Ogilvy PR Worldwide acquires the California public affairs shop Deen + Black (with offices in Sacramento, San Francisco, San Diego and L.A.), which will now operate under
the Ogilvy name. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founders Robert Deen and Christi Black will report to Marcia Silverman, Ogilvy PR's president of the Americas, as will the
acquired agency's third partner, Alicia Ritter.
Another global ad buy: BBDO buys 49% of Doran Communications, a high-tech marcom/PR firm in Israel boasting clients such as Oracle, Novell, Sun, Cisco, Compaq and
Symantec.
Bates Healthworld undergoes surgery and emerges with a new management structure. Herb Ehrenthal moves from COO global communications to CEO, worldwide communications and
new business. Spencer Falk, whose agency, Falk Communications, was acquired by Bates in 1999, becomes CEO for North America.
