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The Health and Human Services Administration slates a review of subcontracting deals flowing from Porter Novelli’s $2.25M contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Rockefeller Foundation plays up $30M grant to support climate and resiliency program in press release but buries lede that it is pulling plug on its own 10-year effort, leaving cities high and dry.
Interpublic Group has merged two of its public relations brands: US-based consumer marketing agency Current Marketing and global communications agency Creation.
Former Pandora Media CEO Roger Lynch will join Conde Nast as its first global CEO and be charged with disrupting the magazine publisher as it works to transform itself into a print, digital, broadband, video and data operation.
Hotwire, Hoffman Agency sign collaboration deal in Asia... Avenir Global of Montreal acquires London's Hanover and its offices in Dublin, Brussels and Abu Dhabi... PR360, Dublin, joins PROI Worldwide network... Otto & Friends, brand amplification shop, launched by Grey veteran Ryan Hallett and Serino Coyne's Whitney Creighton.
CashmanKatz makes senior VPs Eric Cavoli, Amanda Mueller partners and streamlines name... Invariant has hired Quincy Enoch, former federal affairs director of National Assn. of Mutual Insurance Cos... H+K Strategies taps Gonzalo Lamas as head of financial communications in Spain.
Consulting giant Accenture is buying creative advertising powerhouse Droga5 in a deal that will reshape the marketing communications landscape. Transaction is part of Accenture's push "to improve full human experience with brands."
A recent study suggests that consumers are less likely to boycott companies that remain silent on social or political issues than they are to stop supporting companies that take a stance on issues with which they disagree.
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You've got to hand it to Uber: the ridesharing giant sure has got a lot of PR chutzpah. As Uber cars clog Manhattan streets, the company funds the biggest lobbying push in support of congestion pricing.
A majority of marketers working in digital spaces now believe that influencer content outperforms brand-created content.
Lippe Taylor picked up US PR and digital marketing duties for Godiva, the Belgium-based luxury chocolate company, in a competitive pitch. Next Fifteen Communications Group's M Booth had the account.
Berlin Rosen has named Erica Prosser, who was VP at political campaign firm Wildfire Contact, senior VP in its Los Angeles campaign and creative service practice.
APCO Worldwide puts Theo Moore in charge of Brussels. He's a veteran of Brunswick, Text 100 and Edelman... Markstein hires Time Inc. alum Nina Iorg... Development Counsellors International makes Rebecca Gehman talent attractor.
Champion Management Group goes into Dog Haus... Red Fan Communications supports ClearCorrect, Jalisco Norte and Parker Jazz Club in Texas... Zapwater Communications picks up Travel Manitoba.
Next Fifteen Communications Group reported a 1.1 percent dip in PR revenues to $173.2.M for the 12-month period ended Jan. 31, a year of restructuring that featured the merger of tech firms Text100 and Bite to form Archetype.
Four Democratic leaders have formally asked for a probe into whether funds from Porter Novelli's $2.25M contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services flowed to Republican communications consultants to burnish the brand of CMS administrator Seema Verma.
Ski Utah wants to gather input from agencies with strong media relations capabilities specializing in snow sports/tourism in regards to a forthcoming campaign to drive brand awareness for Utah's ski and snowboard industry.
International health and science agency network GLOBALHealthPR has named Tim Goddard president.
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