Agency Needed to Boost 'Virginia is for Lovers' Brand
Thu., Mar. 30, 2023
By Jon Gingerich
Virginia is looking for an agency that can provide creative marketing services and elevate the "Virginia is for Lovers" brand in an effort to drive more travelers to the Commonwealth.
LLYC Acquires BAM
Thu., Mar. 30, 2023
By Kevin McCauley
LLYC is acquiring an 80 percent stake in BAM, the 35-member San Diego shop that serves the technology and venture capital segments, in a deal valued at $13.2M. The transaction doubles the Spanish firm's size in the US.
Commentary
Fearing loss of white-collar jobs, movers and shakers call for six-month pause in development of AI. They remained silent in the '80s and '90s when automation and Wall St. greed wiped out millions of blue-collar jobs... Not ready for prime time Ron DeSantis should think twice about jumping into presidential race.
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| Independent PR firms posted an 18.2 percent rise in fee income to $4.6B in 2022, according to the 2023 O’Dwyer’s rankings. Sixty-eight of the 148 ranked firms pounded out gains of at least 20 percent. |
Brian Beades, head of corporate communications for the Americas at BlackRock, is "exploring new career opportunities," while Felicity Barber, who handled PR for CEO Larry Finn, is now running her own media training shop.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has extended the deadline to respond to its RFP for a multicultural marketing shop.
Jones Lang LaSalle, the $19.4B real estate and investment firm, has hired Laura Vallis as head of communications.
Rubenstein Public Relations takes on AOR duties for AIVF, a Tel Aviv, Israel- based reproductive technology company... Alloy picks up Unbabel, an AI-powered language operations platform... 5WPR lands WorkWave, a provider of cloud-based field service software and solutions.
John Simons, executive editor at Time, will join the Brunswick Group in New York on April 1.
Dolphin Entertainment, the parent of 42West, The Door and Shore Fire Media, hires Ellie Doty as CMO... The U.S. Government Publishing Office promotes Gary Somerset to CCO... The Bliss Group promotes Handley, Odesser and Slater to EVPs.
San Mateo County plans to hire a firm to run a communications effort to promote its various pollution prevention initiatives. It has budgeted up to $1M for the three-year effort.
Tim Mulvey, who was communications director for the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6th Attack on the US Capitol, has joined Dentons Global Advisors in its Washington office.
Richard Buckley, who was VP, global corporate affairs at AstraZeneca, has joined Rational 360 as managing director.
Commentary
Americans have moved away from concerns over environmental, social and governance issues. PR firms need to find the next big thing... Grow up, Elon. Skip the poop emojis... UK's Guardian newspaper deserves accolades for coming clean about founder's links to slave trade.
Peregrine Communications lands asset manager MacKay Shields to raise the firm’s profile and to position as a leader in the fixed income sector... Xhibition PR signs on to represent Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates... Haberman is working with the Minnesota Department of Health on a campaign focused on encouraging young people to have tough conversations with their peers about vaping.
ASTRSK PR’s 6th Annual Pro-Bono PR search is accepting applications now through April 15. The winner of the contest, which is aimed at raising the profile of underrepresented founders and their companies in the media, will receive one year of PR, valued at over $200,000... Press Hook, a tech-enabled media relations platform,launches its AI Media List Generator... The 2023 IPREX Annual Global Conference held its 40th anniversary confab in New Delhi.
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