News of Firms: FrazierHeiby Rebrands as Slide Nine Agency

Porter Novelli launches the Erica Smith Future Leaders Fellowship program, which is focused on supporting justice, equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives... The Diversity Marketing Consortium adds Inkhouse and No. 29 as members... PR Boutiques International announces its 2022-2023 executive leadership team and board.

Mower chairman and CEO Eric Mower transfers 100 percent ownership of the company to employees via an Employee Stock Ownership Plan... The Worldcom Public Relations Group appoints Todor Ianev to a second term as chair... Edge Partners, a private equity and strategic growth firm, launches Edge Creative Growth, which offers marketing services to RIAs (registered investment advisors).

Signal AI acquires KELP, a data analytics platform that delivers industry reputation insights and benchmarks of companies... 919 Marketing adds ClickCulture, a Raleigh, NC-based web development and digital marketing company... Propel graduates from Meta’s B2B Disruptors Program in Israel.

WPP chalked up 8.7 percent growth in first-half like-for-like revenues to $8.2B, driven by part by a resurgence in demand for strategic communications advice from its PR firms, according to CEO Mark Read.

Brownstein Group launches Red Thread PR....Bastion Elevate, part of the global Bastion Agency, merges with IMW Agency....The Pedowitz Group, a digital consulting firm, acquires B2B marketing and communications agency BizMark.