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Lansons, a reputation management shop in London, has acquired a 51 percent stake in New York’s Intermarket Communications, financial shop co-founded by Matt Zachowski and Martin Mosbacher in 1986, to form an entity with fee income in the $17M range.
Sujata Mitra, who handled PR duties at The Huffington Post, CQ Roll Call/The Economist Group and Vox Media has joined Edelman in Washington as senior VP media relations. (1 reader comment)
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The media lost a lot of credibilty over their coverage of the Jussie Smollett hoax, which they swallowed "hook, line and fake noose." Trump raps Smollett's performance as "racist" but remains mum about white nationalist Coast Guard officer who planned to murder journalists, Democrats. (1 reader comment)
Sard Verbinnen & Co. is playing defense for Navient student loan servicer in its showdown with institutional shareholders Canyon Capital Advisors and Platinum Equity Advisors
Merge Atlanta, healthcare shop, hires Kris Krava, who was principal-design experience at Slalom management consultant, as executive creative director... MPRM Communications promotes Caitlin McGee to senior VP, Natalie Yallouz to VP... DVL Seigenthaler/FINN Partners ups Lisa Button... Crosby Marketing Communications recruits Brittany Barre for integration supervisor position and Maggie Baird for associate integration manager.
Peninsula Clean Energy in San Mateo County, CA, is seeking proposals from agencies that can assist in developing a three-year marketing strategy plan.
The US media, in the past, could always count on the support of the White House if an American reporter was captured or injured in war, said Dean Baquet, executive editor of the New York Times. "Sadly, I’m not sure who I would call today," he said at the Arthur W. Page Center awards ceremony. (4 reader comments)
Former Democratic Congressman Joe Crowley, once viewed as a successor to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has joined the global public policy practice of Squire Patton Boggs.
Moonwalker Associates, the firm recently launched by former Republican Congressman Bob Walker, wants to clean up outer space.
Vested invests in Christina Bertinelli, who led the digital reputation practice at Lumentus... Perry Communications Group hires Stephanie McGann Jantzen, political consultant, crisis specialist, as VP... Hill+Knowlton Strategies ups creative guru Simon Shaw.
Arthur W. Page Society on Feb. 20 honored New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet; the late Marilyn Laurie, former executive VP of brand strategy at AT&T; and ex-Aetna CEO John Rowe with its Larry Foster Award for Integrity in Public Communication... "Fake news," Russian meddling slated at Feb. 26 forum at Schar School of Policy & Government in Arlington, VA... New York Women in Communications tackles "strategic storytelling" March 6.
While women now account for more than three out of four workers in the PR industry, only about 20 percent of the top leadership positions are occupied by women, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Relations and KPMG.
Digital ad spending will eclipse traditional ad buys in the U.S. for the first time this year, according to eMarketer’s latest ad spending forecast.
April Scott, who was executive VP/managing director of Ogilvy’s digital offering, is now at Ketchum in the North America managing director of digital, social and analytics post.
Lindsay Walters, deputy White House press secretary, is joining Edelman as VP-US PA strategy & development. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she'll miss a "pillar" of her staff. (2 reader comments)
New York financial PR firm Reevemark is handling the Chapter 11 filing of Payless ShoeSource, which is liquidating 2,500 stores in the US and Canada and tossing 16,000 people out of work with the end of May completion of the retail wind-down.
United Way Worldwide launched UpPurpose to meet content needs of nonprofits... WPP and Waze work to lure retail ads to navigation app... PRCG|Haggerty rolls sports marketing unit under HBO Sports alum Jim Rocco.
Tom Foremski, the former Financial Times US technology reporter, has teamed with Chris Knight, brand marketing guru, to form Every Media Company, content & editorial strategy shop.
Kristie Kuhl has been named managing partner of Finn Partners' health practice.
FleishmanHillard drives PR for LA Auto Show... Warner Communications Group promotes PrimeRevenue... SourceCode Communications signs up Pindrop and Cambridge Mobile Telematics... Brandware floats Elco Motor Yachts.
The group representing North Carolina's commercial fishing business has released an RFP for a PR campaign to educate the public about changes made to reduce its environmental impact and to promote sustainable practices.
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