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Sharp Communications hires Edelman's David Ellis as senior VP, digital & social media... User1st picks up Raegan Bartlo for VP-marketing & communications post. She was executive speechwriter at Mortgage Bankers Assn... Gearbox Software creates chief communications post for Dan Hewitt of Entertainment Software Assn.
Hill+Knowlton Strategies edged out a dozen shops to win the sustainability pitch of Cotton Council International, non-profit that promotes US cotton fiber and manufactured products around the globe.
W2O will promote the International AIDS Society’s AIDS 2020 conference slated for the PR firm’s home city of San Francisco and neighboring Oakland.
Three organizations—“Saturday Night Live,” the New England Patriots and The New York Times—have each recently suffered public relations setbacks that belie a deeper loss of traditional standing. (1 reader comment)
Duncan McCourt, who worked in the UK Treasury as chief of staff to chancellor Phillip Hammond until July, is joining Brunswick Group on Sept. 30.
A recent Pew Research Center study offers some unique insights into the behaviors of Twitter users for digital marketers.
W2O has appointed Lucie Harper (Weber Shandwick alum) and Kate Hawker (Ogilvy, B-M, Penny Ryder Vet) as global practice leaders in its London office... Red Havas puts Rachael Sansom in charge of London and ups Natasha Carroll and Mark Campbell... GMMB recruits Politico's Kimberly Hefling as VP.
Norton Shores, Michigan is seeking proposals from agencies that can devise a comprehensive communications plan and marketing strategy for the city.
Former upstate New York Republican Congressman John Sweeney, who has close ties to President Trump, has signed a $750K one-year contract to represent Russia's Vnesheconombank, the state-controlled investment bank.
Teneo has teamed with Global Citizen to plan a 10-hour global media event slated for Sept. 26, 2020, to raise money to end extreme poverty and put the world on track to tackle climate change.
More than half (57 percent) of U.S. journalists surveyed in a global study say that freedom of the press in the U.S. has deteriorated over the past year.
For Russian communications agencies, the year 2019 has meant adapting to transformation, change and a number of worldwide trends.
Twitter axes account of former Saudi royal court advisor Saud al-Qahtani, who is suspected of playing a role in the torture, murder and dismemberment of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi... Former Wall Street Journal Detroit bureau editor Paul Ingrassia, who won a Pulitzer for his coverage of the upheaval at General Motors, died Sept. 16 in Naples, Fla., where he had been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. He was 69... Direct-to-consumer companies, such as Peloton and Warby Parker are discovering TV ads, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Fender has promoted Christina Stejskal to VP, communications. She's a veteran of DKC and PMK•BN... March Communications has hired Kelby Troutman as VP. He joins March from Nuance Communications, where he led global PR... R&J Strategic Communications' Dan Johnsonhas been named PR chair of Urban Land Institute Northern New Jersey’s advisory board... Perry Communications Group has brought on Kelley Rooney as VP. She was at North State Solutions and Cornerstone Solutions
Ruder Finn has acquired SPI Group, the Jersey-based shop that ranked No. 17 in O’Dwyer’s 2018 healthcare rankings with fees of $5M.
Japan has hired Hale Strategies to monitor the US 2020 elections and elections and report on trends and developments.
Commentary
America’s global warming denier-in-chief is making great headway in dumbing down America on the science front as the US ranks as the world's top climate change sceptic.
A legally blind PR student at New York University’s School of Professional Studies will deliver a presentation at a Carnegie Hall forum tomorrow that focuses on diversity, equity and inclusion in corporate America.
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