NYS Dangles $1M Australia, NZ Travel Budget
Wed, May 20, 2026
By Kevin McCauley
The New York State Department of Economic Development is looking for a firm to handle its four-year $1M travel and tourism budget for Australia and New Zealand.
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The New York State Department of Economic Development is looking for a firm to handle its four-year $1M travel and tourism budget for Australia and New Zealand.
Moburst, which develops digital marketing and AI-powered solutions for its clients, receives an $11.8M investment from private investment firm Chrysalis Holdings, LLC... BoardroomPR launches its Answer Engine Optimization service which is designed to help businesses strengthen visibility and authority... Matter ups its focus on strategic video production services.
Why scalability has increasingly become the deciding variable in PR M&A.
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AKCG – Public Relations Counselors, a Philadelphia-area firm that offers crisis planning, crisis management, media training and media relations, acquires Hennes Communications... The Martin Group, an integrated marketing communications firm headquartered in Buffalo, acquires creative, brand strategy and content studio Mr. Smith Agency... ExpertClick, a platform connecting journalists with qualified interview sources, is offering a database of 357 top U.S. media outlets.
4media group promotes chief operating officer Melissa Elsner to CEO, succeeding Ed Cyster... Seven Letter names Tanvi Purohit account director at its Seven Letter Labs unit... Moxie Strategies, which is marking its second anniversary, brings on Janice Laurente as EVP of public affairs.
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Southwest Montana is looking for a firm to handle digital communications, content development and website management to support its destination promotion efforts.
RooneyPartners, a New York–based firm, launches Wealth Watch with Jim Pavia, a podcast featuring conversations with wealth advisors and investment professionals... Beehive Strategic Communication founder and CEO Lisa Hannum will transition executive leadership and ownership of the firm to long-time partners Nicki Gibbs, Ayme Zemke and Rebecca Martin beginning mid-year... MillionPodcasts, a podcast database for PR and comms teams doing guest-booking outreach, moves out of beta, where it pulled in 10,000 signups and 500 paid subscribers.
Hawaii’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is looking for a firm to provide strategic communications and marketing services.
Newsrooms and TV producers are increasingly incorporating AI into their work. Unfortunately, most brands haven’t caught up.
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| Doug Simon, CEO of D S Simon Media, and Adeena Fried, Executive Vice President of Health & Wellness at HAVAS Red, discussed how AI search, large language models, and evolving newsroom workflows are changing the value, and the lifecycle, of earned media. |
The DC Lottery is looking for a firm to provide a full-range of advertising and marketing services to support brand awareness and the sale of game tickets.
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| As AI platforms become a primary destination for information, PR professionals have an exciting opportunity to enhance how visibility is earned, measured, and sustained. In a recent “PR’s Top Pros Talk…” podcast episode, Doug Simon, CEO of D S Simon Media, and Erik Carlson, President and CEO of Notified, explored what this shift means. |
The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority wants to build a pool of local talent to provide communications, video production and photographic services.
Sacramento County’s Dept. of Health Services has put its $3.6M three-year media services budget up for grabs.
While PR pitches play a major role in shaping what stories journalists cover, Muck Rack’s “State of Journalism 2026” report says that there are several ways PR pros could improve the chance of their pitches making it on to a media platform.
The State Dept. is taking quotes for a media monitoring firm to work at its embassy in Australia.
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