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Addis Communications, a strategic communications agency founded by former Van Eperen senior VP Karen Addis, has set up shop in Washington, D.C. Addis has also served as vice president, U.S. health science practice, at Environics Communications. Her new agency is partnering with corporations, associations, and nonprofit organizations, in addition to serving as a subcontractor to the federal government. In addition to serving clients in the health & science sector, Addis Communications will cover such sectors as technology, higher education, energy & environment, and financial services.
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Stryker-Munley Group has formed partnerships to open offices in New York, San Diego, Dallas and Denver, bringing their U.S. office count to 11. Wendy Silverstein, founder of WS&A Public Relations, will head up Stryker-Munley Group New York, located in Manhattan. Silverstein’s team offers customized brand marketing and communications services to clients in the consumer and commercial product, design and lifestyle sectors. Stryker-Munley Group San Diego, the firm’s fourth California office, will be run by Susan Fall, owner of Launchit Public Relations and an expert in trucking and logistics public relations. Jo Trizila of TrizCom Public Relations will run Stryker-Munley Group Dallas. Trizila and her team specialize in crisis communications, publicity, expert positioning, promotions, influencer marketing, investor relations and legislative affairs. Andy Boian of dovetail solutions in Denver is president of Stryker-Munley Group Denver. Boian’s firm specializes in business-to-business public relations, public affairs and crisis management.
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AMP3 will be holding its second annual “CAMP3,” a complimentary PR Boot Camp for budding PR, marketing and communications students with an interest in fashion & beauty, on July 19. The boot camp is meant to serve as an incubator for upcoming talent, designed to encourage best practices and shape the fashion PR industry. The agency has doubled the amount of available slots this year. Included in the program will be guest speakers, a New York Fashion Week crash course, social media publicity tactics and data analysis, how to excel at a PR internship, and a Q&A with AMP3’s co-founders. To apply, visit https://amp3pr.com/camp3-2018/.
4media group completes its acquisition of Family Features Editorial Syndicate... Illumination PR, which represents lifestyle brands, influencers and celebrities, launches DR Media Group... EAG Advertising and Marketing acquires pay-for-performance firm INK inc. Public Relations. 
LLYC launches Signs of Pride, a campaign that revives the original protest banners of the first Pride marches... The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry forms the Public Relations and Digital Marketing Working Group... Circle of One Marketing, a Miami-based, minority-owned marketing agency, is named official agency of record for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami. 
Vogel Group, a DC-headquartered government affairs and consulting firm, forms a strategic partnership with Montreal-based public affairs firm Boléro Stratégies... Matter Communications launches project-based offerings for B2C companies looking to increase brand awareness and visibility... Tucker/Hall, a Tampa-based PR and public affairs firm, opens a new office in Orlando. 
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Edelman is laying off 330 people (5.3 percent of its workforce) to cope with an anticipated eight percent shortfall in 2024 US revenues, and client demand for one-stop shopping for speciality services.
