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Article: WEBER UNIT ACQUIRES WASHINGTON LOBBYING FIRM
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 9, 1999
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A unit of Cambridge-based Weber Public Relations Worldwide said
yesterday it has acquired a lobbying firm headed by Haley Barbour,
former chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Weber has made a slew of acquisitions since it was bought by the
Interpublic Group of Cos. of New York three years ago. But Washington-
based Barbour Griffith & Rogers will be the first lobbying firm in
its portfolio, chairman Larry Weber said.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Barbour Griffith &
Rogers projects 1999 revenues of $8 million, Weber said.
In 1987, Weber began as a public relations firm representing local
high-tech companies. As those companies have grown, they've needed a
host of new ...