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ÜberStrategist, which serves video game, entertainment and technology clients, acquires Raleigh-based content marketing agency VirTasktic. The integrated company will operate under the ÜberStrategist brand. VirTasktic CEO Carolyn Crummey has been appointed as ÜberStrategist’s chief marketing officer and VirTasktic director of client services Kimberley Massi becomes ÜberStrategist’s director of operations. “VirTasktic is a passionate and highly creative expert in content and email marketing, services that many of our clients have expressed an interest in,” said ÜberStrategist founder and president Mario R. Kroll. “Acquiring their staff and client roster bolsters our revenue and adds a tremendous depth of knowledge and operational excellence to our newly combined team.”
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Seven Letter launches a new podcast that will look at the policy priorities and political dynamics that will define Congress following the 2022 midterm elections. “CONTROL,” hosted by Seven Letter partner Brendan Buck and senior director Annalyse Keller, will have regular episodes in the weeks following the election and into the new Congress in January. It is available on all major podcast platforms. The podcast’s first episode features a conversation with former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, who discusses topics including the recent attack on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi and the potential for overreach when conducting congressional oversight.
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Impact PR & Communications founder and CEO Filomena Fanelli has stepped into the role of professional advisor for the Public Relations Student Society of America’s Marist College chapter. In her role, Fanelli will offer professional guidance to Marist College student board members in the areas of guest speakers, agency tours and industry best practices. Impact PR is based in New York’s Hudson Valley, where Marist College is located. “We have welcomed many Marist College students and alumni to our agency through the years, both as interns and full-time employees,” said Fanelli. “We know how valuable it is for members at the collegiate level to link to more seasoned PR professionals.
Page launches the Polansky Future Leaders Fund, which was established through a gift from 2025 Page Hall of Fame inductee and former Weber Shandwick Global CEO Andy Polansky... Ruder Finn reintroduces its website, ruderfinn.com, which will now feature a large language model (LLM) as its primary user interface... Higher Plane Media is launched by former Sloane & Company CEO Darren Brandt.
Champion, which specializes in restaurant, franchise and consumer brands, opens a Miami office, adding to its operations in Dallas and Los Angeles... Violet PR, a Montclair, NJ-based firm that focuses on economic development, commercial real estate and place branding, opens a second office on Park Avenue South in New York... Inflection Point, a founder-led, senior growth systems partner for startups and growth-stage businesses, launches... PRSA announces the recipients of its inaugural Women of Impact Awards. Honorees honorees were recognized during the PRSA Women of Impact Summit & Awards at the Union League Club of Chicago.
FleishmanHillard is shuttering its 20-member Dublin office as Omnicom Public Relations reorganizes its global operations... Vested acquires Watermark, a D.C.-based public affairs and special situations firm.... Matter earns two Pinnacle Awards 2026 Marketing & Communications honors for its clients.
Quad/Graphics launches Direct, a Quad Agency to help marketers create, execute and measure direct marketing campaigns in one connected offering... InnoVision Marketing Group SVP/senior creative director Giselle Campos and SVP/general manager Alanna Markey are among the first-ever winners of the San Diego Business Journal’s Indispensables Awards, which recognizes professionals who make the greatest impact within their organizations and across the San Diego business community... Park Place Technologies, an IT infrastructure services firm that works with Feintuch Communications, releases the second episode of its “The Savvy CIO” podcast. 
Ripley PR is named a silver winner in the TITAN American Business Awards’ Outstanding PR Campaign category... Excellera, a corporate-advisory firm, came in at number one in deal count, as well as fourth in deal value, in Mergermarket’s list of top EMEA firms... Thunderly is telling the stories of military veterans who transferred the discipline, organization and leadership skills developed in service to their country into successful post-military careers as franchise business owners, as part of its year-long "American Dreamers: The Stories of Franchising" effort.
