Article: SALE SEEN OF ARNOLD, REGION'S LARGEST AD AGENCY

Arnold Communications, New England's largest ad agency, is set to be acquired by a Maryland marketing firm, people familiar with the deal said last night.

The buyer, the sources said, is Bethesda-based Snyder Communications Inc., which has purchased roughly one company a month for the past 14 months. Terms could not be learned.

The deal could be announced as early as today, the sources said. It would follow by just a month an agreement by Boston's second-largest ad agency, Hill Holliday Connors Cosmopulos, to be sold to Interpublic Group of Cos., a giant Madison Avenue company, for more than $100 million. As a larger agency, Arnold should fetch a higher price. The acquisition of Arnold, best ...

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