Media giant WPP has entered into an agreement to buy a stake in Myanmar-based advertising agency, Today Advertising.
The company, based in Yangon, employs 60 people, and WPP's investment continues its strategy of "developing its services in fast-growing and important markets and sectors," the group said today.
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Today Advertising will be incorporated into WPP's Asia Pacific region division, which generates a quarter of the group's revenues per annum and employs around 42,000 people.
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