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Peppercomm launches Team Meridian, a specialty group providing strategic counsel to help clients plan for and manage societal crises impacting their people, brands and business. The team is comprised of chief innovation officer Jackie Kolek, chief engagement officer Ann Barlow, head of content strategy Matt Purdue, SVP Paul Merchan and senior media strategist Marissa Dunn. The launch follows last year’s introduction of RepCompass, an issues and crisis preparedness program. “Our new Team Meridian crisis consultancy answers the call for timely and judicious counsel to help clients develop a holistic framework—including internal and external communications—on if, when and how to speak out and act on social issues their stakeholders care about,” said Peppercomm CEO and founder Steve Cody.
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Lippe Taylor and twelvenote introduce /prompt.—a joint effort that aims to partner twelvenote's digital activation expertise with Lippe Taylor's communications methodologies. Under the strategic alliance, each agency will retain its unique characteristics while leveraging a more extensive service portfolio. /prompt. will also host the Frictionless Intelligence Team, an initiative that it says will leverage data-driven insights, ensuring authentic and effective storytelling. “We are uniting the distinctive expertise of Lippe Taylor and twelvenote with a new engine for augmented intelligence—data science, AI, and a scalable operations platform, to forge a path that delivers unmatched value to our clients,” said Lippe Taylor CEO Paul Dyer.
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Truescope president Todd Murphy is named to the board of directors of the Federation Internationale des Bureaux d’Extraits de Presse (FIBEP), a global media intelligence membership association. Murphy is the first member from North America to lead the FIBEP organization in over 30 years. With over 130 members in 60 countries, FIBEP is a resource for industry leaders seeking globally driven, enterprise-scale solutions in media and news monitoring, media analysis, public relations distribution, journalist databases, consulting services and Software as a Service platforms. Truescope and its technology suite deliver media intelligence and information to clients across Asia, New Zealand and North America.
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 & Enteratinment 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.
