Loss Has Siltanen/Keehn Reeling

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-Heavily front-loaded, until last week, with a marquee account out of all proportion to its size, Siltanen/Keehn is now gutting its staff just to stay on its feet, sources said.

Gateway last week yanked its $180 million-plus creative account from Siltanen/Keehn after only 10 months there. With it goes a storybook opening to agency life for the 3-year-old El Segundo, Calif., shop.

Sources said the agency immediately began cutting staff—as many as half its its 44 employees are now gone—and freelancers.



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