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Hotwire expands Environmental, Social, Governance services. Three new research-based offerings are now available to support clients with business-critical reputation and relationship objectives: ESG Insights, which analyzes the current state of sustainability and ESG goal-setting and reporting among peer companies and makes strategic recommendations for partnership and comarketing opportunities; ESG Readiness, a workshop for communications leaders that helps uncover your message differentiation and identifies the influencers, imperatives, and critical issues needed to develop an ESG strategy; and ESG Leadership, a leadership platform development and training session on ESG-related executive messaging and storytelling that includes thought leadership recommendations and a measurement approach. “Developing a sustainable and impactful ESG communications strategy requires a thoughtful approach or companies risk scrutiny from stakeholders,” said Hotwire global CEO Heather Kernahan.
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Sage Communications forms a strategic alliance with federal management consultancy Deep Water Point to provide marketing and professional services to businesses supporting the federal government. Deep Water Point’s team of more than 300 former senior-level agency and industry leaders works to guide clients to the right opportunities for their capabilities. “Our new alliance with Deep Water Point brings together our team’s ability to foster a more welcoming and informed federal market with Deep Water Point’s knowledge and experience from the perspective of federal agencies and government contractors,” said Sage co-founder and CEO David Gorodetski.
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Millennium Communications is being acquired by agency investment and advisory group Unite Digital. Millennium co-founders Pat and Theresa Macri will be retiring from the business after a transition period. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “Millennium is the cornerstone for our business model—an agency that can act as the standard for other acquisitions, provide strategic and creative leadership, and build on its own success with added resources from Unite Digital. This is a tremendous opportunity for the teams at both organizations,” said Unite Digital CEO Shane Perkins.
Matter relaunches its local marketing services, which will focus on providing approachable, agency-caliber marketing programs to help smaller-scale businesses grow in the age of AI... Publicis Sports, the sport and culture marketing arm of Publicis Group, is collaborating with Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs and 3 Arts Sports on the launch of TEKTA, a Name, Image and Likeness consulting and activation offering... The 23rd Annual International Business Awards announces its Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners for 2026.
The Pollack Group launches its Brand Visibility Index, a research series that examines how brands are represented, ranked and cited by generative AI platforms... PARC Solutions, a New York- and London-based advisory firm, forms a strategic collaboration with Guillot Consulting, a provider of lobbying, government relations, political advocacy, and business development services... SalterMitchell PR, a Tallahassee, FL-based firm, wins two 2026 Florida Public Relations Association Golden Image Awards.
Page launches the Polansky Future Leaders Fund, which was established through a gift from 2025 Page Hall of Fame inductee and former Weber Shandwick Global CEO Andy Polansky... Ruder Finn reintroduces its website, ruderfinn.com, which will now feature a large language model (LLM) as its primary user interface... Higher Plane Media is launched by former Sloane & Company CEO Darren Brandt.
Champion, which specializes in restaurant, franchise and consumer brands, opens a Miami office, adding to its operations in Dallas and Los Angeles... Violet PR, a Montclair, NJ-based firm that focuses on economic development, commercial real estate and place branding, opens a second office on Park Avenue South in New York... Inflection Point, a founder-led, senior growth systems partner for startups and growth-stage businesses, launches... PRSA announces the recipients of its inaugural Women of Impact Awards. Honorees honorees were recognized during the PRSA Women of Impact Summit & Awards at the Union League Club of Chicago.
FleishmanHillard is shuttering its 20-member Dublin office as Omnicom Public Relations reorganizes its global operations... Vested acquires Watermark, a D.C.-based public affairs and special situations firm.... Matter earns two Pinnacle Awards 2026 Marketing & Communications honors for its clients.
