Glover Park Group is handling TV One, a top cable TV network aimed at African-Americans on a range of federal matters.
Susan Brophy, managing director of government affairs at the WPP property is spearheading the team.
She was deputy director of legislative affairs in the Clinton White House, senior VP in Time Warner's global policy office in DC and counselor to its ex-CEO Dick Parsons on politics and policy.
Matt Mandel, aide to former Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and Gregg Rothschild, deputy chief of staff to Democratic heavyweight Congress John Dingell when he chaired the Energy and Commerce Committee, join Brophy on the business.
TV One, which launched in 2004, chalked up its best monthly rating performance among the key 25-54 year-old age group.
It credited the upbeat viewer level to the debut of "Girlfriends' Getaway," and the second season of "Fatal Attraction."
Missy Edwards Strategies represents Shein Technology Group, the Los Angeles arm of the embattled Singapore-based “instant fashion” retailer.
Carlsbad, a north San Diego County city of 115K people, is looking for a firm to provide government relations and Sacramento lobbying services.
Gordon Sondland, who was US ambassador to the European Union under Donald Trump, has registered as a representative of Ukraine’s cabinet and ministers.
The Daschle Group is representing Santa Monica-based Stand with Hong Kong Action, an advocacy group that fights to end Chinese repression in Hong Kong.
McKinsey & Co. has reached out to Republican shop Harbinger Strategies to educate policymakers about the activities of the embattled management consultancy.
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