relations predecessor weber group shandwick international bsmg founded january 2001 ; 15 years ago 2001 01 headquarters 909 third avenue new york ny 10022 united states number of locations 78 offices area served worldwide key people andy polansky ceo jack leslie chairman gail heimann president 1 revenue 500 million 2 parent interpublic group website www.webershandwick.com weber shandwick incorporated as cmgrp 3 is a public relations firm formed in 2001 4 by merging the weber group 1987 shandwick international 1974 and bsmg 2001 . citation needed contents 1 history 1.1 origins 1.2 recent history 2 notable campaigns 3 references 4 external links history edit origins edit weber shandwick was formed in 2001 by merging the weber group shandwick international and bsmg formerly bozell sawyer miller group 5 . shandwick international acquired consumer pr firm mona meyer mcgrath & gavin in 1988 . shandwick was in turn sold to interpublic group ipg in 1998 and was renamed weber shandwick . bsmg merged with shandwick that october . the firm had acquired large accounts like coca cola and the insurance company cigna but by 2001 the company was going through layoffs due to the loss of a 12 million anti smoking campaign and the general economic outcome of the september 11th terrorist attacks . 6 recent history edit in 2010 weber s internal developers and social media teams created a social media crisis simulator called firebell . 7 in 2011 weber hired employees to fill roles as community managers writers social media marketing strategists producers and analytics experts making their digital marketing staff number 300 . after a weber executive moved to hill & knowlton weber shandwick secured a restraining order after alleging the firm was taking their employees and clients . 8 in may 2014 the firm acquired a sweden based agency prime and its business intelligence division united minds . 9 the firm serves as global agency of record for tokyo 2020 . 10 11 notable campaigns edit in 2008 weber shandwick was hired by microsoft to provide support for non consumer pr in the emea region for products like windows client and microsoft dynamics . 12 in 2012 the centers for medicare and medicaid services contracted weber shandwick to run a 3.1 million campaign to raise awareness for state healthcare insurance exchanges mandated by the affordable care act . 13 references edit weber shandwick leadership team . weber shandwick . retrieved 1 march 2013 . weber shandwick . 2012 . prweek u.s. 15 5 43 . cmgrp inc. private company information . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 2016 05 09 . bush michael january 25 2010 . weber shandwick is no. 9 on ad age s agency a list . adage . retrieved october 10 2012 . barry siegel los angeles times november 24 1991 spin doctors to the world the sawyer miller group uses the tricks of political campaigns to change the way you think about foreign governments big business and any client in need of an image lift merrill ann ; david phelps ; staff writers december 24 2001 . weber shandwick hopes for a happier new year ; the public relations firm s bloomington office is eager to put 2001 behind after client cutbacks a hiring freeze layoffs and merger integration efforts . star tribune minneapolis mn . pp. 1d . firebell 10 need to know social media crisis questions weber shandwick australia . weber shandwick australia . 2012 05 23 . retrieved 2016 05 09 . pr firm two execs agree to restraining order in dispute dallas business journal . dallas business journal . retrieved 2016 05 09 . weber shandwick acquires swedish pr firm prime . the wall street journal . may 6 2014 . retrieved june 26 2015 . weber shandwick global pr agency for tokyo 2020 pr . everything pr public relations marketing and social media news . 2012 06 06 . retrieved 2016 05 09 . weber shandwick wins tokyo 2020 olympic global brief . weber shandwick asia pacific . 2012 07 16 . retrieved 2016 05 09 . cartmell matt september 12 2008 . weber shandwick wins microsoft brief . prweek . retrieved october 8 2012 . dickson virgil october 4 2012 . weber wins 3.1 m contract to promote federally run healthcare exchanges . prweek . retrieved october 7 2012 . external links edit global website v t e interpublic group of companies campbell mithun cassidy & associates fcb golin harris international gotham hill holliday huge ipg mediabrands universal mccann jack morton worldwide jay advertising mccann worldgroup mccann erickson mrm worldwide mullen advertising octagon r ga rogers & cowan the martin agency tm advertising weber shandwick authority control worldcat identities viaf 143324321 lccn nb2007007169 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title weber shandwick & oldid 719457901 categories companies established in 2000public relations companies of the united statescompanies based in new york cityinterpublic grouphidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2016wikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with lccn identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch svenska edit links this page was last modified on 9 may 2016 at 20 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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