The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. is an advertising and marketing services company. The Company’s agency brands create marketing solutions on behalf of clients worldwide. Its companies cover a range of marketing disciplines and specialties, from consumer advertising and direct marketing to mobile and search engine marketing. Its solutions vary from project-based activity involving one agency and its client to long-term, fully-integrated campaigns created by a group of its companies working together on behalf of a client. Interpublic operates in two segments: Integrated Agency Network, which consists of McCann Worldgroup, Draftfcb, Lowe Worldwide, Mediabrands and its domestic integrated agencies, and Constituency Management Group, which consists of the bulk of its specialist marketing service offerings. In July 2008, the Company increased its stake in the Middle East Communication Networks from a minority position to 51% ownership.