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New York Magazine profiles 78-year-old Peggy Siegal, who was once among the most powerful publicists in the Big Apple, in an article headlined: "The Grand Dame of the Epstein Files.”
Breakwater Strategy, a strategic insights and communications consultancy, brings on former CNN justice correspondent Jessica Schneider as a VP... Stratacomm, a DC-based firm, names Darren Scher chief operating and integration officer. Scher comes to the agency from Adfero, where he was most recently managing director... Dreamday hires Veronica Gauthier as SVP of growth... TextNow appoints Bonnie Herche as VP of marketing. Herche joins the company from Crain Communications.
DCI Group has hired Will Stevens, who has more than 20 years of State Dept. experience, to bolster its international practice.
There is a huge chasm when it comes to support the Iranian invasion between Americans and Israelis.
Longacre Square Partners has named Humza Vanderman partner and head of its London outpost as the financial communications firm expands into Europe.
KITH, which provides corporate reputation and crisis preparation services, is now owned by CEO Stephanie Craig, who has been with the firm since 2021... The Marketing Cloud, a part of Stagwell, introduces several expansions to Agent Cloud, the platform it launched in October 2025 to simplify access to its AI tools and marketing assistants.... Notified launches its AI Press Release Optimizer.
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| On the PR’s Top Pros Talk podcast, Doug Simon, CEO of D S Simon Media, spoke with Melanie Roussell Newman, Chief External Affairs Officer at Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund about how communications plays a central role in protecting the Planned Parenthood brand while ensuring patients, supporters, and policymakers stay informed and engaged. |
After several years of extraordinary euphoria, litigation against AI tech companies is now growing.
Donald Trump recently said that bad PR and bad PR people were the reason his poll numbers were down.
Tricia McLaughlin, the combative spokesperson for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, is leaving her post.
Avenue Z acquires Shopify development and optimization partner Varfaj... Lexient, an AI-powered risk analysis platform for corporate communications, launches following a successful pilot program... PMG, an independent marketing services and tech company, is opening offices in Mexico City and Toronto... Designsensory, a Knoxville, TN-based branding, digital and creative agency, forms a strategic integration with Ackermann Marketing & PR.
For the media, the Epstein files are a field day; for the people mentioned in them it is a PR nightmare.
While finding the right solution to a problem is still important, the work that differentiates effective communications leaders is problem-finding—identifying the real risk before it becomes visible, reputational or irreversible.
Orchestra has recruited Deepika Sandhu for the senior VP-legal & crisis communications slot.
White-collar criminal matters can quickly become all-encompassing personal crises, requiring close coordination between legal counsel and communications advisors to address both legal and reputational risks. These takeaways can guide strategic counsel when supporting individuals who are navigating these dynamics.
Apologies are often seen as a weakness or as proof that a leader has lost control of the narrative. But Donald Trump's failure to apologize after he posted—and then deleted—a video with a racist clip of Barack and Michelle Obama shows how flawed this mindset is.
Tim Allan, communications director for embattled British prime minister Keir Starmer, has quit as the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has engulfed Ten Downing Street.
The new playbook for surviving a public crisis.
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