Shorenstein Hangs Up on AT&T for WeWork
Wed, Feb. 26, 2020
By Steve Barnes
Marissa Shorenstein is leaving AT&T to take over as chief communications officer at WeWork, effective March 26.
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Marissa Shorenstein is leaving AT&T to take over as chief communications officer at WeWork, effective March 26.
Dee Dee Myers, who served as Bill Clinton’s first press secretary, is leaving her post as executive vp of worldwide corporate communications and public affairs at Warner Bros.
The slightest misstep in today’s social-media-driven culture can push companies into crisis mode – issuing knee-jerk public apologies that can cheapen genuine expressions of contrition down the road.
Hill+Knowlton announced that Ed Patterson has joined the WPP unit as global head of communications.
Carnival Corp. has named Heidi Barker to the newly created position of VP- corporate communications in its ethics and compliance department. She will join the cruise line company in March.
Leslie Scott, who was American Airlines' senior manager for global communications, is moving to United Airlines.
Ogilvy has cut 80 staffers, which is about four percent of its workforce, following a “challenging second half of 2019 and a cautious outlook for year 2020,” according to a memo from CEO John Seifert. (1 reader comment)
Jim Prosser, a Twitter and Google veteran, has signed on at Edelman as managing director-corporate affairs & advisory services for the US western region.
McKinsey & Co. has named former Federal Communications Commission PR staffer Neil Grace head of media relations for North America. (1 reader comment)
IBM has hired Jonathan Adashek, PR head for the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi global alliance, for the chief communications spot that is being vacated by Ray Day.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has named Simon Sproule chief communications officer, effective Feb. 3. Sproule will also serve as head of North America communications.
Niel Golightly, global chief communications officer at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, is joining Boeing Jan. 1 as senior VP-communications. Michael Luttig, who handled legal matters surrounding the 737 Max crashes at Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines, steps down.
Corporate executives experience a major disconnect between their expectations of PR services and the actual results they get from PR, according to a new survey by North 6th Agency. (1 reader comment)
Cara Duckworth, who exited the Recording Industry Assn. of America as senior VP-communications during her dozen-year run, has moved to the Assn. of American Publishers as VP-communications.
Amber Allman, most recently VP-corporate communications & events at Gannett's USA Today Network, is now head of corporate communications & PR at alliantgroup, Houston-based management consultant.
Clarissa Beyah-Taylor, who most recently handled global communications at professional services firm Aon, has moved to Northwestern Mutual as VP-strategic communications.
Edelman develops PR gameplan for BitMex, which calls itself the world's largest cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform.
Jen Skyler, who was the first communications hire at WeWork, is joining American Express as chief corporate affairs officer on Oct. 28.
Tony Sayegh, who was spokesperson for Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, has taken a managing director spot at Teneo. (1 reader comment)
Jennifer Erickson, General Electric's chief communications officer, is joining Mastercard Sept. 23 as executive VP, global communications.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have hired Sunshine Sachs, the Hollywood firm that worked for Harvey Weinstein and Michael Jackson, to support the British royalty Travalyst initiative in the US.
A recent survey discovered that a major gap exists between what CMOs believe are their organizations’ current strengths and what qualities they believe companies need to succeed.
Google vet Thomas Ranese has come on board as VP of global marketing at Uber in the aftermath of the company's decision to fire a third (400 people) of its marketing team to save money.
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