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PAN Communications launches a content hub that will provide information to support the marketing efforts of businesses. The hub consists of four proprietary guides that cover building thought leadership programs, how to make customer advocacy a top priority, putting together a successful lead generation strategy and using data insights and strategy to clarify brand message and positioning. “Marketers have a key seat at the table and the last thing any team should do is pull back and disappear,” said PAN chief marketing officer Mark Nardone. “It’s time — again — to step up to the plate and communicate with trust and conviction.”
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Piranha acquires Manhattan Made Marketing. The combined agencies will operate under the Piranha name. Manhattan Made Marketing founder and CEO Bogdan Dzyurak joins Piranha and will lead its digital practice. Piranha will remain headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, with offices in Denver, Miami and Barcelona. "We have collaborated with Bogdan and his team on multiple projects and are thrilled to formalize that relationship by combining forces," said Piranha managing partner Sean Ananou. "We can fully align creative and digital capabilities with this move."
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Dezenhall Resources CEO Eric Dezenhall has released an updated version of his crisis management guidebook, Glass Jaw: A Manifesto for Defending Fragile Reputations in an Age of Instant Scandal. The new version of the book covers a range of topics that includes: how to navigate the new “woke” climate in the age of cancel culture; why social media is not the solution to a scandal; and how there really is no “getting ahead” of a bad story. It also takes a look at some the most high-profile reputational scandals that have hit over the past five years (e.g., Jeffrey Toobin, Alec Baldwin and Donald Trump).
IPREX names Big Picture PR in San Francisco, Precision Strategies in Washington, D.C., and Tiny Mighty Communications in Nashville as its first Americas Partner Cohort... Highwire launches AcroAnswers, a proprietary AI visibility platform... Big Red Oak and Naer Communications, a Calgary-based firm, form a partnership providing integrated communications and marketing services to clean energy companies and organizations across Canada.
Matter launches its Review Visibility Management service to address a shift in how companies across verticals earn trust online... A Queens school is putting out the message about Sept. 12, 2001 when people came together to help, comfort, rebuild and unite... Directive expands its Directive Communications division, which will bring PR, organic social, influencer marketing and paid social together under one integrated organization.
Praytell expands its Influence Department—which unites media, creators and social under one team... LRJ PR & Communications and Canopy Brand Group form an alliance that the firms say will bridge the operational divide between high-end brand design and strategic public relations... Twin Minds Media, Hispanic market specialist, increases the scope of its services in an effort to help brands build deeper connections with audiences through culture, storytelling, media and experiences. 
The People Platform, part of Stagwell's The Marketing Cloud, rebrands as Numetrix... Zapwater Communications has earned 17 finalist honors across two PR competitions: eight at the 68th Annual Golden Trumpet Awards, presented by the Publicity Club of Chicago, and nine at the 2026 PRSA Chicago Skyline Awards.. The Florida Public Relations Association presented 122 awards to individuals and teams from across the state at its 69th annual Golden Image and 3rd Annual Pinnacle Awards gala.
The Motion Agency acquires Vehr Communications, a Cincinnati-based strategic communications firm, effective Oct. 1... Lyceus Group, which specializes in financial services, is named a finalist for Public Relations Campaign at the 2026 ThinkAdvisor Luminaries Awards... IPSY, a curated beauty membership platform, launches IPSY Marketing Solutions, a full-funnel marketing and sales acceleration engine. 
