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DiGennaro Communications forms a partnership with marketing industry veteran Jon Bond, who co-launched Kirshenbaum & Bond in 1987... Spread PR rebrands as Spread Communications... The Florida Public Relations Association recasts Annual Conference as the PR & Comms Summit... InChrist Communications, which serves faith-based groups, slates 'Edgy PR & The Power of New Media' panel discussion.
BCW and Hill & Knowlton, which will merge as of July 1 to form Burson, bring on financial communications and capital market advisory firm Buchanan Communications as part of the new unit, effective immediately... Stagwell enters into an agreement to acquire PROS Agency, a Brazil-based brand and marketing consultancy... The LAGRANT Foundation forms alumni advisory council.
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The once fast-paced healthcare PR sector slowed to a crawl in 2023 as O’Dwyer’s 83 ranked health firms managed to grow only 2.6 percent to $1.7B. • PR Firms Post Mere 1.8% Growth in '23 |
HAVAS Red (formerly Red HAVAS) adds HAVAS Red Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) to its network... CURA Strategies, an integrated health care communications and public affairs consulting firm, launches Advocacy Accelerator, an online platform built to help advocates achieve their policy goals.... POV Strategy and Research, which provides gaming-focused marketing and insight, launches in Dallas... AMP3 PR releases its AMPlified Magazine: Volume 3 online 'zine.
Crosby helps to launch a campaign to promote organ donation... Alloy, which works with tech clients, receives a significant investment from Purpose Group... Arvo Advisory sets up shop in Dallas.
In Bospar’s just-released Earth Day Survey, nearly every respondent who works from home (95 percent) says that the switch to remote working has led to a more eco-friendly lifestyle... Warner Bros. vets launch Trifecta PR, which works with clients in film, television, consumer brands and corporate communications... Golin announces new details about its partnership with AutonomyWorks, a company that employs individuals with autism.
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Nosediving technology spending, tumbling healthcare outlays and recession-jittery consumers jolted PR in 2023 as the 147 independent firms ranked by O’Dwyer’s posted a paltry 1.8 percent growth to a combined $4.7B in fee income. |
Comprise, a Boulder, CO-based firm that serves clients across B2B, technology, new and emerging markets, acquires tech PR agency VisiTech... Lucky Break Public Relations launches Impact, a DEI practice that will work with the agency’s growing roster of for-profit and nonprofit LGBTQ+ clients... Next PR selects the Food Research & Action Center and The Petey Greene Program for its pro bono Conscious Capitalism program.
KO Public Affairs, a public affairs and government relations firm, merges with Sandy Hillman Communications... FanCompass, a fan engagement and data technology company for sports organizations and brands, launches a business division, CORE FOR BRANDS... Klick Health releases Klick Site AiQ, an AI-driven marketing audit and assessment tool to help life sciences organizations quickly optimize their brand strategies.
PR Boutiques International brings on three new members: The Edit PR from Toronto, Better Together from Washington, D.C. and Reconnect PR from Sydney, Australia... The Abbi Agency, which has offices in Reno, Las Vegas and Helena, is providing one year of pro-bono marketing services, totaling up to $100,000, to Nevada GrantLab... ATREVIA, a Madrid-based shop that operates in 15 countries, charts aggressive expansion plan.
Hemsworth is chosen as US representative for latamPR, a network of Latin America-based strategic communications agencies... McGuffin Creative Group, a Chicago-based marketing and advertising agency, opens applications for its grant to a nonprofit... Content marketing agency Manifest is acquired by ARS Advertising.
Hemsworth marks its 10th anniversary with a series of initiatives including a new logo and a restructuring... R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company is to acquire digital and print marketing businesses from Vericast Corp... Crimson Atlantic Communications is launched in DC/Baltimore by former FOVNDRY PR director Jon Hukill.
Morrow Sodali launches a research practice for the EMEA region. The new division, based in London, will be led by Claire Lavery...Maverick Public Relations, which is based in Denver and specializes in the sustainable technology, clean energy, biotech, agribusiness, and cannabis sectors, opens a New York office....Voxus PR, a B2B technology marketing agency, expands its content creation services.
Taylor Burke Communications is launched by fashion industry power players Andrew Taylor and Robert Burke... UpSpring announces a comprehensive company rebrand... Aspekta AB, an independent Sweden-based agency, joins the Public Relations Global Network.
SFC Group, a woman-owned healthcare marketing agency, acquires CareContent, a female-owned, Chicago-based content creation company... Ohlmann Group, a family-owned, Dayton-based marketing and advertising firm, celebrates its 75th anniversary with the opening of a new office downtown... Calysto Communications, Atlanta-based firm, celebrates its 25th anniversary
Finn Partners has established the "global health impact group" to offer policy, advocacy and media expertise to advance health outcomes and economic growth worldwide.
Dukas Linden Public Relations forms a partnership with the Private Equity Women Investor Network... CORE Public Relations unveils CORE Advance, an expanded suite of tailored communications and brand development services... Grasslands: A Journalism-Minded Agency, a cannabis PR focused shop expands into the broader natural products and wellness sector... Wilbron of Birmingham, AL is elected to PROI Worldwide.
360PR+ relocates its New York office to 60 Charlton Street in the Hudson Square district... Hahn, a predictive marketing and PR agency, launches Hahn Labs to gauge return on investment... F2 Strategy, a wealth management technology services company, acquires boutique marketing shop, SKY Marketing Consultants
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