Head of J. Walter Thompson quits unexpectedly over health after strong years for agency

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Peter A. Schweitaer is succeeding Chris Jones as chief executive of J. Walter Thompson. Mr, Jones, the youngest cheif executive in the firm's history, is stepping down for health reasons. He is credited with extending the firm's services into nontraditional areas, and with improving Thompson's operations, as well as recruiting new clients who brought in billings of $2 billion within the last two years.

Analysis, Chief executive officers, J. Walter Thompson (San Jose, California), Advertising executives, BBDO Worldwide Inc., Succession planning (Business), Jones, Chris, Schweitzer, Peter A., Robertson, Andrew

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A whole lot of executive moving and shaking going on in the run-up to the Super Bowl

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Bob Kuperman is leaving TBWA/Chiat/Day for DDB Worldwide. Martin Agency is moving Martin Interactive unit to New York City, and hiring three new executives. New York office of Hill, Holiday, Connors, Cosmopulos has hired five people from Ogilvy Interactive, while Jack Irving steps down at Saatchi & Saatchi's New York office. Jeff Fergus will leave as group president for Leo Burnett Worldwide. Other executive changes are taking place at Publicis in the West in Seattle.

Public Relations Agencies, Public Relations, Public relations services, TBWA Chiat/Day Inc., DDB Worldwide, Public relations firms, Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos Inc., Daniel J. Edelman Public Relations Worldwide Inc., Kuperman, Bob, Johnson, Carl, Carroll, Tom, Caplan, Mitchell H., Lanzi, Mike, Pinkerton, Charles, Beck, Scot, Bellusci, Mark, Bratteson, Jeff, Calos, Matt, Mitchell, Malvika, Irving, Jack, Goodin, Cathy, McKinnon, Bob, Tegethoff, Scott, Reid, Al, Fergus, Jeff, Gatfield, Steve, Rubie, Kerry, Walker, Peter, Browning, Randy, Kehoe, Kevin, Grosso, Gail Anne, Martin Interactive, Answerthink, Ogilvy Interactive, Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett Worldwide Inc., Publicis Dialog Seattle

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DeVito/Verdi, on its 10th anniversary, making some changes

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DeVito/Verdi is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a retrospective of the many successful campaigns at One Club for Art and Copy as well as the naming of 2 new partners for a public relations division and a recruitment for a creative team member. Sal DeVito and Ellis J. Verdi's collaboration has brought attention for smart, provocative ads for NY Magazine, Pro-Choice Public Education, Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign and many others with such success, the agency seemed to hardly notice the recession in the ad industry, with billings at $134 million.

Management, DeVito Verdi, DeVito, Sal, Verdi, Ellis J.

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