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GE Appliances has named Antonio Boadas, director of communications at Procter & Gamble, chief communications officer. He succeeds Deborah Wexler, who is retiring on Aug. 31.
APCO Worldwide has named Marc Johnson managing director of the agency's New York office.
O'Dwyer's 50th Anniversary, 1968 - 2018
It seems like yesterday that I was reading O’Dwyer’s every week while attending Syracuse University learning about the industry and its people.
More than 125 newspapers will publish editorials on Aug. 16 to counter president Trump's characterization of the press as the "enemy of the people" and highlight the threat that his "fake news" rant poses to the First Amendment.
Pinterest has retained lobbying powerhouse Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP to advocate in Washington on copyright issues.
Financial services companies grapple with moving their business and corporate culture to a digital-first strategy.
Jeffrey Group celebrates 25thanniversary with events in Brazil and Argenita featuring Jeff Sharlach and Allison Mann, head researcher of “Mad Men” television series, to show how corporate communications has changed since show first aired… Susan Davis International earns two Stevie Awards for World War I Centennial Commission project… Germinder + Associates names Guy Pidgeon, ex-chair of American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, its #PowerofPInk honoree for achievements in a nearly 40-year career in veterinary medicine.
Pandora hires Heidi Anne-Noel as senior communications manager of music streaming service... Lumentus, digital communications shop, recruits Matt Robson as manager of search marketing strategy... Africa Communications Media Group, Johannesburg, promotes Nonye Mpho Omotola to managing director, succeeding co-founder Mimi Kalinda.
Just as the Cleveland Browns had begun working on turning its reputation around, wide receiver Antonio Callaway was busted with marijuana possession. (1 reader comment)
Burson-Marsteller Washington handles public policy and PA issues for high-flying Hikvision, the China-government affiliated dominant maker of video surveillance systems.
Cision has named Autodesk veteran Gregg Sprattol chief operating officer.
Marketers in 2017 spent $450 million less on print magazine advertising than two years ago, according to numbers released by The MPA, but in a surprise twist, magazines are now engaging a higher percentage of U.S. young adults than Facebook.
I've known Jack O'Dwyer right from the beginning. No one has written about the PR profession as he has. Jack always told it like it is whether it was what the people he was writing about wanted to hear or not.
Kekst & Co. represents Peak Rock Capital's acquisition of TNT Crust from Tyson Foods, a deal that marks the seventh recent food/beverage deal for the Austin-based private equity firm.
Why data remains the key element to making better marketing decisions and achieving stronger results that drive healthcare marketers’ strategies and tactics.
Joele Frank is handling Dun & Bradstreet’s $7B deal to go private via a transaction bankrolled by an investment group of Thomas Lee Partners, CC Capital and Cannae Holdings.
KPS3 Marketing has acquired fellow Reno-based PR/IR shop 120 West Strategic Communications.
Few events seem to get the traction and attain the staying power they once did. Here’s what that means for PR.
The four major trade groups representing the U.S. marketing industry are pushing back against the Trump Administration’s proposal to add a question regarding citizenship to the 2020 Census.
Tribune Media terminates merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group... HBO teams with Axios to develop news-oriented programming... Kate Lewis succeeds Joanna Coles as Hearst chief content officer.
Profile Advisors works the big Puerto Rico financial restructuring deal that is hailed by Governor Ricardo Rossello as 'a significant step' in the bankrupt island's recovery.
PAN Communications teams with UpWell Health... Keith Sherman & Associates picks up Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, Friedman's gluten-free restaurant, "Be More Chill"/"Desperate Measures" Off-Broadway musicals and Mike Birbiglia's one-man show... Baker PR tunes in The Music Studio.
FleishmanHillard plans to merge its LPP operation with the Omnicom PR unit’s existing Boston office. (1 reader comment)
Guidepost Strategies has signed up BMW of North America to work Washington about the negative impact that president Trump’s steel and auto tariffs will have on American job creation.
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