Finsbury Works Advent's $1.9B Cybersecurity Play
Fri., Feb. 7, 2020
By Kevin McCauley
Finsbury is handling Advent International's $1.9B deal to acquire Forescout, cybersecurity firm founded in Israel and based in San Jose.
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Finsbury is handling Advent International's $1.9B deal to acquire Forescout, cybersecurity firm founded in Israel and based in San Jose.
Palisade, a town located 185 miles from Denver that uses the tagline "life tastes good here all year long," is looking for a full-service firm for tourism marketing support.
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USA Gymnastics, which has been rocked by a sex abuse scandal and bankruptcy, has appointed Carol Fabrizio chief communications & marketing officer, effective Feb. 13, as the national governing body for the sport seeks to restore its image.
Jonathan Gasthalter represents billionaire financier Steven Cohen as he works to finalize a deal to take over the New York Mets from the hands of the team's recalcitrant majority owners.
Meredith Corporation has elected former BCW global chair Donald Baer lead independent director... New Tribune Publishing chief Terry Jimenez swings the cost-cutting ax... TV still dominates as top "screen" to watch Super Bowl.
Caliber Corporate Advisers brings on Jeff Hendren to serve as managing director for both Caliber and its sister company The Financial Revolutionist... Clyde Group hires Mary Rollins, who was previously vice president of Discovery Education’s corporate education partnerships, as senior vice president of talent & culture... Hill+Knowlton Strategies names McKinsey & Co.'s Tomasz Karasek global head of strategic initiatives, based in New York.
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the nation’s premier law firm fighting for racial justice, is looking for an agency that can provide media relations work to support the organization’s upcoming anniversary gala.
Ex-celebrity PR powerhouse Peggy Siegal fights to salvage her reputation and firm following New York Times piece about her helping to rehab the image of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who apparently hung himself in his NYC prison cell in August. Vanity Fair details her effort in article of more than 6,500 words.
Bloomington, Illinois is looking for an agency that can develop a brand marketing campaign for the purpose of driving business attraction and retention, energizing current residents and positioning the municipality as a desirable place to live.
Former Washington Post chairman Don Graham has hired Prime Policy Group, which is part of BCW, to work on legislation regarding immigration and the status of the “Dreamers."
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M Booth Health recruits Karen Strauss, a 30-year veteran of Ketchum, for chief strategy & innovation officer slot, a new post.
Hill+Knowlton announced that Ed Patterson has joined the WPP unit as global head of communications.
The New York Times Co. reported a 4.4 percent rise in 4Q operating profit to $78M on a 1.1 percent spurt in revenues to $508.4M.
Wise PR hires Aubry Bracco, three-time competitor on CBS’s “Survivor,” as VP, social media & digital marketing. Bracco joins from Cousins Maine Lobster... Schafer Condon Carter adds Edelman alum Joshua Baze as chief digital officer... Princeton University appoints David Burden to the newly created position of deputy vice president for content strategy.
New York City’s Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership Business Improvement District is seeking marketing and branding services counsel as it expands its boundaries to include the adjoining NoMad neighborhood, as well as bits of Chelsea, Rose Hill and Gramercy.
Ray Day, former chief communications officer at IBM and group VP-communications at Ford Motor, has joined Mark Penn’s Stagwell Group as vice-chair of its marketing & communications shops.
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