 |
JConnelly acquires AdvisorPR, a Las Vegas-based public relations and marketing company that specializes in working with wealth management firms. AdvisorPR founder Alana Kohl and her team will operate AdvisorPR as a division within JConnelly's financial practice group. Founded in 2003, JConnelly represents brands in sectors including financial services, technology, entertainment, health and wellness, and food and beverage. "We are constantly looking for ways to add complementary services and offerings to the marketplace. AdvisorPR's passion for results and innovation fits in well with our overall mission and vision," said JConnelly president and CEO Ray Hennessey.
 |
Connext, a communications consultancy, is joining AMF Media Group, effective Feb. 1. Connext Services will become an offering of AMF. Connext founder and CEO René Siegel will be a partner at AMF Media Group and Shandy Dunn, currently president of Connext, will be president of the Connext Services division of AMF. AMF’s Connext Services will offer B2B and B2C expertise in the tech, healthcare and medical device industries, complementing AMF’s existing focus areas of healthcare, professional services, tourism, nonprofits, education, real estate and government. “By combining our strengths and teams, AMF will be able to provide a wider, more flexible range of services to clients in more industries,” said AMF Media Group CEO Vintage Foster.
 |
Propel of Tel Aviv launches Propel Monitoring 2.0, a platform focused on letting agency PR teams measure share of voice, sentiment, volume over time, volume by tier, and volume by media type. Users of the platform can monitor their brands, competitors or keywords across Twitter, Instagram and Facebook as well as online news sites, blogs, forums, TV channels and radio stations around the world. Propel, which also has teams in London and Miami, serves clients that include The Daily Mail, W2O, Google and Textron.
FINN Partners opens an office in Minneapolis, its fifth location in the Midwest and its 39th worldwide... AMP3 PR hosts its annual Gifting Suite and Media Lounge in conjunction with New York Fashion Week... Curious Plot, which works with clients in the agriculture, food and companion animal industries, is accepting applications for its 2026 Seed to Succeed pro bono program.
IPREX names Big Picture PR in San Francisco, Precision Strategies in Washington, D.C., and Tiny Mighty Communications in Nashville as its first Americas Partner Cohort... Highwire launches AcroAnswers, a proprietary AI visibility platform... Big Red Oak and Naer Communications, a Calgary-based firm, form a partnership providing integrated communications and marketing services to clean energy companies and organizations across Canada.
Matter launches its Review Visibility Management service to address a shift in how companies across verticals earn trust online... A Queens school is putting out the message about Sept. 12, 2001 when people came together to help, comfort, rebuild and unite... Directive expands its Directive Communications division, which will bring PR, organic social, influencer marketing and paid social together under one integrated organization.
Praytell expands its Influence Department—which unites media, creators and social under one team... LRJ PR & Communications and Canopy Brand Group form an alliance that the firms say will bridge the operational divide between high-end brand design and strategic public relations... Twin Minds Media, Hispanic market specialist, increases the scope of its services in an effort to help brands build deeper connections with audiences through culture, storytelling, media and experiences. 
The People Platform, part of Stagwell's The Marketing Cloud, rebrands as Numetrix... Zapwater Communications has earned 17 finalist honors across two PR competitions: eight at the 68th Annual Golden Trumpet Awards, presented by the Publicity Club of Chicago, and nine at the 2026 PRSA Chicago Skyline Awards.. The Florida Public Relations Association presented 122 awards to individuals and teams from across the state at its 69th annual Golden Image and 3rd Annual Pinnacle Awards gala.
