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Mod Op acquires Cleveland-based AMG Marketing Resources, the parent company of strategic marketing agencies Tenlo and NSRC. The acquisition, which bolsters Mod Op's presence in the Midwest, follows Alterna Equity Partners' recent investment in Mod Op. AMG will serve as Mod Op's Ohio office. AMG Marketing Resources chief executive officer Kip Botirius and vice president, UX & technology strategy Tessa Burg will join the Mod Op senior leadership team as executive vice president and senior vice president of technology, respectively. "We search for companies that both complement and expand our range of services," said Mod Op CEO Eric J. Bertrand. "AMG provides Mod Op with both; expanding the agency's digital services and adding new team members to support client and agency growth."
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Chicago-based myWHY Agency and Miami-based Lebec Consulting have formed a partnership that will work with clients in the philanthropic; impact investing; and environmental, social, and governance space. The partnership is intended to combine myWHY's integrated marketing; brand strategy; public relations; and diversity, equity and inclusion experience with Lebec's expertise across philanthropy, impact investing and ESG investing. Their first collaboration will be on behalf of Water.org; a nonprofit co-founded by social entrepreneur Gary White and actor Matt Damon that has leveraged microfinance to enhance access to safe water and sanitation for 43 million people to date. "What levels up this partnership, even more, is the perfectly aligned values of our two agencies, both being purpose-driven companies founded by immigrants, woman-owned and women-led," said myWHY Agency owner Emerald-Jane Hunter.
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Ascendant Group Branding opens a Los Angeles office under the brand Reformat Agency. Reformat is a partnership between Ascendant and Brand Designer, a company run by Chris Collins, who will lead Reformat. In addition to Ascendant's traditional CEO and executive branding offerings of PR, social media, literary representation and executive communication strategies, Reformat's services include logo design, web design, videography, photography, brand books, UI/UX Design, brand collateral, and investor decks.
Precision Strategies, an integrated strategy and marketing agency with offices in Washington and New York, acquires Firehouse Strategies, a DC-based public affairs firm... AVENIR GLOBAL acquires London-based Thinks Insight & Strategy... Good Company, which bills itself as a “cultural engineering firm,” is launched by DJ Hardy, a veteran of Johannesburg-based communications consultancy arxna and M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment and Casey Stickles, who has worked at 5WPR, Rubenstein and MWW.
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.
