To hold the holding companies accountable on the topic of racial equality, Adweek requested interviews with the seven largest agency holding companies. CEOs at Interpublic Group, Omnicom, Publicis Groupe and WPP agreed to speak with reporters Minda Smiley and Erik Oster. Havas' CEO answered questions via email, while Dentsu Aegis Network and MDC Partners declined to participate, but provided statements. Over on our Agency Spy blog, you can read the full Q&As with each CEO. 

Topics in the interview included:

• How are they supporting Black employees now?
• What are their long-term plans to address racial inequalities?
• Whether they track diversity data internally, and if they plan to share those numbers publicly.

What the CEOs had to say: While many of the CEOs had short-term plans in place, the holding companies were generally vague about their future plans to address racism.

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