Chris Regan, an entertainment PR pro with Ginsberg/Libby and B|W|R, has moved to DKC PR in Los Angeles as a senior VP.
Regan has specialized in film and corporate entertainment work with clients including major studios, production houses, and other industry players like Netflix.
He started out at Fredell Pogodin & Associates before moving to B|W|R, where he developed the firm's film department.
DKC also added Regan's G/L colleague Karina Vladimirov.
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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