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John Dooner showed up at McCann-Erickson WorldGroup last Thursday to reintroduce himself to executives at the company he ran until 2001, when he joined parent IPG.

After Dooner’s tumultuous stint running the holding company, its board last week sent him back to the operating unit to replace ousted CEO Jim Heekin.

Dooner met with the 20 or so WorldGroup board members for 30 minutes on Thursday afternoon. The mood was initially glum, sources said. “I’m outta there,” Dooner told them, referring to IPG.



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