Drew Olanoff, a seasoned tech journalist and communicator, has moved to Mercury Public Affairs to open a San Francisco office for the firm.
Olanoff takes a senior VP title with Omnicom-owned Mercury.
Olanoff led communications for Rothenberg Ventures, River Studios in the Bay Area, as well as the Berlin-based start-up EyeEm. He did an in-house stint at Yahoo as PR manager as the company overhauled its corporate communications under CEO Marissa Mayer in 2013-14.
He was also a writer, editor and community director for TechCrunch and The Next Web.
Mercury has California outposts in Los Angeles and Sacramento. Google alum Ryan Brack is stationed in New York for the firm.
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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