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Signal AI acquires KELP, a data analytics platform that delivers industry reputation insights and benchmarks hundreds of companies. KELP’s team will join Signal AI as full-time employees, including co-founders Dan Gaynor, who previously founded Weber Shandwick’s narrative strategy and analytics practice, and former Publicis Media head of strategy Shann Biglione. “At Signal AI, we’re already providing executives with external intelligence to help them cut through the noise and understand which topics and events are impacting their reputation.” Said Signal AI chief executive officer David Benigson. “Together with KELP, we’ll turn this data into truly actionable insight for our customers.”
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919 Marketing acquires ClickCulture, a Raleigh, NC-based web development and digital marketing company. ClickCulture will now operate under the name 919 Marketing and retain all its employees. ClickCulture founder and CEO Lloyd Jacobs will serve as 919 Marketing’s creative director, working with art directors, copywriters, web developers, PR specialists, digital marketers, videographers, and the 919 analytics team. "We can now elevate our creative capabilities to include custom applications for websites, unique digital campaigns, and elite, award-winning graphic design,” said 919 Marketing CEO and founder David Chapman.
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Propel graduates from Meta’s B2B Disruptors Program in Israel. The company was one of 16 participants in the seven-week program, which was organized by Meta’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa B2B leadership team. It covered such B2B marketing tactics as leveraging sales funnels to increase conversion rates at scale, team building and hiring, along with various workshops. "Meta’s B2B Disruptors Program in Israel helps product-led startups to leverage the industry's accelerated digital transformation processes to break through belief barriers and scale their operations,” said Jonathan Nimrodi, Meta’s head of B2B in EMEA. “Propel demonstrates the huge opportunity and potential of B2B startups on our platforms.”
PKPR, a New York-based boutique shop, launches a book publicity division focused on nonfiction authors... Palantir Technologies and Stagwell form a partnership to create an AI-driven platform for marketers... The Conference Board is presenting a Nov. 18-19 event at the Brooklyn Marriott that will look at the priorities, challenges and opportunities facing AI decision-makers today.
Gregory FCA is marking its 35th anniversary with a comprehensive rebrand... Madden Media, a Tucson-based agency, teams with Denver-based Karsh Hagan... Jasper, an AI content automation platform, launches Jasper Grid, an interface that allows marketing teams to create and orchestrate content across a range of channels, audiences and regions.
Sommerfield Communications, a corporate, financial, and crisis shop that was acquired by Allison Worldwide in early 2021, re-launches as an independently owned firm... D S Simon Media launches a broadcast media tour designed to enhance Generative Engine Optimization... The Public Relations Society of America’s ICON 2025 Conference brought together close to 2,100 in DC from Oct. 28-30.
CorpBridge Advisors is launched by Bob Christie (Brunswick and Alibaba Group veteran) and Russ Rubino (Nasdaq and Intercontinental Exchange/NYSE alum)... Golin marked its 30th anniversary in Miami with an Oct. 23 gathering that celebrated its new outpost in Coral Gables... The Notability Company debuted at the PRSA annual ICON Conference in Washington.
Padilla launches Padilla GEO 3D, a service that aims to improve generative AI search results for brands and organizations... Bader Rutter, a Milwaukee-based B2B marketing agency, unveils the Chef Advisory Network, an initiative designed to bring the voice of the kitchen into food company boardrooms... Dilenschneider Group founder and principal Robert Dilenschneider’s new book, Respect: How to Change the World One Interaction at a Time, was released on Oct. 28 by Wiley... Blue Highway Advisory and Blue Highway Global, founded by former Mercury Public Affairs managing director Ian McCaleb in 2022, rebrands.
