OMD Tops the Gunn Report for Media for the Second Year in a Row

    NEW YORK, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- OMD Worldwide has been recognized as the
 most awarded media network in the world by the Gunn Report for Media for the
 second year in a row.
     The Gunn Report for Media is patterned after the prestigious Gunn Report
 on creativity. It ranks the most-awarded campaigns, agencies and advertisers
 in 31 media competitions across the world, including the Cannes Media Lions,
 Clios, Effies, FIAP, and the IPA awards.
     "The aim of this report is to send a signal to the marketing industry, to
 put a global spotlight on media innovation and success, and ultimately, to
 inspire a higher quality media product around the world," said Isabelle
 Musnik, editor of the Gunn Report for Media. "The future of the industry lies
 in the innovative strength of its media creativity."
     OMD's creativity dominated the awards shows, including MediaPost's
 Creative Media Awards, the Effies, the FIAP's, and Cannes. OMD Colombia won
 two Cannes Gold Lions for the GM 7:24 Cab campaign and for the Clorox campaign
 in Internet and new media. OMD Poland also won a Cannes Lion for the mixed
 media campaign for Heyah mobile phones.
     "We are very proud to win the No. 1 ranking from the Gunn Report for Media
 for the second consecutive year. Creativity is at the core of our service
 platform to clients," said Joe Uva, President and CEO of OMD. "We pride
 ourselves on not just being creative for creativity's sake, but rather on
 delivering strategic innovation to help grow our clients' businesses."
 
     About OMD Worldwide
     OMD (www.omd.com) is the largest and most innovative media communications
 specialist in the world, with more than 140 offices in 80 countries. In 2005,
 OMD had the distinction of winning more media Lions than any other media
 agency at the Cannes International Advertising Festival. The agency network is
 a unit of Omnicom Group Inc.
 
 

SOURCE  OMD Worldwide