Acquisition

WPP Group PLC
11 August 2005


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            11 August 2005


                             WPP GROUP PLC ("WPP")

                   JWT acquires Malone Advertising, Inc in US

WPP announces that its wholly-owned operating company JWT, the global
advertising agency network, has acquired Malone Advertising, Inc. a leading
retail marketing speciality agency.

Founded in 1943 and headquartered in Akron, Ohio, with offices in five other
cities in the US (including Bentonville, Arkansas) and Toronto, Canada, Malone
Advertising has 200 full time employees. Malone Advertising clients include
Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, John Deere, Kimberly-Clark, Nestle and Pfizer. Malone's
close relationships with major US retailers, especially with Wal-Mart, provide
its clients with a unique path onto these retailer's shopping floors.

Malone Advertising's unaudited revenues for the year ended 31 December 2004 were
US$13.4 million, with net assets at closing of US$1.1 million.

This investment continues WPP's strategy of developing its networks in important
communications services sectors.


For further information please contact:

Feona McEwan, WPP                       44-20 7408 2204
www.wpp.com




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