Bloomberg's Ad Guru Joins SKDK
Fri, Feb. 11, 2022
By Kevin McCauley
Mackey Reed, who was deputy director for paid media for Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign, has joined SKDK as senior VP.
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Mackey Reed, who was deputy director for paid media for Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign, has joined SKDK as senior VP.
Susie Wiles, a top advisor to former president Trump, has joined Mercury Public Affairs as co-chair of its Florida and Washington offices.
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Shari Yost Gold, a long-time advisor to VP Kamala Harris, has joined MikeWorldWide as senior advisor.
New York attorney general Letitia James, who is weighing a primary challenge to governor Kathy Hochul, may bring on SKDKnickerbocker for political counsel.
SKDKnickerbocker has hired Pia Carusone, who handled astronaut Mark Kelly's successful 2020 race for the Arizona Senate seat, as managing director and co-head of its political department.
Jenn Ridder, who was national states director of Biden for President, has joined Precision Strategies to lead its mobilization & campaign management practice.
The Trump Administration coincided with a welcome renaissance for many of America’s most venerable news organizations. But that progress may well rest on a flimsy foundation.
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Suspending Donald Trump from social media was like extinguishing a match without doing much to drain away the giant pool of gasoline.
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On January 20, we will begin to see a monumental shift in federal policies to address climate change and the environment. President-elect Biden has said that he wants to be a global leader on climate issues and plans to enforce new climate policies whenever he can.
With the new White House staff announced, it is reasonable to wonder what communications will be like in the Biden White House.
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There's no word on a Trump presidential library yet, but it's not too early to try to enivsion what it might look like. Here are few educated guesses as to its location and contents.
Andy Hopson, a veteran of Ogilvy, Publicis, Burson-Marsteller, Ruder Finn, has signed on as director of communications for Republican Gavin Rollins, who is running to succeed the retiring Congressman Ted Yoho in Florida.
A Pew Research Center report found one issue on which Democrats and Republicans seem to agree: both sides believe fake news is biased against their political party more than the other.
Patti Solis Doyle, who was Hillary Clinton's campaign manager for her 2007-2008 presidential bid and chief of staff to VP Joe Biden, has joined Brunswick Group in Washington.
Ousted White House press secretary Sean Spicer is helping a Republican candidate in her bid to unseat Staten Island/south Brooklyn Congressman, Max Rose.
Stephanie Grisham, who has been on Team Trump since 2015, most recently as Melania Trump's communications director, will be taking over the role of press secretary at the White House from Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Steve Schmidt, former Edelman vice chairman and campaign strategist for John McCain’s presidential run, will continue to advise former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who has suspended his long-shot run for the White House.
The Digital Advertising Alliance says it will begin enforcing its new transparency guidelines for political advertisers, including use of the “Political Ad” icon, on Nov. 1.
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