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MMGY NJF signs on with London & Partners, travel promotion unit, and American Queen Voyages... J/PR checks in at InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta... Amendola Communications picks up Iris Telehealth.
WPP reported 8.1 percent growth to $3.2B in like-for-like revenues due to strong demand for its digital media, e-commerce, data and marketing technology offerings. (Updated)
The US Patent and Trademark Office is considering hiring a PR firm to assist its communications team in promoting the Council for Inclusive Innovation (CI2) partnership with the private sector.
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What's up with Donald Trump and the Cleveland Guardians baseball team. Is he still miffed over his failure to buy the Cleveland Indians?... Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is a big fan of Charlie Brown and the gang... Raytheon takes $750M hit from shutdown of Russian operation but is buoyed by the successful use of its Stinger anti-tank missiles by Ukrainian soldiers.
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BCW promotes Brooke Hovey to global president... FINN Partners names Maria De Varenne, who was executive editor of the Tennessean from 2011 until 2021, senior partner... Salient MG brings on former Martin Agency director Doug Zanger as SVP of brand, creative and content... CG Life hires Nina Prybula as VP of client services.
Charley Green, who was most recently head of campaigns in the UK Cabinet Office, is heading to FleishmanHillard UK, where she will serve as an associate director on its public affairs team.
Kivvit veteran Laura Matos has joined Mad Global Strategy Group as a partner at the Summit, NJ-based firm.
Finn Partners has a $1.2M contract with Qatar Museums to handle "2022 Year of Culture" programming leading up to Qatar's hosting the World Cup in November.
Russell Dubner, who exited as Edelman vice chairman in December after a 28-year run at the firm, has joined the Boston Consulting Group as senior partner/global communications officer.
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Congratulations to Richard Edelman, who will become the first PR person inducted into the American Advertising Federation’s Hall of Fame this evening... Didn't Emmanuel Macron wallop far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the French election? Media cheered her 'victory'... The Atlantic profiles desposed European royals ready to return to action. That was a pet cause of DC's famous "lobbyist of the damned," Edward von Kloberg.
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Solomon McCown & Cence strategic communications shop and Murphy Donoghue Partners government relations firm have merged to form Issues Management Group in Boston.
VVK PR + Creative launches in Detroit... Vested Ventures invests in financial planning software platform Anasova and Qoins... JDA Worldwide acquires The KAIROS Company.
Alex Gabriel, a Democratic strategist who worked on the Biden presidential campaign, has joined Gorillas Technologies, Berlin-based ultrafast grocery service, as it plots its US expansion.
Champion grabs MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes fast-casual restaurant chain... Idea Hall wins corporate branding, marketing and communications services for Goodwill of Orange County... Nickerson picks up E4H Environments for Health Architecture.
OnePlus, smartphone company, names Spenser Blank director of PR and communications, North America... Signal AI promotes Emily Westgate to CMO... Shutterstock brings on Jason McClelland as CMO and Christopher “Skip” Wilson as VP of brand marketing.
The Illinois Dept. of Insurance has issued a $1.2M RFP to educate residents about their rights under the state’s mental health parity law.
China’s Ant Group has hired The OB-C Group, which was founded by long-time Democratic operative Lawrence O’Brien.
Federal Reserve Board chairman Jerome Powell was thrown into a crisis after he warned that the Fed would have to raise the federal funds rate more quickly in order to stave off inflation and avoid recession.
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