SBC Puts $60 Mil. Media Business in Review

Inspiration meets innovation at Brandweek, the ultimate marketing experience. Join industry luminaries, rising talent and strategic experts in Phoenix, Arizona this September 23–26 to assess challenges, develop solutions and create new pathways for growth. Register early to save.

SBC Communications is reviewing its estimated $60 million media buying account, having grown dissatisfied with the performance of D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles in St. Louis, sources said.
DMB&B in June maintained a media unit in St. Louis exclusively for SBC and its Southwestern Bell division after the agency moved all other media operations to New York and Los Angeles. The head of the St. Louis unit, Wendy Marquardt, left this summer to join Zenith Media in New York.

AW+

WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.

Subscribe today!

To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber

View Subscription Options

Already a member? Sign in