Adam Levine, the former communications exec for private equity giant TPG locked in a legal battle with the firm, has joined Mercury to set up a San Francisco outpost.TPG sued Levine in January, accusing the former Goldman Sachs and Bush White House PR staffer of leaking information to the press to harm the firm. Levine countered with a whistleblower suit, claiming TPG violated securities laws and made misrepresentations to investors.
Levine takes a managing director role with Omnicom-owned Mercury. Partner Fabian Nunez said Levine brings "incredible talent and leadership" to the firm.
In addition to the TPG post, he was VP and spokeman for Goldman Sachs and assistant White House press secretary and director of TV news for President George W. Bush.
He started out on Capitol Hill and moved into TV journalism with NBC News and ABC TV.
Husch Blackwell Strategies has added FleishmanHillard alum Michael Slatin as a principal in its public affairs group.
Rory Cooper, a veteran Republican operative and policy specialist, has joined Teneo’s Washington office as senior managing director in its strategy & communications practice.
Brian Fallon, who served as national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, is signing on next month as Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director.
TikTok is nothing more than a Chinese propaganda tool that poses “a grave threat to America’s national security and, in particular, impressionable children and young adults,” say two Congressmen who want the platform registered as a foreign agent.
Public Strategies Washington has added Abbie Sorrendino, a former aide to now Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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