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Tim Dorgan Named CEO of J. Brown Agency Vince Weiner Promoted to President of J. Brown/Stamford NEW YORK, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tim Dorgan has been named CEO of the J. Brown Agency and Vince Weiner was promoted to President of J. Brown's Stamford office. Mr. Dorgan will replace Jon Kramer who had planned to leave the company to pursue other interests. The announcement was made today by Joseph Celia, President & C.E.O. of Grey Synchronized Partners, a division of Grey Global Group (NASDAQ:GREY). Mr. Dorgan will report to the J. Brown Agency Board of Directors, comprised of executives from Grey Global Group, and CROSSMARK, Grey's joint venture partner in the J. Brown Agency. Mr. Weiner will report to Mr. Dorgan. Mr. Dorgan will continue to be based in the J. Brown Agency Chicago office that he has headed since January of 2003. In making the announcement Mr. Celia offered, "Since Tim Dorgan joined J. Brown in January 2003, he has demonstrated strong leadership and impressive fiscal management skills. He has a track record of great success and we know that will continue on behalf of the company going forward. He has exactly the right skill base to assure J. Brown's future success. I'm also delighted to be able to recognize Vince Weiner's numerous contributions by promoting him to run the Stamford office. Vince has been with J. Brown since its founding days and has been a mainstay to their success. In addition, we want to thank Jon Kramer for his many contributions to J Brown over the last 15 years and wish him well in his future endeavors," concluded Mr. Celia. Prior to joining the J. Brown Agency in January 2003, Mr. Dorgan was Executive Vice President at Partners In Loyalty Marketing. Before that, he was President of Peapod Interactive and prior to that (1992-1994) he had been President of Ketchum Advertising/Chicago. His advertising agency experience has included J. Walter Thompson, Bozell, Henderson Advertising and, he began his agency career in 1974 at Lee King & Partners. Mr. Dorgan, 51, is a member of the adjunct faculty staff at Northwestern's Medill School where he teaches, "Introduction to Direct Marketing." Tim and his wife, Liz, and their four sons live in the Chicago area. Prior to assuming his new role as President of J. Brown's Stamford office, Vince Weiner, was EVP of Director Of Client Services. Vince has been a founding member of the J. Brown Agency management team since 1989. During this period he has contributed to the growth of the agency, including developing and maintaining key client relationships. The core of Vince's experience is in the design and implementation of strategic promotion retail approaches and related creative programming solutions. Vince began his advertising/media career in the Leo Burnett Management Training Program in 1984. During his tenure there he acted as the media supervisor for the Kellogg's business and as the client manager for the Keebler Biscuit business. Prior to Leo Burnett, Vince interned at Philip Morris. Vince is a graduate of the Boston College School of Management with a bachelor of science in marketing. He resides in New York City with his family. The J. Brown Agency is a partner company of Grey Global Group (NASDAQ: GREY), and is one of the country's leading integrated sales promotion agencies specializing in helping national marketers win at the point of decision. J. Brown offers its clients a wide range of services including, consumer promotion, co-marketing, strategic consulting, direct marketing, sampling/demos, event marketing, value added media and in-store merchandising support. DATASOURCE: Grey Global Group CONTACT: Jan Sneed, Grey Global Group, +1-212-546-2422, or cell, +1-917-543-4125 Web site: http://www.grey.com/

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