Kuwait has hired Mercury Public Affairs to handle strategic communications in connection with the Oct. 24 dedication of the Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm Memorial in Washington.
California’s Riverside County Regional Park & Open-Space District is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to provide key strategic communications, public relations support, community outreach and informational messaging services.
Ireland’s Heath Research Board seeks a firm to provide science communications and engagement services.
Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky has sanctioned his former press secretary Iuliia Mendel for allegedly promoting Russian propaganda.
Yorktown Solutions has signed on to provide public affairs counsel to the Kyiv City Organization of Employers of the Oil & Gas Industry, which is the largest association representing Ukraine’s energy sector.
One of the hallmarks of magazine PR—the issue drop—has become a thing of the past.
FGS Global represents Copart as the online vehicle auction company acquires auto marketplace and data services business ACV, a Joele Frank client, in a deal valued at $1.9B.
FINN Partners opens an office in Minneapolis, its fifth location in the Midwest and its 39th worldwide... AMP3 PR hosts its annual Gifting Suite and Media Lounge in conjunction with New York Fashion Week... Curious Plot, which works with clients in the agriculture, food and companion animal industries, is accepting applications for its 2026 Seed to Succeed pro bono program.
Finn Partners will promote the Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases and Related Disorders (AD/PD) international conference slated March 16-20 in Barcelona and online as a hybrid event.
The City of Newport Beach is gathering credentials from firms interested in handling its PR, marketing, creative and multimedia work on an as-needed basis.
Brittney Basden, who led public affairs and advocacy partnerships at the Washington Post has joined Bully Pulpit International as a managing director.
Americans spent more than $174 billion on branded merchandise in 2025, according to a newly released study from Promotional Products Association International—accounting for 51 percent of global spending in the industry.
McClatchy, which owns 29 daily papers across 14 states (including The Miami Herald, Sacramento Bee and Kansas City Star), launches a wave of layoffs that extends to at least 13 of those papers... The Toledo Blade, which was founded in 1835, is set to shut down on Dec. 31, unless owner Block Communications manages to find a buyer for it... A bill awaiting approval by California governor Gavin Newsom would give local newsrooms a boost.
The DUX Group, a Washington, D.C.-based strategic communications firm that works with leaders in highly regulated industries, names Lauren Boland as VP... Workday, an enterprise AI platform for HR, finance and IT, names Sarah Kennedy Ellis CMO, effective Oct. 5. Kennedy Ellis joins the company from Google... Octave Specialty Group, a global specialty insurance firm, brings on Philip Stefano as managing director, head of investor relations.
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