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The Michigan Economic Development Corp. has selected Finn Partners after a competitive pitch to promote The Wolverine State as a world-class business location and a great place to visit. (Updated)
Philadelphia is looking for a firm to handle PR and community outreach to keep people suffering from mental health issues, substance abuse and homelessness out of the criminal justice system and get them into community social services.
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| Organon chief communications officer Wendy Lund talks about the ins and out of building a company culture in the latest “PR’s Top Pros Talk” video interview with Doug Simon. |
Dr. Deborah Birx, who as leader of president Trump’s coronavirus task force received criticism for failing to push back at his wild claims about COVID-19, has signed on as a member of BGR Group’s advisory board.
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Canada gives the bid to export dirty tar sands oil to the US another shot... Had it not been for been for the reputational stain that she earned during her service as head of Donald Trump’s COVID-19 task force, the recruitment of Deborah Birx would have been a coup for BGR Group.
FleishmanHillard, which promoted the United Arab Emirates' "Hope Probe" mission to Mars in July, is now pitching the oil-rich state as a good place to do business.
Why Washington's new buzzword is really nothing more than a fancy way of putting things off.
Creative Artists Agency acquires ICM Partners... News Direct launches SimpliFi... Didit DM relocates from Lindenhurst to Plainview.
Precision hires Eva Kemp, a SKDKnickerbocker vet and White House staffer, as VP-paid media... Inkhouse appoints puts Ogilvy executive VP Megan Link in charge of its New York office... TCM Creative, a Moore company, hires Ash Ball as executive creative director.
Maine wants to hire a communications partner to help plot its plan to position itself as New England’s premier four-season tourism destination.
Karen Clyne, who was head of communications at BlackBerry, has joined BCW as executive VP & technology practice leader for North America.
Edelman has appointed Taj Reid its first-ever global chief experience officer to drive creative technology prototyping and innovative design across the network of the No. 1 independent PR firm.
Bobby Zarem, the legendary press agent who represented Hollywood’s top celebrities, died Sept. 26 of complications from lung cancer. He was 84.
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Peter Himler, founder of Flatiron Communications, remembers his first boss, Bobby Zarem.
Many agency owners are still unaware that their business may qualify for the Employee Retention Credit program, potentially leaving valuable dollars on the table.
London’s Tulchan Communications is handling Sweden’s Polestar as the pure play electric performance car company plans to go public in a SPAC deal valued in the $20B range.
WPP agreed today to pay $19M to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it violated anti-bribery and internal accounting controls measures of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. It notes probe covered activity that occurred under former CEO Martin Sorrell. (Updated)
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The Illinois Dept. of Children and Family Services is looking for firms to handle PR, communications, marketing and advertising services under a five-year master contract.
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