Buck, ignore general staff memo.

But the agency issued a staff memo yesterday, calling the article unfounded.

In a staff memo, head of news Catherine Houlihan cited the ban was because of the large number of staff being made redundant at the station.

But in the staff memo he wrote, without specifying any timing, that Hearst had committed to "an infusion of several million new dollars into our payroll and expense budgets."

The agency issued a staff memo attributing the withdrawal to the "pressure of other business."

In its staff memo, Deutsche Bank gave employees a set of talking points about the case, should it come up with clients.

In a lengthy staff memo distributed yesterday, Mr. Weinberg said, "I plan to remain with the firm as chairman, senior partner and chief executive officer for many years."

Mr. Blamer, in his staff memo, reacted strongly to a suggestion in the adweek.com report that Foote Cone would be taken over by Draft.

The texts will make use of a wide range of material, too, from art reviews to private correspondence and staff memos.

A staff memo explained: "Over the past year American Express has worked diligently with us to make this relationship mutually beneficial to our clients and to both companies.