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Stagwell acquires Tinsel Experiential Design, a marketing and design studio focused on immersive customer experiences and experiential engagement. The studio will be part of Stagwell's Constellation Network of agencies. Tinsel will retain its brand, and its founders – Adette C. Contreras, Liz Castelli, and Erica Taylor Haskins – will remain in leadership roles. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Started up in 2011, Tinsel has worked with such clients as Sony Music Entertainment, GitHub, Pfizer and Uber. Its offerings include environmental design, 3D renderings, and conference and corporate events experience. The firm also has expertise in the B2B technology space. "One of the main reasons we looked at Tinsel to begin with was the culture of humanity, collaboration, and creativity that shapes and guides the organization on a daily basis, making space for big ideas that have earned the agency a reputation for cutting-edge, avant garde design and creative concepts," said Constellation Network chair Justin Lewis.
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Goldman Communications Group president Sherry Goldman launches “Let’s Talk PR & More!”, a weekly radio show. Each half-hour show features a conversation with an industry leader about a PR-centric topic. Topics addressed in the conversations include PR best practices, recent industry trends, case studies, the media, marketing, strategy, career development and profiles of PR pros. Let’s Talk PR & More! airs every Monday at 5pm EDT on WRHU-FM (in the greater New York City area) and is available nationally on the station’s livestream online and on most streaming devices. It is also available as a podcast on such platforms as Apple podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, and Amazon, as well as on Goldman Communications Group’s website). “I want this show to be a forum for what is important and relevant to people in the PR industry and beyond,” said Goldman.
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Real Chemistry forms a strategic partnership with Writer, a generative AI platform for enterprises. Through this partnership, all Real Chemistry team members will have access to Writer. The companies will also work together to build proprietary and custom-trained generative AI functionality specific to the needs and complexities of the regulated healthcare environment. “Extending our AI investment with Writer will improve the quality of our work and open new ways to reach patients and healthcare providers with accessible, personalized content at scale, benefitting our healthcare clients and the industry as a whole,” said Real Chemistry chief technology officer Simeon Simeonov. Real Chemistry’s AI products and services portfolio also includes its proprietary Insights System with ChatGPT, advanced prompt engineering, data integration and automation capabilities.
Public Inc., a social impact agency based in Toronto and New York, acquires Rocket Social Impact, an advisory firm that works with nonprofit and corporate social impact organizations... Ruder Finn launches “What’s Next: The Ruder Finn Podcast,” a new platform hosted by CEO Kathy Bloomgarden... Crowe PR joins United Partners Network, a network of independent PR agencies with members across more than 65 markets worldwide.
Ruder Finn launches rf.Voices, an integrated influence offering that brings together AI-powered influencer marketing, customer advocacy and paid amplification under one measurable framework... The Pollack Group is accepting applications through March 31 for The Big Red Grant, a $40,000 pro bono strategic PR and marketing engagement program awarded to a nonprofit organization ready for growth... D S Simon Media releases a report that says almost seven in ten producers (68 percent) are more interested in airing a story when they know it has been optimized for AI.
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.
