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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).
Highwire launches AcroAI, an agentic AI platform... FGS Global introduces a new brand identity... Coyne Public Relations puts an inclusive spin on Take Your Child to Word Day with its new “Take Your VIP to Work Day”... Marino SVP Jordan Isenstadt is elected to the board of directors of the National Cannabis Industry Association.
CIVIC, a New York-based brand experience agency, acquires strategic communications consultancy Wave Kilo... Hotwire Global reaches an agreement with Morning Consult to give Hotwire Global instant access to Morning Consult’s proprietary dataset... The Public Relations Student Society of America announced its 2026–2027 International Committee... Avenue Z is named a Shopify Platinum Partner, the highest tier of Shopify’s Service Partner Program.
ICR releases a report that says the SPAC IPO market has been trending upward—and is likely to stay on that track... Washington Women in PR is sponsoring an April 15 event that looks at how women can change the dynamics that often keep them in lower-visibility positions through strategic self-advocacy and organizational awareness... Life Science Cares Boston, an organization supported by LaVoieHeathScience, will convene leaders, employees and partners from across the life sciences industry for its annual Impact Breakfast on April 13 at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport.
