PR News & Commentary

Tue., Feb. 7, 2023

By Kevin McCauley

The British embassy has hired a Harvard Law anti-corruption law expert for a report on the “Enablers Act,” the toughest bill to fight money laundering passed in 20 years.

Tue., Feb. 7, 2023

By Steve Barnes

360PR+ hires Kara Armit VP, human resources... Alloy names Jenni McDonough as chief people officer... The CW Network has named former CMO of WarnerMedia Entertainment Chris Spadaccini as its CMO.

By Liz Janisse, Rachel Rosenblatt

What to do when your organization becomes the subject of a high-profile documentary.

More articles from Jan. special issue:

• Welcome Back to an Even-More Unpredictable World -- Andrew Frank, Pres. Karv Communications

• The Best Companies Anticipate Crisies and Drill to Prepare -- Robert Durand, Jonathan Taylor, Crosswind Media & PR

• Twitter's Lessons for Crisis Communications -- Alex Stanton, CEO, Stanton

• When an Employee Threatens Your Company's Reputation -- David Ball, Pres. & Founder, Ball Consulting Group

• When Crisis Threatens an Influencer-Deal Partnerhsip -- Eric Yaverbaum, CEO, Ericho Comms.

• New Year, New World, New Rules? -- Jessica Berk Ross, Mng. Partner, FINN Partners

• Adding Self-Awareness, Compassion to the Crisis Toolkit -- Anne Green, Principal & Mng. Dir., G&S Business Comms.

• Reputation Management for Doctors -- Alaina Chiappone, Publicist, Otter PR

• It's a Rollup World -- by Art Stevens, Mng. Partner, The Stevens Group

Tue., Feb. 7, 2023

By Kevin McCauley

Knox Lane has made a strategic investment in Spectrum Science, which ranks No. 4 on O’Dwyer’s roster of healthcare firms with fee income of $48.9M in 2021.

Tue., Feb. 7, 2023

By Kevin McCauley

Kekst CNC handles Public Storage, the nation’s biggest self-storage operator, as it launches a hostile $11B all-stock bid for its smaller competitor Life Storage.

Mon., Feb. 6, 2023

By Kevin McCauley

Brunswick Group handles Concordia, the Rothschild family holding company, that plans to take the storied Rothschild & Co. investment bank private.

Mon., Feb. 6, 2023

By Kevin McCauley

Nanaimo Airport, the “Gateway to Vancouver Island,” wants to book a firm to create a marketing campaign to increase brand awareness and recognition of its service offerings.

Commentary

Mon., Feb. 6, 2023

By Kevin McCauley

Why doesn't Joe Biden get any respect to his massive legislative accomplishments? Age has a lot to do with it... The Wall Street Journal does a good job in following Rupert Murdoch's mandate to trash Trump... Does Walt Disney Co. only cave to Chinese officials, or does it roll over for all authoritarian regimes?

Mon., Feb. 6, 2023

By Dominic Rovano

With the 2023 tax season upon us, here’s a list of recent major tax changes and updates to help guide you through the tax planning process this year.

Mon., Feb. 6, 2023

By Steve Barnes

Revive, part of The Weber Shandwick Collective, names Chris Bevolo CEO... Endeavor, a global sports and entertainment company, appoints Maura McGreevy as CCO... FUSE Create promotes partners Aleena Mazhar and Steve Miller to SVP.

Mon., Feb. 6, 2023

By Barry Kluger

A few words of advice for Naysa Woomer, the communications director for George Santos: Run. As far away as you can!

Mon., Feb. 6, 2023

By Ken Jacobs

Idea Grove CEO Scott Baradell advises agency leaders to avoid an excuse mindset where you blame things like inflation and quiet quitting for business problems and instead focus on what you can control in video interview on the key takeaways from his book, Trust Signals: Brand Building in a Post-Truth World.