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WPP agreed today to pay $19M to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it violated anti-bribery and internal accounting controls measures of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. It notes probe covered activity that occurred under former CEO Martin Sorrell. (Updated)
Weber Shandwick has joined with BlackbirdAI, the disinformation platform, to offer clients tools to increase their media security by understanding the risks that may damage their businesses.
Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s decision to use campaign funds to pay the salary of PR man Rich Azzopardi violates the state’s election laws, according to Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York.
Ballard Partners is representing Bassem Awadallah, US citizen and former advisor to Jordan's royal court and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison in July for working to plot against Jordan's monarchy.
The National Women’s Law Center, which houses and administers the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, has dropped SKDKnickerbocker.
Rudy Giuliani’s PR guru Christianné Allen has finally had enough and has stepped down from her post at Giuliani Communications.
Rich Bamberger and Josh Vlasto, former aides to disgraced and departing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, have left their managing director jobs at Kivvit. Both served as members of Cuomo's 'inner circle' that advised him on how to fend off sexual harassment charges, according to AG Letitita James' report.
Howard Bragman, one of Hollywood's top crisis managers, reps former National Enquirer 'catch and kill' editor Dylan Howard.
Melissa DeRosa, who joined Andrew Cuomo’s staff in 2012 as director of communications, has resigned her job as top strategist to New York’s embattled governor.
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The Taliban today murdered Dawa Khan Meenapal, who headed Afghanistan’s government media & information office, as he was traveling in Kabul.
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The fine recently levied against Amazon for failing to comply with the EU’s data protection laws is the latest accusation that the e-commerce giant uses vast troves of user data to give itself an unfair advantage in the marketplace.
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Teneo has appointed Ursula Burns, senior advisor and former Xerox CEO, chairwoman in the aftermath of the Declan Kelly scandal and his June 29 exit from the firm.
The Champlain Towers South Condominium Association, the homeowners association that manages the Surfside, Fla. Champlain Towers South condo complex that partially collapsed on June 24, has retained crisis communications firm Levick.
The recent backlash to Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi’s decision to work on the app for a day illustrates the problems that can arise when company leaders try reaching out to audiences via social media platforms.
Declan Kelly, the embattled CEO of Teneo, has resigned and has been replaced by the firm's co-founder & COO Paul Keary. He lashes out against smear campaign targeting Teneo.
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Former Connecticut Congressman Toby Moffett has signed on to represent the US arm of China’s Hikvision, maker of surveillance cameras that monitor detention camps for Uyghur Muslims in the country's Xinjiang province.
Apollo Communications handles PR for Morabito Consultants, the structural engineering firm that was hired in 2018 by Champlain Towers South Condominium Assn to prepare a 40-year recertification report for the building that collapsed in Surfside, FL on June 24.
General Motors has axed Teneo as its PR counselor following news that CEO Declan Kelly was inebriated at a Global Citizen event in May and engaged in inappropriate behavior.
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Teneo CEO Declan Kelly was dropped from the board of Global Citizen after he became drunk and exhibited inappropriate behavior during a May fundraising event.
Consumer backlash to the news that Whatsapp would begin sharing its user data with Facebook was made worse by poor communications as well as misinformation across social media platforms.
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