Glover Park is handling communications for AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals regarding the controversial "inversion" tax dodge issue that has received great play of late due to the wave of European acquisition plays by US companies Pfizer, Walgreen's, Mylan, AbbVie and others.
Mikheil Saakashvili, former president of the former Soviet Union republic of Georgia, which was invaded by Russia, wants a ban of western firms like Ketchum from representing Russia.
News sites deemed "credible" are visitors are the best platforms for "sponsored content" or "native advertising," according to a survey of 5,000 respondents conducted by Edelman Berland and Interactive Advertising Bureau.
New York-based FreshDirect has named Larry Blackmon VP-community & government affairs to handle outreach, expand partnerships and cultivate new relations ties for the fresh food delivery grocer.
The strategic communications office for the 34,000-student University of California-Davis is taking proposals to establish a pool of firms and contractors to handle PR, writing, marketing strategy and related services.
Consumer finance website NerdWallet has slipped Ken Shuman in the PR fold as VP of communications for the San Francisco-based company, which is eying a bigger profile in the online money advice space.
Publicis Groupe suffered a 16.9% plunge in first-half net to $352M on flat revenues of $4.5B due to cancellation or postponement of campaigns and lousy economic conditions in Europe and emerging markets.
Omnicom revenues across its PR operations jumped 6.2% in the second quarter to $357M as overall revenues at the marketing conglomerate climbed 6.4% to nearly $3.9B.
Everything's big in Texas. That truism applies to PR stunts. By dispatching 1,000 National Guard troops to the Mexico border, Governor Rick Perry is committing a whopper of a PR stunt.
Scott Monty, the Ford Motor Company PR and digital communications guru who stepped down in May, has joined Shift Communications in Boston as executive VP of strategy.
Dag Vega, who handles TV for President Obama, will join Burson-Marsteller Aug. 4 as managing director, reporting to Ann Davison, US PA & crisis practice chair.
Craig Fahle, a popular talk show host on Detroit Public Radio, has taken the PA director post at the motor city's auctioneer of abandoned/foreclosed homes.
Ogilvy PR is representing the Migrant Offshore Aid Station, which is bankrolled by high-risk insurer Tangiers Group, for immigration, maritime and foreign relations matters.
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Glover Park is handling communications for AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals regarding the controversial "inversion" tax dodge issue that has received great play of late due to the wave of European acquisition plays by US companies Pfizer, Walgreen's, Mylan, AbbVie and others.
Mikheil Saakashvili, former president of the former Soviet Union republic of Georgia, which was invaded by Russia, wants a ban of western firms like Ketchum from representing Russia.
News sites deemed "credible" are visitors are the best platforms for "sponsored content" or "native advertising," according to a survey of 5,000 respondents conducted by Edelman Berland and Interactive Advertising Bureau.
New York-based FreshDirect has named Larry Blackmon VP-community & government affairs to handle outreach, expand partnerships and cultivate new relations ties for the fresh food delivery grocer.
No less than TV star Jon Stewart took to the airwaves a couple of nights ago to make a point about how we can finally feel sorry for Palestinians.
The strategic communications office for the 34,000-student University of California-Davis is taking proposals to establish a pool of firms and contractors to handle PR, writing, marketing strategy and related services.
Consumer finance website NerdWallet has slipped Ken Shuman in the PR fold as VP of communications for the San Francisco-based company, which is eying a bigger profile in the online money advice space.
Publicis Groupe suffered a 16.9% plunge in first-half net to $352M on flat revenues of $4.5B due to cancellation or postponement of campaigns and lousy economic conditions in Europe and emerging markets.
Omnicom revenues across its PR operations jumped 6.2% in the second quarter to $357M as overall revenues at the marketing conglomerate climbed 6.4% to nearly $3.9B.
Everything's big in Texas. That truism applies to PR stunts. By dispatching 1,000 National Guard troops to the Mexico border, Governor Rick Perry is committing a whopper of a PR stunt.
Coca-Cola's Diana Garza Ciarlante has returned to Ketchum to take the reins of the firm's Atlanta office as a director.
Podesta Group navigates the D.C. political scene for Navient Solutions Inc. as Democrats push to revamp the $1.2T student loan sector.
Scott Monty, the Ford Motor Company PR and digital communications guru 
Dag Vega, who handles TV for President Obama, will join Burson-Marsteller Aug. 4 as managing director, reporting to Ann Davison, US PA & crisis practice chair.
Andy Weitz, president of H+Knowlton Strategies US, is exiting the firm to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities and spend more time with his family.
Craig Fahle, a popular talk show host on Detroit Public Radio, has taken the PA director post at the motor city's auctioneer of abandoned/foreclosed homes.
Ogilvy PR is representing the Migrant Offshore Aid Station, which is bankrolled by high-risk insurer Tangiers Group, for immigration, maritime and foreign relations matters.
The Forbes family has surrendered control of its print/online business publication for more than $300M.
