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News outlets are folding, phasing out hardcopies and cutting staff at an unprecedented rate. How are PR professionals working in today’s travel media landscape supposed to share their clients’ stories if there are no on-staff journalists left to pitch?
Hamtramck, the only Muslim majority city in the US, is seeking a partner to help put together an economic development plan.
Conway Strategic backstopped Perrigo’s PR team on the launch of Opill, the first ever over-the-counter birth control pill to receive the approval of the Food and Drug Administration.
Having an effective presence on digital media can play a big role in helping CEOs manage their companies’ reputations and connect with their employees, a new study from H/Advisors Abernathy finds, but many corporate leaders are failing to take full advantage of the reputational benefits that digital media offers.
Intrado Life & Safety, which provides software systems and services to the public safety community, names Lauren Kravetz as VP of government affairs... Marino promotes Domingo Echague to vice president and Paul Jamali to senior creative editor and videographer... Hormel Foods Corporation promotes Scott Aakre to group VP and CMO of the Hormel Foods Retail business.
MikeWorldWide has acquired Sēd Communications, a boutique shop headed by Loretta Markevics, who was chief strategy and creative officer of Devries Global and EVP for global strategy at Porter Novelli... Dalton is moving its offices to New City Properties’ Neuhoff District in Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood... ICR is presenting “Strategic Communications in the AI Era: Understand How IR & PR Shape Your Company's AI Narrative,” on July 20.
The New York Yankees give up some space on their uniforms for a little advertising—a move that shows how some companies believe branding means slapping your name and logo all over everything the consumer is expected to encounter or see.
BioMade, the public-private partnership working to nurture the bioindustrial manufacturing sector, is looking for a firm to handle its national media relations effort and provide reputation management services.
Singer Associates represents Anchor Brewing, which bills itself as America’s first craft brewer, as Japan’s Sapporo decides to pull the plug on the iconic San Francisco beer maker that it acquired in 2017.
Commentary
Three top former aides of Rupert Murdoch issue a public apology for their roles in creating the "Fox disinformation machine"... Adman Tom Burrell drops "Deep," a spoken word single that is dedicated to his wife and a tribute to Black women.
Katie Martin Kelley has joined Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group as executive VP-communications.
The PR industry is adopting and leveraging AI-powered tools in creative and exciting ways, but a human touch will always be essential in delivering the personalization and expertise required in any successful travel campaign.
CLYDE promotes Lilia Dashevsky to SVP of public affairs... Target Corporation ups Lisa Roath to executive VP and CMO... Element Biosciences appoints Edwin Hauw as SVP of marketing and product management... Newsroom PR, which specializes in securing press coverage for legal pros and other professionals, brings on Jennifer London.
Warner Communications picks up Middlesex Mediation, a Boston-based ADR (alternative dispute resolution) firm... Ditto Public Relations adds Eco, Wormhole and Swagger Society... Bread & Butter, lands Philippe Chow, an upscale “Beijing-style” Chinese restaurant.
Jonathan Rosen freely admits he and partner Valerie Berlin weren't really thinking they were starting a PR firm back in 2005 when they formed BerlinRosen.
The San Diego Union-Tribune is sold to Alden Global Capital's MediaNews Group... The New York Times closes its sports desk... Microsoft’s wins reprieve as judge squashes FTC's effort to block its $69B Activision Blizzard deal.
The Rhode Island Dept. of Transportation wants pitches for a communications campaign to educate the public about the negative impact that litter has on the environment, roadways and general quality of life.
Melanie Janin, who was executive VP at Weber Shandwick, has joined Conservation International as chief communications & marketing officer.
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