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ICR introduces its SPAC Liquidation Communications Services offering, which will providing SPAC sponsors with strategic advice and the necessary support to help them properly communicate with investors during the liquidation and de-listing of a SPAC. Having worked on more than 120 SPAC transactions since the start of 2021, ICR is positioned to advise those sponsors that choose to, or are unable to, execute a business combination in the current market environment. “Based on the combination of current market conditions and the very large number of SPACs seeking transactions, we recognize not every SPAC will consummate a merger,” said ICR partner Phil Denning. “Those SPACs that find themselves in this predicament must be aware that in addition to stock exchange notification requirements, there are other important communications details to consider when managing a SPAC liquidation and de-listing process.”
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Klick Health launches Klick Brands, a health-centric brand and design offering; Studio K, an in-house broadcast and 360-degree production facility; and Klick Influence, an influencer marketing group. Klick Brands will work across creative design, brand strategy and medical strategy to better position brands to resonate with patients, caregivers and healthcare providers. Based in Klick’s downtown Toronto headquarters, Studio K will include a sound stage, edit suite, audio recording booth, talent green room and technical store. Klick Influence will provide clients with influencer outreach, negotiation, contracting and management, as well as content approvals, moderation and analytics. “Finding, managing and maintaining influencer relationships in healthcare takes specialized skills that you get from an influencer marketing team like Klick Influence, which works only in pharma,” said group director Thomas Engstrom.
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PAN Communications unveils its PAN CyberPulse dashboard, a resource for real-time cybersecurity monitoring. Exclusively offered to PAN clients as part of the firm’s value-added data set, the dashboard provides a live view of cybersecurity topics across social and traditional media sources, serving as a first stop to trending data, along with the influencers and sources that are driving the conversations. “While CyberPulse will begin as a resource for our security brands, we are also excited to see how it can be better utilized as a tool to spark engaging narratives,” said PAN vice president of cybersecurity Dave Bowker. “We look forward to putting this resource into action to deliver the intelligence and insights that drive new levels of strategic visibility and thought leadership across this evolving industry.”
Brunner, a Pittsburgh-based integrated marketing agency, acquires AdSkate, an AI-powered creative analytics and marketing intelligence platform that helps brands and agencies optimize advertising performance... Augustine Agency launches Flavor Theory, a foodservice marketing practice aimed at helping restaurants, food manufacturers, distributors and institutional dining organizations grow their brands and businesses... The Acceleration Community of Companies releases a report finding that almost half (49 percent) of Gen Z sports fans say they have become interested in a new sport or athlete because of fan-created content or something entirely outside the sport. 
VPE Communications, which helps organizations authentically connect with diverse audiences, celebrates 38 years in business and announces a new ownership structure... Praytell expands into the Asian market with the opening of a new office in Singapore... The International Public Relations Network unveils a new visual identity and redesigned website. 
SourceCode Communications launches SourceCode Germany, establishing the agency's first office in continental Europe... Clario Group acquires Ted Miller Group, a Miami-founded agency focused on clients in the technology, travel & leisure and financial services sectors... Global Situation Room’s Global Risk Advisory Council is hosting a July 23 webinar that will go over the results of its new Reputation Risk Index.
Havas acquires MUT, a Barcelona-based firm focused on experiential marketing and sustainable events... IPREX lauches its AI Task Force...D S Simon Media, one of the first companies to produce a satellite media tour, celebrates its 40th anniversary... Washington Women in Public Relations is sponsoring an event that shows communications pros who work with associations how they can get their messages across clearly, credibly and courageously. “How Associations Lead with Strategic Storytelling,” at 6 p.m. on July 16.
TEAM LEWIS starts up its AI Practice... Thunderly launches a year-long storytelling campaign focused on how franchising can provide a pathway to business ownership... JIN, a European communications consulting group, introduces "AI Campaigning", a corporate offering designed to model and anticipate stakeholder behavior.
