Alliance, etc

WPP Group PLC
16 June 2000


WPP in joint venture with US multi-cultural communications
firm

WPP Group plc ('WPP') announces it has entered into a
strategic alliance and acquired 49% of the equity of
UniWorld Group, Inc., a leading African- American and multi-
cultural marketing communications company.

Headquartered in the US, with offices in New York and Los
Angeles, UniWorld serves such major Fortune 500 clients as
AT&T, Colgate, Burger King, Ford Motor Company and
Microsoft.
     
UniWorld had reported billings of $230 million in 1999 and
net assets of $1.9 million at 31 December 1999.  The company
employs more than 150 people and has several specialized
divisions, including UniWorld Hispanic and Urban Force, a
wholly-owned urban youth marketing subsidiary.  The agency
was named 'Agency of the Year' in the current issue of
Black Enterprise Magazine.
     
UniWorld will continue to operate as a separate business,
working with various WPP companies to form co-operative
ventures when it is beneficial to clients, including Mendoza
Dillon and Asociados, a leading Hispanic agency; and the
Market Segment Group, a brand consultancy specializing in
multi-cultural and segmented markets.  The relationship will
also allow UniWorld to leverage WPP's capabilities in
research, healthcare, promotion and event marketing, media
investment management, and interactive and new media.

For further information:
Feona McEwan at WPP, UK                             
44 207408 2204