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Marathon Strategies has been providing media support for Egypt’s Washington embassy.
The New York firm, which has close ties to the Democratic party, operated as a subcontractor to lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, which represents Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
BHFS hauled in $400K from Egypt during the six-month period ended Feb. 28.
Marathon, which did not have a formal agreement, pitched op-eds to CNN, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, Fox News, CBS and the Guardian on behalf of the Egyptians.
Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sissi has faced criticism for his harsh crackdown on dissidents.
Phil Singer, Marathon founder/managing director, and VP Joshua Rosen worked the Egyptian business.
Singer used to handle press, for now, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and played roles in the presidential campaigns of John Kerry/Hillary Clinton and gubernatorial races of Andrew Cuomo.
Impact Management Group, which is headed by Republican operative Terry Benham, works to build US support for Ukraine.
Rational 360 has ironed out its six-month $1.2M contract with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to position it as a “sophisticated global investment fund.”
APCO has signed on to promote this month’s visit of Ahmed Al Khateeb, head of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Tourism, to the US.
The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Tourism has signed on Montieth & Co. for strategic communications and media relations duties as chaos grips neighboring Haiti.
Edelman is negotiating a formal contract with the Bahamas for strategic communications on issues impacting its reputation abroad.
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