HEADLINES: OMD releases GM as business slowdown bites

OMD general manager for interactive, Jerry Yee, has left the company due to a business slowdown. According to Maggie Choi, managing director for Greater China at OMD, the media agency is considering shuttering its interactive division, but will continue to offer interactive as part of its media mix. "We have some projects out of Taiwan, but there is not too much work at the moment and we are still talking internally what to do (with the division), said Choi. She added a decision would be made in the coming weeks.