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Music and fashion brand marketing and PR firm FYI Brand Group is launching a social impact division, according to a report in Variety. Organizations that have signed on to work with the division include the American Cancer Society and Black Lives Matter. “FYI is innovating ways artists and brands curate the culture and have created a new blueprint for viral social impact call-to-action campaigns around artists’ release of albums,” the agency said in an announcement. FYI has already collaborated with such artists as DJ Khaled, Travis Scott and Jhene Aiko on projects supporting causes that include healthcare, literacy and the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program.
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CommunicationsMatch has started up a leadership coaching and development service that is geared toward executives in advertising, marketing, communications and public relations. The service is a collaboration with Ken Jacobs, principal of Jacobs Executive Coaching and Jacobs Communications Consulting. Using a six-step process that is tailored to each client, the program aims to help leaders reach their full potential and address issues that are getting in the way of their and their organization’s success. It is offered through a new coaching & development page on the CommunicationsMatch website. “Ken is uniquely qualified to help C-suite executive, their next tier leaders and team members achieve ambitious goals by becoming more motivating, inspiring and effective leaders,” said CommunicationsMatch founder and CEO Simon Erskine Locke.
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State Broadcast News, the news content division of The Lubetkin Media Companies, has launched a podcast that focuses on the commercial real estate market. The CRE News Hour is being distributed on the StateBroadcastNews.com website through such traditional podcast platforms as iTunes, Google Podcasts and Spotify. The program is anchored, and stories reported by, SBN news director Steve Lubetkin. Each podcast is set to include a roundup of the week’s headlines in the commercial real estate industry as well as interviews with newsmakers in the commercial real estate industry about key trends, developments, deals, and other news. New editions of the podcast are scheduled to publish on the SBN website and podcast channels at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time every Friday. To subscribe, click here. Questions from both those interested in appearing on the program and potential sponsors can be emailed to [email protected].
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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