Y&R Advertising North America announced that Carter Murray has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Y&R Advertising's North America operations. Starting his new position at the end of October, Murray will be based in New York and will be responsible for overseeing all of Y&R Advertising's North America offices, including pursuing new business in the region. Carter joins Y&R Advertising from Publicis Worldwide in Paris, where he worked for over four years, most recently as Chief Marketing Officer and Worldwide Account Director, in addition to being an Executive Committee member.

United States Olympic Committee selected Y&R Advertising, Inc. and VML, Inc. to handle brand and digital assignments to support the committee's marketing efforts. VML will also work on a redesign of the teamusa.org Web site.