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Last Updated: Tue., Dec. 16, 2025 @ 5:12 pm

Mountain View Gears Up for Earth Day

Tue., Dec. 16, 2025

By Kevin McCauley

Mountain ViewMountain View, a city of 90K people in California’s Bay Area, is looking for a firm to plan and run its 2026 Earth Day celebration.

FTI Consulting Works Modivcare's Chapter 11

Tue., Dec. 16, 2025

By Kevin McCauley

ModivcareFTI Consulting handles media for Modivcare Inc., the Denver-based provider of non-emergency healthcare services. as a Texas federal bankruptcy court confirms its Chapter 11 restructuring plan.

Commentary

Greatest Sportwashing Game in Town

Tue., Dec. 16, 2025

By Kevin McCauley

EmiratesThe Emirates NBA Cup is a stain on the reputation of the National Basketball Assn. Commissioner Adam Silver should cut ties wih human rights-abusing United Arab Emirates... Trump hit an all-time low with his Truth Social post about Rob Reiner's murder... Pay attention, sceptics. Climate change cuts US income by 12 percent, says new report.

GrayRobinson Does Outreach for Bahrain

Tue., Dec. 16, 2025

By Kevin McCauley

BahrainGrayRobinson has signed a $35K per month contract to provide government affairs services to the Embassy of Bahrain.

Marco Rubio’s Public Relations Challenge

Tue., Dec. 16, 2025

By Fraser P. Seitel

Fraser SeitelEvery day, Marco Rubio is forced to walk a delicate public relations line where he unhesitatingly supports Donald Trump’s policies while not encouraging the President's obnoxious personal peccadilloes.

On the Move: Microsoft's Clayton Moves to Cisco

Tue., Dec. 16, 2025

By Steve Barnes

Steve ClaytonCisco is bringing on Microsoft VP of communications and chief storyteller Steve Clayton as chief communications officer, effective Jan. 5.... IG Global PR, which specializes in the consumer technology, design-build, and AV markets, names Katharine “Kat” Wheeler partner and strategic director... Integer Technologies, a defense technology and software company, hires Paul Frommelt as VP of marketing and communications.

Portland (ME) Airport Flies Out Marketing RFP

Mon., Dec. 15, 2025

By Kevin McCauley

PortlandPortland International Jetport, which is the busiest airport in Maine, wants a firm to bolster awareness of the benefits of flying from the facility.

Instacart's Dudeck Moves to Netflix

Mon., Dec. 15, 2025

By Kevin McCauley

Dani DudeckNetflix has hired Instacart’s Dani Dudeck as chief communications officer, effective Jan. 12. She also handled communications at Zynga and MySpace.

Commentary

Publicis Groupe Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Mon., Dec. 15, 2025

By Kevin McCauley

PUblicisPublicis Groupe celebrates its second century of operation with "A Lion Never Gives Up" film marking its history with a mix of live action footage and AI from material in its archives... Precision and Tunni develop "The Manosphere Index" guide for marketers to reach the fellas... Trump's affordability advice comes up short.

AI Use in Newsrooms ‘Widespread’

Mon., Dec. 15, 2025

By Jon Gingerich

newspapersNearly one in every 10 newspaper articles now relies on text generated by AI, according to a new study. Worse, the practice is rarely disclosed.

C Street Sweeps Up Roomba Chapter 11

Mon., Dec. 15, 2025

By Kevin McCauley

iRobotC Street Advisory handles iRobot Corp as the marketer of the Roomba autonomous vacuum cleaner files Chapter 11 after being squeezed by cheaper competitors.

How Power Is Shifting in PR

Mon., Dec. 15, 2025

By Peter Harris

Peter HarrisWe’ve arrived at an inflection point in the public relations industry, where the momentum is shifting from PR conglomerates to smaller specialists that embrace change and integrate new technologies quickly.