Y&R Managing Partner Murphy to Depart

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LOS ANGELES Managing partner David Murphy is leaving WPP Group’s Y&R in Irvine, Calif., the agency has confirmed.

Murphy told the staff gathered at a meeting today that a management team would take over in the interim period between his departure at the end of November and the naming of his successor, a source said.

Murphy was unavailable for comment.

The source, who attended the meeting, said Murphy described the agency as healthy, citing new business momentum (the shop won Hilton Hotels in its latest pitch), and did not disclose his destination.

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