FTI Consulting's PR Unit Jumps 9.3%
Thu., Apr. 25, 2019
By Kevin McCauley
FTI Consulting today reported a 9.3 percent Q1 revenues jump to $57.7M for its strategic communications group due to solid results in North America and the EMEA regions.
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FTI Consulting today reported a 9.3 percent Q1 revenues jump to $57.7M for its strategic communications group due to solid results in North America and the EMEA regions.
Cannabis Trade Federation Action has hired VS Strategies, the public policy wing of "the country's first powerhouse marijuana law firm," to push for a sensible marijuana public policy.
O'Dwyer's Rankings of PR Firms
Spectrum Science Communications, Imre, LLC and W2O Group powered the Top 25 independent PR firms to a 12.9 percent rise in combined 2018 fee income to $2.1B and a 10.7 percent jump in employment to 11,702, according to O'Dwyer's Rankings of PR Firms released Mar. 26.
Commentary
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is charged with distributing propaganda in support of authoritarian regimes. Whatever happened to promoting US democratic values overseas?
More than 90 percent of small businesses plan to increase their advertising budgets this year, according to a recent survey.
Hamilton Place Strategies hires Bryan DeAngelis from Kivvit and Stephanie Walstrom from One Campaign... French|West|Vaughan recruits Cary Cox for VP slot... Taft Communications ups Connie Ludwin to VP.
AMP3 PR is working with the Governors Ball Music Festival, a three-day festival in New York... Parasol checks in at Baha Mar Residences... 5W PR lands Eone, maker of watches for both blind and sighted people.
Alaska’s Dept of Environmental Conservation has issued an RFP for air quality PR and education with a $300K budget for the first year and up to $1.5M over the course of five years, pending renewal on a yearly basis.
Roop & Co. has named Brad Kostka to succeed agency founder Jim Roop as president, effective April 30. Roop will continue to serve as senior advisor for the firm.
Bateman Group ups Tyler Perry to president of its New York office... North 6th Agency hires Al DiGuido, ex-CEO of Bigfoot Interactive, as president/chief revenue officer... Banner Public Affairs shifts Lynn Stinson, digital practice lead to Silicon Valley... Baretz + Brunelle adds Nicole Rodgers Houston as managing director. She joins from law firm Arnold & Porter.
Mick Cornett, who served as mayor of Oklahoma City from 2004 to 2018, has joined Jones PR in an executive counsel capacity.
Zapwater Communications has acquired Miami-based Cheryl Andrews Marketing Communications, travel and luxury PR shop.
Marathon Strategies, founded by Kerry 2004 spokesperson Phil Singer, launches "Insight 2020" to gauge campaign issues and their impact on businesses... Asoviva LLC is name of Tokyo mash-up of three firms targeted clients in tech, health, fashion, food and gaming sectors... IMARS Communications of Moscow signs cooperation pact with Azerbaijan PR Specialists Assn. and Baku School of PR.
Ohio has kicked off an RFP search for an agency that can help spread statewide awareness its 529 plan, CollegeAdvantage.
Commentary
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has proven once again that he's tone-deaf when it comes to PR. Social media giant hires surveilliance expert and Patriot Act architect as general counsel a month after Zuckerberg promised more privacy safeguards.
San Francisco's Sutherlandgold Group has acquired Astro Media to enhance its creative storytelling offering with data, measurement and audience-driven content capabilities.
Tusk Strategies, political consulting/strategic communications shop, is coordinating the effort to torpedo New York mayor Bill de Blasio's push to kill the admissions test for the city's eight specialized high schools.
Mattio Communications cannabis marketing firm completes seed funding... A/B Partners is launched by BerlinRosen former executive VP Andre Banks... Hispanic PR Assn. and CommunicationsMatch establish partnership for search... Glen Echo Group lauded by Washingtonian and Washington Business Journal.
John Pinette, who worked for investment vehicles of Microsoft co-founders Paul Allen and Bill Gates, has joined Facebook as VP-global communications.
Leo Hindery, who founded the Yes Network in 2001 as the cable home of the New York Yankees, hired Gephardt Group Government Affairs for work regarding infrastructure funding.
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