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Florida’s showboating governor Ron DeSantis wants to control what social media companies put on their own websites. It's a cheap political stunt... Facebook issues a report warning about rise of “perception hacking” and the “weaponization of uncertainty.” It's a good read.
Print media remains a preferred medium for reading newspapers, magazines and books among a large number of Americans, according to a recent survey.
Prosek Partners and ICR Inc. handle Flywire as the Boston-based global payments company raises $250M in its IPO ahead of anticipated busy travel season.
Fox News Channel serves fans treat of Tucker, Sean, Laura 24/7...Amazon buys MGM for $8.5B... The Associated Press reviews its social media policy following the firing of a 22-year-old news associate for violating it.
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Taft Communications promotes Sheila Cort to senior director and lead for work in diversity, equity and inclusion communications... G&S Business Communications appoints Meredith Topalanchik as managing director... FLM Harvest hires Claire Dailey as VP-PR... Arch Street Communications ups Karina Vangani to director of civic planning, a new position.
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| Curley Company founder and CEO Jennifer Curley, who is also publisher of the Association 100, shares her views on the role associations play in a rapidly changing marketplace on the latest “PR’s Top Pros Talk” video interview with Doug Simon. |
How intentional mismanagement and leadership misbehaviors often turn manageable problems into full-fledged crises.
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Battle Creek, the breakfast capital of the world, wants to hire a PR firm to generate awareness of the danger posed by lead poisoning and to promote testing of children up to six years old.
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"Greenwashing" is on the rise as a growing number of companies use PR to burnish dubious green credentials... Omnicom, which employs hundreds of PR executives, feels need to raid BCW for leader of its PR group... Vladimir Putin isn't going to be inducted into the PR Hall of Fame any time soon.
Finn Partners has picked up North America PR duties for Agriturismo Casetta, a 270-year-old luxury farmhouse, located in Italy's Tuscany region as borders begin to reopen from the COVID-19 shutdown.
Omnicom Group scoops up global integrated creative, media and communications agency partner for health tech company Royal Philips... French/West/Vaughan adds W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company... 5W Public Relations picks up Prinics Co., Ltd, licensee of the Kodak brand of instant print photo printers and cameras... Grant PR signs on Commercial Tenant Services, Inc.; Joshua Stein PLCC; and Century Management Services.
The trends created primarily or in part by COVID are what businesses are struggling to accommodate. The pandemic’s impact has been such a game-changer that the language of post-COVID could become a permanent marker to signify a new era.
Gagnier Communications handled the high-profile launch of GrowthCurve Capital by Sumit Rajpal, former co-head of Goldman Sachs merchant banking division.
Washington Women in Public Relations names its 2021 class of Emerging Leaders Awards... Allied Global Marketing acquires Honey + Buzz, a Dublin-based experiential marketing agency... Blue State has launched a multidisciplinary political practice directed toward inspiring and turning out voters... TrailRunner International, which is based in Dallas, opens an office in Nashville.
Omnicom Group CEO John Wren has hired Chris Foster, North America president of WPP’s BCW unit, to run its PR operation.
The City of Omaha, Nebraska, is requesting proposals from agencies that can develop an integrated advertising and marketing campaign for the Omaha Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Brands must acknowledge recent shifts in how Americans shop, interact and view wellness if they want to stay relevant and establish connections with consumers in our post-pandemic era.
Woodstock, a quintessential New England village close to the Calvin Coolidge homestead, wants a PR firm to attract more visitors.
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