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Last Updated: Fri., Mar. 17, 2023 @ 4:49 pm

Digital Frontiers Push Needs PR Boost

Fri., Mar. 17, 2023

By Kevin McCauley

DAIDAI, the global development company that is implementing the USAID-bankrolled Digital Frontiers program, is looking for a PR firm to promote the campaign to create cross-broader data protection standards.

Joele Frank Handles SVB Financial's Bankruptcy

Fri., Mar. 17, 2023

By Kevin McCauley

SVBJoele Frank is handling the bankruptcy filing for SVB Financial, a restructuring designed to preserve the value of its venture capital platform and regulated broker-dealer units.

O'Dwyer's Mar. '23 Food & Beverage PR Magazine

Bringing Everyone to the Table

By Candice Watkins Robinson

Candice Watkins RobinsonHow inclusive communication principles can be used to address diet-related disease and encourage all Americans to make healthy food choices.

More articles featured in food & beverage PR issue:

Making Science Messages Stick in a Crowded Landscape -- Allison Mikita, MS, VP & Dir., Global ExpertBench at FoodMinds; Jean Owen Curran, MS, RD, Dir., FoodMinds

The Truth About Earned Media -- Stacy Bataille, Sr. VP, Coyne PR

O'Dwyer's Mar. '23 Food & Beverage PR Magazine

Building Followers Through Experiences -- Lacey Outten, Assoc. VP, Hemsworth Comms.

From Field to Fork: Communicating Food Traceability -- Jennifer Becker, VP, G&S Bus. Comms.

Rising Food Costs Dominate Consumer Concerns -- Heddy DeMaria, Chief Insights and Strategy Officer, HUNTER

Sipping with the Sober Curious -- Kristen Ingraham, Sr. VP, Group Lead, Padilla

Accounts in Transit: MMGY NJF Adds La Paz, Concord Hospitality

Fri., Mar. 17, 2023

By Steve Barnes

LaPazMMGY NJF adds La Paz, Mexico and Concord Hospitality... Firecracker PR picks up SweetNight, which offers mattresses; grooming products company Patrol Products; and Nature's Generator, solar generators... The Consultancy PR lands Cabbonet, a British brand that designs kitchens and home interiors.

PR's Top Pros Talk: Karen Clyne

Fri., Mar. 17, 2023

By Steve Barnes

O'Dwyer's/DS Simon Video Interview Series: Karen Clyne, Exec. VP & Technology Sector Lead at BCS
Karen Clyne, executive vice president & technology sector lead at BCW, tells Doug Simon why it's important for tech companies to invest in PR on the latest "PR's Top Pros Talk" video interview.

On the Move: Clyde Group Hires Kaiser as Creative, Digital SVP

Fri., Mar. 17, 2023

By Steve Barnes

Marianne KaiserClyde Group hires Marianne Kaiser as its first SVP of creative and digital... MeWe, a social media company, names Michael Huntsman SVP of marketing... Codeword, a tech PR and content agency, brings on Katy Kelley as SVP marketing and brand.

APCO Worldwide Scoops Up Gagen MacDonald

Thu., Mar. 16, 2023

By Kevin McCauley

APCOAPCO Worldwide has acquired Gagen MacDonald, the 25-year-old Chicago-based organizational communications/employee engagement specialist.

Dentons' Denham Dances to TikTok Beat

Thu., Mar. 16, 2023

By Kevin McCauley

Jeff DenhamEx-Republican Congressman Jeff Denham, a senior policy analyst at Dentons, reps TikTok as pressure builds to ban the Chinese-owned video app from the US. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies in Congress next week.

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Ex-CIA Operative Reps Ukraine

Thu., Mar. 16, 2023

By Kevin McCauley

Robert Booker BaerRobert Booker Baer, who worked as a CIA case officer for more than 20 years, is advising Ukraine. His memoir served as the basis of the 2005 film, "Syriana" that featured George Clooney.

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Do Reporters Hate Your Company?

Thu., Mar. 16, 2023

By Polly Traylor

Polly TraylorWays in which your team might be reducing your chances of media coverage and what you can do about it.

News of Firms: Notified Unveils AI-Based Press Release Generator

Thu., Mar. 16, 2023

By Steve Barnes

NotifiedNotified, which partners with PR, IR, and marketing professionals in the tech sector, announces an AI-based press release generator for GlobeNewswire... C&R, a Los Angeles luxuary hospitality and real estate firm, opens in Denver, Dallas, Chicago and Charleston... 5WPR creates a specialty practice for clients in the insurance technology space.

On the Move: FTI Consulting Adds Díaz-Córdova

Thu., Mar. 16, 2023

By Steve Barnes

Leonor Diaz-CordovaFTI Consulting appoints Leonor Díaz-Córdova as a managing director in the EMEA crisis and litigation communications offering in the stratcomm unit... Baretz+Brunelle brings on Xenia Kobylarz as a senior managing director in New York... SKDK names Pia Carusone, who was most recently lead strategist for Sen. Mark Kelly’s successful 2022 re-election bid, president of SKDK Political.