Eric Andrus, a partner and RLM Finsbury staffer since 1998, has joined KARV Communications as executive VP.
The 30-year communications pro worked in the Clinton Administration as communications director for the Immigration and Naturalization Service and director of the US Information Agency's New York foreign press center.
Andrus also worked in NYC's economic development agencies and at government relations shop Geto & de Milly.
KARV is a corporate, financial and crisis communications shop that was established by Andrew Frank, also a Clinton administration and USIA alum.
Frank believes Andrus' insights and relationships would provide the two-year-old firm with "more fire-power" as it expands geographical reach and broadens client offerings.
DJE Holdings, parent of Edelman and Zeno, launches RUTH as an independent shop named after Ruth Edelman, mental health advocate, wife and longtime business partner of Dan Edelman.
New York City PR firms make up the largest slice of O'Dwyer's 147 firm overall ranking with 33 of 40 in the New York/New Jersey area either calling Manhattan their home or having a presence there.
Subject Matter+Kivvit, which joined forces in May, has rebranded as Avoq, an integrated shop with more than 200 professionals in Washington, New York, Asbury Park (NJ), Miami and Chicago.
While PR pros stationed at in-house comms. teams and those working for agencies share many of the same objectives, they also have markedly different top priorities, according to a recent report.
Edelman is cutting 240 employees or about four percent of its workforce to cope with the cooling down of the PR sector, according to a memo from CEO Richard Edelman.
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