Kevin McCauley, who graduated from New York University in 1978, has been writing about public relations, lobbying, advertising, marketing and corporate management for 38 years.
McCauley began his career at the Los Angeles Times, where he worked in the paper's New York national advertising office. In '79, he joined the Gallagher President's Report, a weekly newsletter that covered trends in corporate management, as reporter/researcher. In 1985, he became senior editor of The Gallagher Report, a newsletter that focused on the advertising, marketing and publishing worlds.
McCauley joined the O'Dwyer Co. in '89 as feature writer for O'Dwyer's PR Services Report, becoming senior writer in '90, and editor of both the magazine and Jack O'Dwyer's Newsletter in '95. He assumed the editor-in-chief slot in 2018.
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| • | U of Washington Seeks to Boost Biz School(RFPs, RFIs and RFQs) Wed., Nov. 12, 2025
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| • | Kimberly-Clark Calls on Ballard Partners(Lobbying) Wed., Nov. 12, 2025
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| • | Purposeful Advisors Adds Healthcare Pro Clarke(Healthcare PR) Wed., Nov. 12, 2025
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| • | IPG Posts 5% Dip in Last Gasp as Public Company(Financial PR & Investor Relations) Tue., Nov. 11, 2025
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| • | Michigan County Mounts PR Search(RFPs, RFIs and RFQs) Tue., Nov. 11, 2025
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| • | Cold as ICE(PR Commentary) Tue., Nov. 11, 2025
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| • | ICE Mulls Hiring Marketing Partner(RFPs, RFIs and RFQs) Mon., Nov. 10, 2025
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| • | Joele Frank Handles Pine Gate's Chapter 11(Financial PR & Investor Relations) Mon., Nov. 10, 2025
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| • | MA Town Budgets $100K for Emergency Comms System(RFPs, RFIs and RFQs) Fri., Nov. 7, 2025
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| • | SKDK Heavyweight Prewett Shifts to Actum(Personnel Appointments) Fri., Nov. 7, 2025
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| • | Monitoring Mamdani(PR Commentary) Fri., Nov. 7, 2025
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| • | Sacramento Children's Home Seeks to Boost Visibility(RFPs, RFIs and RFQs) Thu., Nov. 6, 2025
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| • | Stagwell Shows 6% Q3 Growth(Financial PR & Investor Relations) Thu., Nov. 6, 2025
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| • | Highland Park Looks to Promote Entertainment District(RFPs, RFIs and RFQs) Wed., Nov. 5, 2025
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| • | Run Andrew Run(PR Commentary) Wed., Nov. 5, 2025
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The University of Washington wants to enroll a PR firm to promote its Michael G. Foster School of Business via a hands-on, results-driven media relations campaign.
Kimberly-Clark calls on Ballard Partners as it moves to acquires Kenvue, maker of Tylenol. 
Havilah Clarke, head of marketing and communications at the Huntsman Mental Health Foundation and Institute, has joined Purposeful Advisors as a managing director.
Interpublic posted a 5.1 percent drop in Q3 net revenues to $2.5B as CEO Philippe Krakowsky reports the final financial results of the publicly traded company.
Grand Traverse County, which has about 100K people living in northern Michigan, is looking for a partner to handle marketing and communications services.
A huge PR opportunity looms for a firm that is willing to take some heat by promoting Immigration & Customs Enforcement... Disgraced New York mayor Eric Adams couldn't wait to make another pilgrimage to Israel to stick it to his successor Zohran Mamdani... Hats off to Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett for writing his always engaging and witty annual reports over the years.
The Dept of Homeland Security’s Immigration & Customs Enforcement unit is gathering information from firms interested in supporting its marketing and recruiting initiatives.
Joele Frank handles Pine Gate Renewables as the Asheville, NC-based solar power development company declares Chapter 11 in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s cuts to wind & solar tax credits.
Petersham, which is the fifth largest town in Massachusetts, seeks a firm to develop an emergency communications program for its municipal vulnerability preparedness program.
Actum has hired Cecelia Prewett, who was president of DC Public Affairs at SKDK during a nearly 13-year run, as senior managing director in its Washington office.
The ADL plans a Mamdani Monitor to track down any whiff of antisemitism from the policies and appointments made by his administration. It should have given him a chance to live up to Election Night promise... Brendan Carr, Alden Global Capital, Alphabet, Meta and Elon Musk make Reporters Without Borders' roster of Press Freedom Predators.
Sacramento Children's Home is seeking proposals for messaging and creative concepts for a statewide marketing campaign to increase visibility of the Cal-FURS program.
Stagwell CEO Mark Penn reports Q3 net revenues jumped 6 percent to $614.5M, a record performance for a non-political period. Operating income soared 45.7 percent to $60.9M.
Highland Park, an affluent community of 30K people 23 miles north of Chicago, wants proposals to promote its Ravina entertainment district.
Andrew Cuomo's political career is not dead yet... Steve Bannon says Republicans should learn from Zohran Mamdani and his Working Families Party and Democratic Socialists of America, instead of mocking them... Internet advertising model is on the way out, says Tim Berners-Lee... Gannet rebrands as USA Today Inc. What about its other 200 papers?