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32 | <strong>Advertising</strong> <strong>Age</strong> | June 25, <strong>2007</strong><br />

DATACENTER 100 LEADING NATIONAL ADVERTISERS: MARKETER PROFILES YEARBOOK<br />

By media 2006 2005 % chg<br />

Local radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29,079 27,901 4.2<br />

Outdoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13,101 11,270 16.2<br />

Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44,555 33,246 34.0<br />

Measured media . . . . . . . .1,425,110 1,592,287 -10.5<br />

Unmeasured spending . . . .527,095 588,928 -10.5<br />

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,952,205 2,181,215 -10.5<br />

By brand 2006 2005 % chg<br />

Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486,661 516,658 -5.8<br />

Chrysler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .454,203 605,931 -25.0<br />

Jeep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303,155 298,153 1.7<br />

Mercedes-Benz . . . . . . . . . . . . .153,165 147,846 3.6<br />

DaimlerChrysler . . . . . . . . . . . . .19,788 17,120 15.6<br />

Sales & earnings ($ in millions)<br />

Worldwide 2006 2005 % chg<br />

Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$189,470 $185,348 2.2<br />

Earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,033 3,398 18.7<br />

U.S. 2006 2005 % chg<br />

Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79,899 82,931 -3.7<br />

Division sales 2006 2005 % chg<br />

Mercedes Car Group . . . . . . . . .62,115 57,456 8.1<br />

Chrysler Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58,731 61,981 -5.2<br />

Truck Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36,036 34,121 5.6<br />

Financial services . . . . . . . . . . . .17,932 15,838 13.2<br />

Van, Bus, Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14,656 15,951 -8.1<br />

Headquarters<br />

DaimlerChrysler/225 Epplestrasse, 70546 Stuttgart, Germany<br />

/Phone: 49-711-17-0.<br />

U.S. Headquarters<br />

DaimlerChrysler/1000 Chrysler Dr., Auburn Hills, Mich. 48326-<br />

2766/Phone: (248) 576-5741.<br />

Notes<br />

DaimlerChrysler May 14, <strong>2007</strong>, announced it was selling Chrysler<br />

Group to private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management for<br />

$7.4 billion. Cerberus was to get a 80.1% stake; DaimlerChrysler<br />

kept 19.9%. Most of the $7.4 billion outlay from Cerberus will go<br />

directly to the future new company, Chrysler Holding. Chrysler’s<br />

automotive business was to get $5 billion, while the financial-services<br />

business received $1.05 billion; DaimlerChrysler will $1.35 billion.<br />

The sale, coming three months after DaimlerChrysler said it<br />

was reviewing strategic options for Chrysler, unwinds a failed<br />

merger that began in 1998 with Daimler’s acquisition of Chrysler<br />

Corp. New owner Cerberus has another Detroit connection; it<br />

bought 51% of General Motors Corp.’s finance arm, GMAC, in<br />

2006.<br />

Chrysler announced a number of executive departments in the<br />

weeks after the Cerburus deal was struck. In late May <strong>2007</strong>, it said<br />

George Murphy, senior VP-global brand marketing at Chrysler<br />

Group, was leaving to pursue other opportunities. Chrysler didn’t<br />

name an immediate successor. Mr. Murphy had held the job<br />

since 2001.<br />

DaimlerChrysler is the largest client of Omnicom Group, which<br />

in 2006 generated 3.6% or $410 million in revenue from the<br />

automaker. Chrysler as of year-end 2006 employed more than 100<br />

Omnicom shops. Omnicom agencies have worked with<br />

DaimlerChrysler units since 1926, when Chrysler hired ad agency<br />

Ross Roy (now folded into BBDO). Following the 1998<br />

Daimler/Chrysler merger, Omnicom expanded its ties: Mercedes-<br />

Benz of North America in 1999 moved to what’s now Merkley &<br />

Partners, and Chrysler Group consolidated at Omnicom in 2000.<br />

Personnel, brands, agencies<br />

Corporate: Dieter Zetsche, chmn.<br />

BBDO Detroit, Troy, Mich. Joe Garcia, pres. — DaimlerChrysler<br />

svcs, fleet, Mopar parts.<br />

PHD, Troy, Mich. Michael O’Malley, pres. — media svcs.<br />

George P. Johnson Co., Auburn Hills, Mich. Robert G. Vallee,<br />

Jr., CEO. — event mktg.<br />

GlobalHue, Southfield, Mich. Allen Pugh, exec VP & dir- client<br />

svcs. — multicultural adv.<br />

GMR Marketing, New Berlin, Wis. Steve Knill, exec VP. — event<br />

mktg.<br />

NAS Recruitment Communications, Detroit. Dennis Hoffman,<br />

exec dir-bus devel. — recruitment mktg.<br />

Organic, Detroit. Chuck Russo, exec VP & chief client devel<br />

officer. — interactive mktg.<br />

Chrysler Group: 1000 Chrysler Dr., Auburn Hills, Mich. 48326-<br />

2766/Phone: (248) 576-5741. Tom LaSorda, pres & CEO; Eric<br />

Ridenour, chief operating officer; Steven Landry, exec VP-NAFTA<br />

sls & global mktg & svcs; Michael Manley, VP-Intl sls, mktg &<br />

bus devel; Darryl Jackson, VP-US sls; Michael Keegan, VP-volume<br />

plng & sls opers; Roger Monforton, VP-prod strategy; Jason<br />

Vines, VP-comms; Steve Bartoli, VP-global prod mktg; David<br />

Rooney, dir-Chrysler brand mktg & global comms; Michael<br />

Accavitti, dir- Dodge brand & SRT mktg comms; John Plecha,<br />

dir-Jeep mktg & global comms.<br />

BBDO Detroit, Troy, Mich. Joe Garcia, pres. — Chrysler, Dodge,<br />

Mopar & Jeep.<br />

PHD, Troy, Mich. Michael O’Malley, pres. — media svcs.<br />

George P. Johnson Co., Auburn Hills, Mich. John Tulloch, sr<br />

VP-client svcs. — event mktg, multi-brand events, Mopar.<br />

GlobalHue, Southfield, Mich. Allen Pugh, exec VP & dir- client<br />

svcs. — multicultural adv, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep.<br />

Organic, Detroit. Chuck Russo, exec VP & chief client devel<br />

officer. — interactive mktg, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep.<br />

Mercedes-Benz USA: One Mercedes Dr., Montvale, N.J.<br />

07645/Phone: (201) 573- 0600. Ernst Lieb, pres & CEO; Michael<br />

Slagter, VP-sls; Steve Cannon, VP-mktg; Carol Goll, gm-brand<br />

experience mktg.<br />

Merkley & Partners, New York. Cynthia Davis, dir-client svcs.<br />

— Mercedes-Benz.<br />

PHD, New York. Lee Wilson, sr VP & dir-Mercedes-Benz. —<br />

media buying, Mercedes-Benz.<br />

Critical Mass, Calgary & Chicago, Ill. Bill Hunt, mg dir. — interactive<br />

mktg, Mercedes-Benz.<br />

Footsteps, New York. Rehana Dutta, acct dir; Chris Canada, acct<br />

exec. — African-American, Hispanic, Asian-American, gay & lesbian<br />

mktg, Mercedes-Benz.<br />

Rapp Collins Worldwide, New York. Gary VonKennel, Global<br />

CEO; Pam Bevilacque, grp acct dir. — direct mktg, Mercedes-<br />

Benz.

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