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Atlanta Public Relations Group to Be Taken Over by New York Company.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2002

By Leon Stafford, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 18--Headline Group, one of Atlanta's oldest independent public relations agencies, is being bought by New York-based Edelman Public Relations Worldwide and merged with Edelman's local office.

The combined firm will carry the Edelman name and have annual billings of about $5.2 million, officials with both agencies said Tuesday. That would rank it No. 5 on the PR Council's latest list of Atlanta firms. The purchase price was not disclosed.

"I love change, and this is a very, very positive change," said Claudia Gaines Patton, founder of Headline Group, which celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. "I didn't hesitate for a minute on this...

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