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IPG’s Weber Absorbs Julie Davis Associates
ATLANTA–Weber Public Relations Worldwide, part of the Interpublic Group of Cos. (IPG), has acquired Julie Davis Associates (JDA). JDA was the public relations arm of Fitzgerald & Co. here, which was acquired earlier this year by IPG and merged with the Atlanta office of McCann-Erickson, operating under the Fitzgerald name. The public relations division will operate under the Weber aegis with Elizabeth Boineau Lapham serving as acting general manager. JDA founder Julie Davis, who began relinquishing day-to-day control of her shop last spring, has remained with the agency on a limited basis.

CryoLife Transplants Account to Basinger
ATLANTA–CryoLife has placed its advertising account with Basinger & Associates here.