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Public Relations Society of America/New York announces Andrew Graham, Clear founding partner, will serve as 2021 president. KWT founder and Prophet founder and CEO Aaron Kwittken is named president-elect. Internova Travel Group PR manager Kellie Jelencovich will take on the role of immediate past president. The chapter has also expanded the board, creating three new roles to support its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion efforts. GLAAD CCO Richard Ferraro will serve as VP (diversity & inclusion); Lippe Taylor VP, media Rashidah Timothy will be senior director (diversity & inclusion); and PAN Communications VP & GM/New York Brandon Thomas will be associate director (diversity & inclusion).
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ASTRSK PR is awarding a full year of free PR services to a BIPOC, woman and/or LGBTQ+ founded startup. The firm says the contest is intended to address a situation in which less than 10 percent of all venture capital deals go to initiatives with founders who are women, people of color or LBGTQ+. The winner of the contest receives a one-year contract with ASTRSK, valued at over $200,000. To be considered, startups must have at least one female, LGBTQ+ or minority founder, be consumer-facing (no B2B startups) and early-stage (no more than $1.5 million in funding). Applications will be accepted through Nov. 27, with five top finalists selected by Dec. 4 and a winner named on Dec. 17. To find out more, or apply, click here.
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San Diego-based marketing agency Power Digital has acquired DataQ, a customer activation and targeting technology tool. DataQ employs proprietary algorithms and advanced extract, transform and load technology to help companies increase purchase frequency, reduce customer churn and find customers similar to their most valuable clientele. “With the incorporation of DataQ, we can offer game-changing intelligence, making our approach that much more data-driven,” says Power Digital CEO Grayson Lafrenz. This marks the second acquisition of the year for Power Digital, which acquired Covet PR in August.
The Communications Group, a Little Rock-based shop releases its first Public Affairs Marketing Trends Report... The Worldcom Public Relations Group votes Paris-based firm SEITOSEI•ACTIFIN into its global partnership... PRNEWS, a European PR-tech firm, relocates its U.S. headquarters to downtown Miami.
af&co., a San Francisco-based hospitality marketing and PR agency founded by Andrew Freeman, is marking its 20th anniversary... Notified launches Syndicated Articles... Crosby Marketing Communications selects four students from Anne Arundel Community College for its marketing scholars program.
KCSA Strategic Communications launches the KCSA AI Lab, which will develop proprietary AI systems to expand what strategic communications can achieve for PR and IR clients... Clipbook, a vertical AI platform for strategic communications and public affairs, closes a $3.3 million seed round co-led by Mark Cuban, Commonweal Ventures and Carpenter Capital... VizSense, a Boston-based AI influencer marketing agency, teams up with holographic storytelling company Geminai, to launch what they say is the next frontier in brand experiences: interactive holograms powered by AI.
Ways Marketing Solutions, a Saudi Arabia-based marketing and communications group, teams with H&K alum James Drewer and Cake founder Mike Mathieson, to launch Ways Global Communications with HQs in London and Riyadh... UNICEPTA, a media intelligence provider within Stagwell’s The Marketing Cloud, launches an integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot... MAD Global CEO Mike DuHaime has been named to New Jersey Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill’s transition team.
Ogilvy launches CultureCurrent, a social-first earned media offering that integrates cutting-edge technology with human cultural intuition to listen, identify, activate and amplify brand stories.... Forward Global, a risk and reputation management advisory firm, opens in Abu Dhabi... Lyons Broadcast PR marks its 20th anniversary with the introduction of new virtual production technology, enhanced media outreach tools, and integrated broadcast-digital strategies.
