Tulsa Readies COVID-19 Awarness Push
Mon., Jul. 6, 2020
By Kevin McCauley
The Tulsa Health Department plans to issue an RFP to PR firms looking for their input on the content of a public awareness program to promote best practices to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Axis Agency Buys Itself from Interpublic
Mon., Jul. 6, 2020
By Kevin McCauley
The Axis Agency, which launched in 2005 as Weber Shandwick’s multicultural marketing unit, is now an independent and minority-owned shop as CEO Armando Azarloza and COO Carmen Lawrence have acquired the brand from Interpublic.
There will come a day when America finds out why president Trump was so solicitous of Vladimir Putin. But that day will never arrive for US servicemen and women killed as a result of Russian bounties paid to the Taliban for the murder of American soldiers.
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Making travel safer and implementing new health and safety standards are among the top challenges the travel and hospitality sector now faces in reassuring and convincing Americans to venture out.
Boeing communications chief Niel Golightly has quit because of an employee complaint about an article that he wrote in 1987 as a Navy pilot questioning the ability of women to serve in combat.
Full flights are on the way, but many consumers seem less than enthusiastic about the idea.
As we prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July with family and friends, take a deep breath and a moment to be thankful for those who forged the path to our nation’s independence.
New York State has issued an RFP for PR, marketing and advertising services to promote the annual state fair, which runs for 18 days ending Labor Day, as well as to pitch the fairgrounds and its facilities for other events throughout the year.
CBS Entertainment Group has appointed Chris Ender, who has been with the company for 24 years, as its new head of communications.
The Core Strategic Group adds offices in Austin and DC... Waters Communications rebrands to Waters Agency... Woodruff expands its digital capabilities... Content and news distribution platform News Direct launches.
Berk Communications to set the tempo for musician Yo Gotti's PR... William Mills Agency signs up digital banking platform Finzly... Merlot Marketing named agency of record for GPR Ventures.
FleishmanHillard is pitching the media about the space program of the United Arab Emirates, specifically its mission to Mars slated for this month.
Commentary
Russia supplies talking points to its man in DC as president Trump tries to gaslight America on "bounty on heads of US soldiers" story... Only 71 percent of Americans are "angry" about state of the nation... Facebook's Zuckerberg and the rest of social media face day of reckoning. (4 reader comments)
Facebook has committed to enacting a series of changes to its content policies in response to a massive advertising boycott that officially began today in protest over the misinformation and hate speech that runs rampant on the platform. (2 reader comments)
Sard Verbinnen & Co. is handling the Chapter 11 filing of NPC International, the nation's biggest Pizza Hut and Wendy's franchisee, as it struggles with changing consumer dining preferences, rising labor/commodities costs and heavy debt.
Fox News' Ed Henry is the network's latest employee to be booted in the wake of sexual harassment charges... The New York Times pulls plug on its partnership with Apple News... The Overseas Press Club of America launches fund to assist freelance journalists facing financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 crisis.
BLJ Worldwide, a boutique strategic consultancy specializing in public diplomacy, communications, and global affairs, has named Amy Rosen president. Rosen joins BLJ Worldwide from Rubenstein Public Relations... Realtor.com has named Mickey Neuberger chief marketing officer. He was at eBay... MWWPR has brought on Weber Shandwick's Adam Selwyn as executive VP and chief creative officer.
Marketing veteran Bozoma Saint John has been recruited for the top marketing spot at Netflix.
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