

Company websites

• Official website
• Yahoo! - Omnicom Group Inc. Company Profile

Productions

• DDB Stockholm won the TV Grand Prix in 1997 for a Diesel TV campaign