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Antenna Group launches a public affairs practice in Washington, DC. Antenna Public Affairs, which focuses on policy advocacy, policymaker engagement and issues management, is led by executive vice president Andy Beck, former head of public affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy. Beck has also held senior positions at kglobal, Makovsky and MWWPR. The practice will work with clients in the energy, climate, extractives, transportation, infrastructure, defense, technology and financial industries sectors. “Antenna Public Affairs will help clients establish themselves in the public dialogue on climate and sustainability and advance their positions on the policies and issues that affect their organizations and their stakeholders,” said Antenna CEO Keith Zakheim.
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Walker Sands celebrates its 20th year in business by making $1,000 donations to 20 charities that span a wide range of causes and cities throughout the U.S. The agency turned to its employees to select the recipients, which come from such locations as Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, and Atlanta. The organizations benefiting from the donations include My Block My Hood My City, Backpack Brigade, and Raising a Reader Massachusetts. “As we look to the future, Walker Sands is committed to creating a positive impact in both the industries we touch every day and in the larger community,” said Walker Sands CEO Mike Santoro. “That impact starts today with our $20,000 in donations and will only grow over the next 20 years and beyond.”
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Social Pulsar, digital marketing shop, forms a strategic alliance with Spelling Communications. Headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in San Jose, India, and the UAE, SocialPulsar focuses on marketing automation and B2B marketing, offering such services as branding, strategy, marketing analytics, social media marketing, SEO and multi-platform app development. Based in Los Angeles and Philadelphia, Spelling Communications provides clients with media relations, positioning strategy and CEO reputation management to clients in sectors including media & entertainment, technology, advertising agencies, professional services and nonprofit. The agencies have solidified the relationship with their first joint account win, GetZENd, a cross-platform success coaching company headed by performance coach and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Zahra Karsan.
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.
FGS Global is collaborating with The 350 Club, a closed community for board members and leaders of large global companies... Impact XM, a portfolio company of global investment firm The Riverside Company, acquires Jack Morton from Omnicom... Southwest Strategies Group, a San Diego-based firm with offices in Fresno, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle, rebrands as Bodewell Group, unifying its family of agencies into a single strategic communications firm.
