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The Bliss Group forms the Workplace Specialty Group, an initiative focused on providing counsel, strategy and programming that address the future of work and employee experience. The group supports The Bliss Group’s existing financial services, business & professional services, health care, technology and impact practices. It will leverage the firm’s digital-focused, data-driven capabilities across paid, earned, shared and owned media channels, as well as driving cross-industry integrated internal communications programs to reach workforces and employee populations. VP Meghan Powers will lead the Workplace Specialty Group. “Bliss’ longstanding client portfolio across workplace industries makes the formation of this specialty group a natural progression in our strategy to address the emerging needs of our clients,” said The Bliss Group CEO Bob Pearson.
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KLW Communications is launched by former VisitPITTSBURGH communications director Kristin Wenger. Wenger has also served as senior account director at Baker Public Relations. KLW provides clients with services including media relations/outreach, community relations, internal/external communications, copywriting/editing, social media content and media buying. It works with clients in such sectors as nonprofits, biotech and pharmaceutical, meetings/events, travel/tourism and health care.
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5WPR’s new Impact team, an employee-driven initiative to offer pro bono services and promote volunteerism for staff-nominated causes, is partnering with Henry Street Settlement, a nonprofit social service agency in New York City’s Lower East Side. 5W will promote Henry Street Settlement and its programs, which include the NYCHA Arts Initiative, Community Response Team, Mentoring and Nurturing (M.A.N.) program and more. The agency will also be working to improve the organization’s digital and social media strategies. "We are honored to work with the 5W Impact team to promote all of the meaningful work our agency does to support our community," said Henry Street Settlement vice president, marketing & communications Barbara Kancelbaum.
Precision Strategies, an integrated strategy and marketing agency with offices in Washington and New York, acquires Firehouse Strategies, a DC-based public affairs firm... AVENIR GLOBAL acquires London-based Thinks Insight & Strategy... Good Company, which bills itself as a “cultural engineering firm,” is launched by DJ Hardy, a veteran of Johannesburg-based communications consultancy arxna and M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment and Casey Stickles, who has worked at 5WPR, Rubenstein and MWW.
PSC (Princeton Strategic Communications) acquires Nonprofit Partners... CG Life launches 24/364, a cultural brand platform intended to drive awareness, connection and action aimed at keeping rare disease at the forefront of the health and social conversation... Interluxe Group, which focuses on brand experiences and in-person activations; Quinn, a strategic communications agency; and media and digital agency North & Warren are uniting under the Interluxe Group banner.
KITH, which provides corporate reputation and crisis preparation services, is now owned by CEO Stephanie Craig, who has been with the firm since 2021... The Marketing Cloud, a part of Stagwell, introduces several expansions to Agent Cloud, the platform it launched in October 2025 to simplify access to its AI tools and marketing assistants.... Notified launches its AI Press Release Optimizer.
V2 Communications launches its AI Visibility Solution and Earned Media at Scale, two service offerings designed to help companies increase visibility and credibility in generative search... The Public Relations Global Network brings on Greenough Communications as its Boston member agency... DBC is relaunching The DBC Industry Calendar as a free site to help communicators more easily discover relevant events and awards in the cluttered event landscape driven by the growth of webinars and online events. 
PAN releases new original research showing that a significant share of B2B citations surfaced by ChatGPT are inaccurate, misattributed or entirely fabricated, introducing a new credibility risk for brands... REQ, which has offices in DC and San Diego, opens in Phoenix... Notified introduces Market Intelligence, an addition to its all-in-one IR Hub, which gives IR teams a more streamlined way to prepare for earnings calls.
