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The total daily time Americans spent on social media networks took a dip last year, the result of Facebook users now spending less time on that platform, according to a recent eMarketer analysis.
The Raben Group is working on behalf of the ACLU's Texas branch to lobby Congress in an effort to protect the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers and fight abuses at the U.S. border with Mexico.
O'Dwyer's Podcast
John O’Dwyer and Fraser Seitel on where we stand in this new normal. The White House PR team and worst hire in the history of mankind. Will this top-of-the world team’s strategies trickle down to folks just starting their communications careers? Trump’s Achille’s heel and what he should be trumpeting about his accomplishments.
The Fulton County School System, the school district serving Atlanta, Georgia’s Fulton County, is looking for a marketing firm to promote a communications campaign to help teens in crisis.
SKDKnickerbocker has signed on to promote the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and its effort to protect the environment and promote sustainable development.
Matt Bennett, who had been executive VP, global communication at the Motion Picture Association of America since 2016, has been named VP and chief communications officer at American University, effective June 24.
The LGBTQ community has made tremendous progress since the Stonewall uprising 50 years ago but we must remain vigilant as anti-choice forces gain strength, infringe upon women's rights and potentially threaten marriage equality.
Kristina Adamski, who was Nissan North America's VP-corporate communications, has joined Tilray Inc., a cannabis enterprise...Travis Parman takes VP–communications North America and international communications and global engagement post at Nissan North America... Colton Henson and Maggie McNerney join Dezenhall Resources. Henson joins from Swing State Strategies and takes the senior director slot. McNerney, a Marriott and and Qorvis MSLGroup alum, is senior counselor.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, White House press secretary, is stepping down at the end of the month, according to a tweet from Donald Trump. (1 reader comment)
Carmen Group is spearheading the lobbying push for Lockheed Martin’s controversial F-35 fighter jet program, which represents the Pentagon's biggest deal ever. (1 reader comment)
Despite the reputational hits that the tech sector has been taking recently, a new study from FleishmanHillard finds that in the US and UK trust in tech remains surprisingly high.
Steve Schmidt, former Edelman vice chairman and campaign strategist for John McCain’s presidential run, will continue to advise former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who has suspended his long-shot run for the White House.
Data security and privacy are brand currency in today’s digitally driven market, and now more than ever, brands should leverage communications and marketing teams to showcase their data and privacy efforts and manage any potential situation that may come their way.
C&R has checked in at Thompson Nashville, Thompson Hotels’ first property in the US South... The Pollack PR Marketing Group’s LAB186 digital marketing and content creation team will produce a bi-monthly online show and weekly podcast for Fangirl Sports Network... Foodmix Marketing Communications is agency of record for B&W Quality Growers.
Blue Engine Message & Media + JDA Frontline is rebranding as Seven Letter... PR World Alliance elected Marianne van Barneveld, founder of Marcommit, The Netherlands, as president at its annual general assembly meeting in Paris... Solebury Trout IR/financial communications firm has launched an environmental, social and governance practice.
Hope Hicks, former White House communications director and confidant to Donald Trump, has agreed to testify to a closed session of the House Judiciary Committee, according to its chairman Congressman Jerry Nadler. (1 reader comment)
CLS Strategies is providing Washington support for Al Jazeera Media Network, which runs the Arab-language satellite TV network that is based in Qatar. (2 reader comments)
Ed McFadden, former spokesman for the the Archdiocese of Washington, has been named vice president of communications for the American Financial Services Association, the national trade association for the consumer credit industry.
Commentary
Google, Facebook and other dominant online platforms have destroyed the traditional advertising and revenue models of news organizations and “financially dis-incentivized” spending for quality reporting, David Pitofsky, general counsel of News Corp, told Congress on June 11.
TheStreet has been acquired for $16.5 million in cash by Maven, a digital publishing, advertising and distribution platform used by such publications as History, Maxim and Yoga Journal... Bauer Media retains FTI Consulting to lead RFP process soliciting bids to deliver Woman's World and First for Women... CNN is taking its “Anderson Cooper Full Circle” daily news program off Facebook Watch as the cable network looks to beef up its own streaming strategy.
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