Jeffrey Pohlman, a senior producer for CNBC who managed the network's investigative unit, has moved to PR as a senior VP for FleishmanHillard in New York.
Pohlman produced primetime specials and CNBC's first digital documentaries on topics like Herbalife, the Veterans Administration crisis and Bitcoin, among others.
At FH, he will focus his time in its reputation management practice under Betsy Neville. Pohlman said he'll take his production experience and use it to develop storytelling strategies for the firm's corporate and government clients.
He spent 13 years at CNBC, including time on the political beat. He started out at NBC and moved to CNN before landing at CNBC.
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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