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Reorg Places Dunlap in Driver’s Seat
CHICAGO–A reorganization at Campbell Mithun Esty has centralized control with chairman Bill Dunlap, and could lead to the exit of CEO Howard Liszt, sources said.
The agency is now looking for a way to finance Liszt’s severance package, sources said.
Chief creative officer Jim White, hired by Liszt in June 1998, split with the $900 million Minneapolis agency about two weeks ago. He was replaced by CME vet John Hurst. White was undone in part by his strategy of having creative teams compete against each other.
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