Pittsburgh's Ketchum Up for Sale

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CHICAGO–Ketchum Advertising, hard-hit in the last year by account losses, is expected to have a new owner and name by the end of the month, officials at the agency said.
Ketchum, which has some $40 million in billings and is based in Pittsburgh, is now owned by Omnicom, and reports though the TBWA International network. But agency executives said the 3-year-old relationship with TBWA isn’t working.
Earle Palmer Brown, based in New York, is thought to be a leading candidate as a new owner.





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