Kenyon & Eckhardt

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Kenyon & Eckhardt [1] [2] was an independent advertising agency that was acquired by Lorimar in 1983, [3] which then acquired Bozell Jacobs in 1985 and merged them. [4] [5] Lorimar's merged ad agency property was initially named Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhart. In 1992 the consolidated agency was renamed Bozell Worldwide. [6]

History

The company [7] [8] was founded in 1929 [9] by Otis Kenyon and Henry Eckhardt. [10] Kenyon had offices in several cities. [1] [11] From 1968 to 1986, the company was headed by noted advertisement executive Leo-Arthur Kelmenson, who conceived an advertisement campaign that turned around the fortunes of Chrysler Corporation and helped make Chrysler chief executive Lee Iacocca a household name. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kenyon & Eckhardt Names Three". The New York Times . May 11, 1965.
  2. "Stanley Tannenbaum, Kenyon & Eckhardt Chairman, Dies at 73". Advertising Age . May 18, 2001.
  3. "Bozell Jacobs Trims Its Name". The New York Times . March 31, 1989.
  4. "Firm to Pay $40 Million for Ad Agency : Lorimar Will Buy Bozell Jacobs". The Los Angeles Times . June 13, 1985.
  5. "Lorimar To Acquire Bozell". The New York Times . June 13, 1985.
  6. Stuart Elliott (May 27, 1992). "A Shake-Up For Bozell". The New York Times . will be consolidated into one, called Bozell Worldwide.
  7. "Chrysler Lures Ad Agency From Ford Motor's Account". The Washington Post . March 2, 1979.
  8. "Magnavox to Farm Out Work". The New York Times . June 25, 1970.
  9. "Brophy Is President Of Kenyon, Eckhardt". The Scarsdale Inquirer .
  10. "Kenyon & Eckhardt". Advertising Age . September 15, 2003.
  11. "Ex-Ad Exec Vladimir Dies at 76". AdWeek . December 18, 2008. Kenyon & Eckhardt in Mexico City
  12. Vitello, Paul (September 3, 2011). "Leo-Arthur Kelmenson, Ad Man Who Helped to Save Chrysler, Dies at 84". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved July 19, 2022.