• by Steve McClellan  @mp_mcclellan, November 16, 2011

Omnicom Group confirmed today that it has purchased Marina Maher Communications (MMC), the New York-based PR firm that specializes is marketing to women.

The shop will be housed under Omnicom’s Diversified Agency Services group but will remain an independent agency run by Maher and not folded into one of the group’s existing PR networks such as Ketchum or Porter Novelli.

Maher founded the shop in 1983 and has crafted campaigns for numerous Fortune 500 companies. The agency has focused on consumer products, food and beverage companies, and the prescription and OTC drug categories.

Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.