Exposing the Ad Industry: Probe Into Lack of Diversity Intensifies

Advertising agencies aim to shine a spotlight on their clients, but some Madison Avenue ad shops are about to be exposed as a long-running investigation into the industry's dearth of diversity intensifies. Within the next three months, New York City Councilman Larry Seabrook plans to call hearings, forcing industry executives to explain the lack of diversity that prompted the city's Commission on Human Rights to begin an investigation in November 2004. . . . (To continue reading articles or access digital editions of DiversityInc magazine, please login below.)