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Last Updated: Mon., May 13, 2024 @ 4:58 pm

Tenneco’s Brathwaite Drives to AEP

Mon., May 13, 2024

By Kevin McCauley

Chris BrathwaiteChris Brathwaite, who was senior VP & chief communications officer at Tenneco, has moved to American Electric Power as VP & CCO.

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O'Dwyer's May '24 PR Firm Rankings Magazine

O'Dwyer's May '24 PR Firm Rankings Magazine

Remembering the Human Element

Mon., May 13, 2024

By Gerard LaFond

Gerard LaFondIn tech public relations and beyond, we must remember to put people front and center.

PR Experts Disagree on How to Combat Crises

Mon., May 13, 2024

By Jon Gingerich

Memo’s “2024 Crisis Index”In-house communications teams and agencies specializing in crisis management disagree on what details to consider when approaching a crisis, and also disagree on how helpful agency pros are when they’re called in to cool a crisis situation, according to a new report.

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Piacente Financial Works Zeekr’s Big IPO

Mon., May 13, 2024

By Kevin McCauley

ZeekrPiacente Financial Communications handles China’s Zeekr EV company, which went public on the New York Stock Exchange in an IPO valued at more than $5B on May 10.

On the Move: Barnard College Recruits Raabe

Mon., May 13, 2024

By Steve Barnes

Natalie RaabeBarnard College appoints New Yorker's Natalie Raabe as VP for strategic communications... Q4 Inc., a capital markets access platform, appoints Courtney Austermehle as CMO... IMPACT Community Capital names Luke Rottmann managing director of investor relations and capital markets.

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Accounts in Transit: RG2 Communications Lands YODEZEEN

Mon., May 13, 2024

By Steve Barnes

YODEZEENRG2 Communications is engaged by YODEZEEN, an international architecture and design firm... V2 Communications brings on Cloudera, a platform that helps enterprises control, analyze and modernize their data, analytics and AI; Thrive, which delivers global technology outsourcing for cybersecurity, cloud, networking and other complex IT requirements; Boston Metal, a company that is commercializing Molten Oxide Electrolysis and Voltpost, which retrofits lampposts into a modular and upgradable level 2 EV charging platform powered by a mobile app... Clarity Quest picks up Volpara Health, which makes software that helps leading healthcare providers positively impact their patients and families.

S4 Capital Suffers 19.7% Drop in Q1 Revenues

Fri., May 10, 2024

By Kevin McCauley

Martin SorrellS4 Capital chief Martin Sorrell reports that Q1 revenues fell 19.7 percent to $262M due largely to the slowdown in the technology sector.

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Forbes-Tate Goes to Work for Shein Technology

Fri., May 10, 2024

By Kevin McCauley

SheinForbes-Tate has jumped on the bandwagon of Shein Technology LLC, the Los Angeles-based arm of the embattled Singapore-based “instant fashion” retailer.

Jackson (MI) Needs EcoDev Boost

Fri., May 10, 2024

By Kevin McCauley

MLKCIAJackson (MI) wants a firm to handle PR, branding and marketing for its Martin Luther King Corridor Improvement Authority, which works to promote economic growth.

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No Country for Young Pups

Fri., May 10, 2024

By Kevin Foley

CricketUnderstanding why Republican South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem shot her unruly hunting dog is also understanding the ethos of the state she represents.

On the Move: GAP Recruits PepsiCo's Torres for CMO Spot

Fri., May 10, 2024

By Steve Barnes

Fabiola TorresGAP has recruited Fabiola Torres from PepsiCo to serve as its global CMO... BMG, an international music company that is part of Bertelsmann, appoints Kristal McKanders Dube as global corporate communications lead... PYA, a professional services firm, brings on Ron Feinbaum as CMO.

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Mummy Dearest: My Best Stunt Ever

Fri., May 10, 2024

By Morty Matz

Morty MatzIn the early 1960s New York was in the midst of an egyptology craze. And I came up with an idea to get my client, the popular news radio station WINS 1010, on the everything-Egyptian radar screen.