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SKDKnickerbocker, which advises the Joe Biden presidential campaign, says it warded off attacks by Russian-state hackers. Microsoft alerted SKDKnick's Washington office of the attacks launched by the same group that broke into the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton and leaked her emails. The "Fancy Bear" hacking group is controlled by Russia's military intelligence. Stagwell Group owns SKDKnick.
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APCO Worldwide is turning Nov. 3 into a “Day On” for employees to not only cast their ballots but continue to advocate for progress beyond Election Day. APCO president, North America Kelly Williamson calls the day “a chance to exercise our civic duty and to be a part of something greater than ourselves—keeping our democracy resilient.” The firm is a signatory of “Time to Vote”—a nonpartisan, business-led initiative to help ensure employees across America don't have to choose between voting and earning a paycheck. It has also launched its “adVOcaTE” campaign, which encourages eligible APCO employees—and their friends, family, acquaintances and connections—to register to vote, and will seek to be a trusted, credible, nonpartisan resource for information about voting and volunteering. “As communicators, we engage stakeholders every day, and our practices should be extended to our colleagues—giving them ample time and opportunities to engage and participate in this exercise of democracy,” said APCO founder and executive chairman Margery Kraus.
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MWWPR is leading communications for the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund, including public relations and digital marketing support, on a pro bono basis. A nonprofit organization hosted by the Community Foundation of New Jersey, the fund works to fight the medical, social, and economic impact of COVID-19 on organizations that provide essential services on the pandemic’s front line. To date, NJPRF has raised approximately $38 million from 59,000 donors. One-hundred percent of donations are used to meet four challenges facing the state of New Jersey in the face of the COVID-19 crisis: stopping the spread, supporting the healthcare and frontline community, providing help to the vulnerable, and rebuilding the communities impacted.
Precision Strategies, an integrated strategy and marketing agency with offices in Washington and New York, acquires Firehouse Strategies, a DC-based public affairs firm... AVENIR GLOBAL acquires London-based Thinks Insight & Strategy... Good Company, which bills itself as a “cultural engineering firm,” is launched by DJ Hardy, a veteran of Johannesburg-based communications consultancy arxna and M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment and Casey Stickles, who has worked at 5WPR, Rubenstein and MWW.
PSC (Princeton Strategic Communications) acquires Nonprofit Partners... CG Life launches 24/364, a cultural brand platform intended to drive awareness, connection and action aimed at keeping rare disease at the forefront of the health and social conversation... Interluxe Group, which focuses on brand experiences and in-person activations; Quinn, a strategic communications agency; and media and digital agency North & Warren are uniting under the Interluxe Group banner.
KITH, which provides corporate reputation and crisis preparation services, is now owned by CEO Stephanie Craig, who has been with the firm since 2021... The Marketing Cloud, a part of Stagwell, introduces several expansions to Agent Cloud, the platform it launched in October 2025 to simplify access to its AI tools and marketing assistants.... Notified launches its AI Press Release Optimizer.
V2 Communications launches its AI Visibility Solution and Earned Media at Scale, two service offerings designed to help companies increase visibility and credibility in generative search... The Public Relations Global Network brings on Greenough Communications as its Boston member agency... DBC is relaunching The DBC Industry Calendar as a free site to help communicators more easily discover relevant events and awards in the cluttered event landscape driven by the growth of webinars and online events. 
PAN releases new original research showing that a significant share of B2B citations surfaced by ChatGPT are inaccurate, misattributed or entirely fabricated, introducing a new credibility risk for brands... REQ, which has offices in DC and San Diego, opens in Phoenix... Notified introduces Market Intelligence, an addition to its all-in-one IR Hub, which gives IR teams a more streamlined way to prepare for earnings calls.
