After Two Years, IPG Pulls Plug On Burns & Co.

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Two years after launching with a controversial bang, Saatchi & Saatchi breakaway shop oneseven ended with a whimper last week when Interpublic decided to pull the plug on the underachieving agency.

On Friday, the holding company confirmed the divorce. “We have finalized decisions regarding separation from oneseven,” said an IPG representative. “They are a talented group of professionals and we hope some will find opportunities within the group; others have chosen to go forward independently.”

The move comes nearly two years after IPG provided safe haven to a group of 17 staffers who walked out of Saatchi & Saatchi en masse on Feb.



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