A fifth contender, the Omnicom Group in New York, had withdrawn from the review.

She added that two other agencies, besides Meldrum & Fewsmith, withdrew from the review.

Trahan, Burden withdrew from the review in January.

BBDO "never considered withdrawing from the review" after the scandal erupted, he added.

It was conflicting comments like these that convinced us to withdraw from the review.

Lowe Lintas resigned the American account earlier this month by withdrawing from the review for the worldwide assignment.

In April, Club Med started reviewing the account; two weeks ago, Ammirati withdrew from the review.

As a result, Advertising Age reported, at least two of those shops subsequently withdrew from the review.

West Wayne resigned the account in November by withdrawing from the review.

Indeed, Foote, Cone withdrew from the review last week.