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The St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation is looking for an agency that can provide full-service advertising, marketing, branding, media and communications services to raise awareness of its programs.
WPP’s Mark Read, Omnicom’s John Wren and Edelman’s Richard Edelman are the ad/PR firm CEOs among the 145 corporate leaders to sign a letter urging the Senate to pass gun control measures.
Edelman develops PR gameplan for BitMex, which calls itself the world's largest cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform.
Commentary
Conspiracy theories have long been used to maintain power, writes Peter Pomerantsev in “This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality.” They replace “ideology with a mix of self-pity, paranoia, self-importance and entertainment.”
Hotwire has promoted Lindsay Riddell to the role of senior vice president, corporate and executive communications.
Washington Post announces last stop for Express, free commuter paper published since 2003. Claims paper obsolete with improved WiFi in DC's Metro system... Snapchat launches news channel focused on 2020 presidential debates... Center for American Progress kills Think Progress after it fails to find buyer for progressive news/commentary site.
Current Global appoints Eddie Garrett executive VP, planning. He joins from strategy consulting firm 18 Coffees... Crosby Marketing Communications promotes Gillian Pommerehn to senior VP and Bridget Stockdale to VP... Silverline Communications puts Ellen Backus and Joey Marquart in charge of new outposts in Chicago and Salt Lake City. (1 reader comment)
FinTech Meet The Media 2019 conference will have reporters discussing blockchain, digital finance, cryptocurrency and other topics Nov. 6 at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College in NYC... Osborn Barr | Paramore is accepting nominations for its second annual Rural Spirit Awards... Public Relations Student Society of America has announced the U.S. Census Bureau as the subject of its 2020 Bateman Case Study Competition.
Jen Skyler, who was the first communications hire at WeWork, is joining American Express as chief corporate affairs officer on Oct. 28.
Ousted White House press secretary Sean Spicer is helping a Republican candidate in her bid to unseat Staten Island/south Brooklyn Congressman, Max Rose.
Most Americans are troubled by the current state of the media as well as ethics in the field of journalism today, according to a recent study.
Jason Cao, most recently China general manager for The Hoffman Agency, has joined Interpublic’s Golin to oversee its operations in China.
Headland Consultancy is fronting Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.'s $37B bid to buy the London Stock Exchange, a transaction that it claims would create “a global market infrastructure leader.”
PAN Communications adds Apps Associates, which consults, manages Oracle applications, databases... Pen & Tell Us of Austin gobbles up Delysia Chocolatier... CGPR zips up account of Nite Ize, distributor of the fabulous TRU Zip, toothless/waterproof zipper.
Streetsense names Edelman's Zach Tindall managing director, west coast... The Conference Board hires Univision Communications' Chiqui Cartagena as chief marketing officer... Omnicom PR Group recruits Erin Lanuti from Publicis Groupe. She's a chief innovation officer... G&S Business Communications has upped senior VPs Caryn Caratelli, and Stephanie Moore shareholders, managing directors.
Abernathy MacGregor has opened a DC office headed by Sarah Knakmuhs, who was VP-government affairs & public policy at Altria, to provide government relations and advisory services to its roster of corporate and financial clients.
Former Amazon global communications chief Mary Osako has been named UCLA’s vice chancellor for strategic communications.
Commentary
Weber Shandwick has one of the toughest jobs in PR, which is restoring the tourism business of The Bahamas in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian... Bulletproof backpacks are hot sellers... Green groups cash in on Trump gravy train.
Trust in the government in Washington is at its lowest point since World War II. At the same time, access to information is at an all-time high, which offers governments an opportunity to close the gap between public expectations and political reality by improving the way they communicate.
Mary Chung, who headed marketing, media relations and internal communications at Nomura Americas, has joined Intermarket, the New York-based financial PR specialist that is part of the UK's Lansons.
Local Newspapers are far more effective at providing original, local news coverage for the communities they serve than their TV, radio or online-only counterparts, according to a recent study.
Prosek Partners hires Fiona Laffan as London office managing director. She was at Lloyds Banking Group... Finsbury snaps up Elizabeth Micci from Glover Park Group, its WPP sister company... Inkhouse rounds up Rasky's Brendan Monahan... Fandom recruits Condé Nast's Stephanie Fried for chief marketing officer.
Tony Sayegh, who was spokesperson for Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, has taken a managing director spot at Teneo. (1 reader comment)
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