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Saudi Arabia’s Washington embassy has doled out a $1.5M one-year contract to Larson Shannahan Slifka Group, of Des Moines, for PR, government affairs and media outreach duties.
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Management consultant Accenture officially joins marketing communications A-team by snatching Kimberly-Clark's baby/childcare business from WPP's Ogilvy... Jared Kushner comes up with the boneheaded PR idea to put webcams on Great Wall of Trump to chart construction progess... Congressional commission 'impeaches' China president Xi Jingping.
Our annual technology PR issue features profiles of 36 firms, advice and strategy from leading thought leaders and O'Dwyer's exclusive ranking of the top tech PR firms by net fee income.
Subject Matter has hired Bill Ghent, who was Sen. Tom Carper’s chief of staff and senior policy & communications aide, effective Nov. 18.
Gannett, Gateway shareholders approve merger and now the cutbacks begin as firm eyes $300M in cost savings.
Prix Productions, the long-form content subsidiary of Raleigh, NC-based French|West|Vaughan, has brought on actor Lee Norris as its first development executive... The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has upped Kate Shanks VP-public affairs... Crosby Marketing Communications has promoted Gabrielle Weber to director of integration management and Mini Johri to director of production services.
Tactics for getting successful media coverage for software-as-a-service products.
Clarity forms partnership with The Brewery, network of agencies linked to London's freuds... Jennifer Bett Communications, which focuses on fashion, food & beverage, beauty, wellness brands, expands from New York to Los Angeles... SSPR, of Colorado Springs, adds Denver to Chicago, New York and San Franscisco office network.
Conversations around influencer marketing have dropped markedly across social media channels in the last year, according to a Talkwalker/Hubspot report.
The California State University system is looking for a PR firm to promote awarness of its Graduation Initiative 2025 program to improve four- and six-year graduation rates.
Sean Duffy, former Wisconsin Republican Congressman, has joined BGR Government Affairs to lead its financial services practice.
Daryl Richard, VP-corporate communications at UnitedHealthcare, has moved to Quinnipiac University, where he will be VP for marketing and communications.
The Zagat restaurant guide for New York City is back in print for its 2020 edition after owner Google dropped it in 2016... The Atlantic unveils subscriber-only version of its app... Bustle Digital axes at least 10 staffers at its Bustle site, which is geared to women.
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The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia has reached out to DC-based Yorktown Solutions to promote US/Serbian economic relations.
YouTube has named Shana Tepper head of entertainment communications. Tepper was previously VP of communications for Comedy Central and Paramount Network... Banner Public Affairs has brought on Emily Grannis as director, communications and public relations. She was at Pirelli Tire... Rogers & Cowan/PMK sorts executive pieces... Morning Consult grabs Whole Foods' Olivia Petersen for managing director communications slot.
The Chesapeake Economic Development agency is seeking a marketing partner to position the southeast coastal Virginia city as a prime destination for business location and expansion.
Finn Partners has added Diana Scott, who most recently was senior VP at Porter Novelli's in her more than 20-year healthcare PR career, as partner in its health unit.
James Davis, who formerly ran a communications agency for the Koch Network, has launched his own practice, Touchdown Strategies, LLC. (1 reader comment)
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Social media, "once a liberating technology has become a conduit for surveillance and electoral manipulation," according to Freedom House's "Freedom of the Net 2019" report.
Rubenstein Public Relations has been named agency of record by Global Cannabinoids, a manufacturer and distributor of American-grown hemp-derived cannabinoids... Padilla has been selected by Kannalife, Inc., a biopharmaceutical and phyto-medical company innovating cannabinoid therapeutics... William Mills Agency is providing RoamHR, a digital platform that automatically calculates and dynamically recalculates a user’s tax burden.
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