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| Michele Chase |
Omnicom Public Relations Group names Michele Chase as its first chief people officer. Chase comes to Omnicom from GroupM, where she was global executive director, people, corporate and investment. She has also held executive HR positions at WBR Consulting, BCW Global and Teneo. In her new role, Chase will have global responsibility for all aspects of people engagement, experience and talent management, reporting to OPRG CEO Chris Foster. “She is a highly respected and influential industry leader, with the perfect expertise to help create a working community dedicated to shaping the future of communications and serving clients in bold new ways,” said Foster.
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| David Margolis |
Violet PR hires David Margolis as account director to help lead its economic development division. Most recently, Margolis served as principal at Conway PR & Marketing, where he oversaw economic development public relations and marketing campaigns across North America, Europe and Asia. He was previously an associate director of ADERLY–New York, an investment promotion agency for the city of Lyon in France. “David’s skill set and track record of success will help us grow our international practice as we continue to expand in 2022,” said Violet PR president April Mason.
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| Lydia Lenker |
McNeely Brockman Public Relations adds Lydia Lenker as senior advisor. Lenker was most recently a communications and media consultant, with clients including nonprofits and an online media start-up. She has also served as press secretary to former Tennessee governor Phil Bredesen and manager of the Nelson & Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership at Lipscomb University. Before that, Lender was a political reporter and weekend for Nashville’s NewsChannel 5. “Lydia will provide a deep knowledge of media and strategic messaging and we are thrilled that she has joined our team,” said MBPR partner Kelly Brockman.
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| Matt McGlynn |
OverActive Media hires Matt McGlynn as vice president of marketing and brand. McGlynn was most recently vice president of brand at Royal Bank of Canada. Before joining RBC in 2011, he was a brand manager at PlayStation. At OverActive, McGlynn will lead the company’s strategic marketing portfolio including brand growth for the esports teams Toronto Ultra and Toronto Defiant, content development and distribution, partnership activations, data strategy and deployment, creative direction and design, event strategy and promotion, and merchandise creative and sales. “Matt’s impressive and varied experience over a cross-section of industries is a welcome addition to our senior leadership team,” said OverActive Media chief commercial officer Alyson Walker.
USA TODAY brings on Jamie Stockwell as VP of news, effective March 30. Stockwell was most recently deputy managing editor of news for the Washington Post... YouTube expands its likeness detection capabilities to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political candidates... The AP Fund for Journalism adds 50 news organizations to its local news program, bringing the total number of participating newsrooms to 100. 
Versant Media Group, the NBCUniversal cable TV spin-off, today reported its first financial results as 2025 revenues dipped 5.3 percent to $6.7B and standalone EBITDA dropped 9.1 percent to $2.2B.
Trump Media & Technology Group is discussing a spin-off of the Truth Social platform following the expected closing of its $6B merger deal with TAE Technologies... Condé Nast sells off Them, the digital LGBTQ-focused platform it launched in 2017, to Equalpride, publisher of Out, The Advocate, Out Traveler, Health PLUS Wellness and Pride.com... CBS News has parted ways with longevity influencer Peter Attia, one of the 19 contributors that editor-in-chief Bari Weiss brought on as part of her plan to present a wider variety of voices on the platform. 
Symbolic.ai forms a partnership with News Corp to begin using the company’s AI-native publisher platform in the newsrooms of News Corp publications to augment research, writing and publishing... Mediaite launches a newsletter that promises to give readers a summary of—media newsletters... The Fund for American Studies launches the Journalism Excellence Fellowship, a program that will provide promising young journalists the opportunity to work alongside top writers, reporters, and media professionals.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which has roots going back to 1786, is going out of business, the paper’s owners, Block Communications, announced on Jan. 7... GQ editor Will Welch is stepping down to take on a new Paris-based role with the musician Pharrell, who is also men’s creative director at Louis Vuitton... Semafor says it has raised $30 million on a $330 million valuation, following its first profitable year. 
