WPP's Position on Weinstein Company Board Uncertain Amid Ongoing Sexual Harassment Scandal

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The status of the 12-year-old relationship between agency holding group WPP and the embattled Weinstein Company is up in the air today as headlines regarding now-former co-chairman Harvey Weinstein threaten to consume the entire entertainment industry.

A wide range of individuals, organizations and politicians who have associated with Weinstein throughout his career have moved to distance or completely separate themselves from him and his company following last week’s bombshell New York Times report regarding sexual harassment allegations and settlements made to multiple women over the course of nearly three decades.

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