The Barbarian Group is an interactive marketing firm founded in Boston, but currently headquartered in New York, with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2001, the company reportedly works with traditional agencies and clients on the development of ordinary and viral web marketing. Past projects include the Subservient Chicken for Burger King, AnyFilms for Samsung, and the Beer Cannon for Milwaukee's Best. The company's client list includes Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Margeotes Fertitta Powell, Arnold Worldwide, Crispin Porter and Bogusky, Young & Rubicam, and Wieden+Kennedy. In late 2009, the company sold a majority stake to Cheil Worldwide. In the summer of 2012 the company closed its Boston office.
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