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Stagwell is partnering with connected TV advertising company MNTN to offer brands a comprehensive set of buying solutions that combine MNTN's Performance TV platform with Stagwell Marketing Cloud products. Those products include generative and predictive AI platform PRophet, influencer discovery and campaign management platform Koalifyed and ReachTV, the largest streaming television network targeting travelers in airports. The partnership is aimed at letting brand campaigns on television seamlessly coexist with other digital channels. "Stagwell believes all media is performance media, and our partnership with MNTN is our next step in creating an integrated ecosystem of technology and media solutions that enable speed to market, improved outcomes and ultimately, scaled brand performance for clients," said Stagwell chairman and CEO Mark Penn.
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Hill & Knowlton introduces the H&K Academy, a training concept designed to upskill communications professionals. The H&K Academy launches in the UK with ten modules themed around ESG, DE&I, AI & technology innovation, and social & influencer. Curated by in house communication specialists, the training sessions can be delivered individually or as a program of multiple modules, tailored to the needs and levels of experience of each client. The offer builds on H&K’s record of media and communications performance training for executives. “This new offer is a client-inspired extension to our existing training services and is part of our transformational ambition to protect our clients’ reputations, mitigate against risk and support their growth,” said Hill & Knowlton UK CEO Simon Whitehead.
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Thompson & Co. Public Relations owner and CEO Jennifer Thompson is teaming up with Blueprint Alaska president Sarah Erkman Ward and Heather Handyside, who was most recently chief communications officer at GCI, Alaska’s largest telecommunications provider, on a new corporate entity that will formally combine Blueprint’s strategic advocacy agency and T&C’s public relations and digital services. Handyside is coming on as a partner in the combined firm. The agency says it will now be better equipped to blend public relations, strategic advocacy, and digital services to its diverse range of clients that include businesses, nonprofits, trade organizations, and government agencies. “I’m excited to combine our sister agency and T&C into one firm, creating more professional growth opportunities for our senior staff,” said Thompson. “Adding Heather, a seasoned and highly regarded PR expert, to our team ensures our growing list of clients has access to the best talent in Alaska."
CIVIC, a New York-based brand experience agency, acquires strategic communications consultancy Wave Kilo... Hotwire Global reaches an agreement with Morning Consult to give Hotwire Global instant access to Morning Consult’s proprietary dataset... The Public Relations Student Society of America announced its 2026–2027 International Committee... Avenue Z is named a Shopify Platinum Partner, the highest tier of Shopify’s Service Partner Program.
ICR releases a report that says the SPAC IPO market has been trending upward—and is likely to stay on that track... Washington Women in PR is sponsoring an April 15 event that looks at how women can change the dynamics that often keep them in lower-visibility positions through strategic self-advocacy and organizational awareness... Life Science Cares Boston, an organization supported by LaVoieHeathScience, will convene leaders, employees and partners from across the life sciences industry for its annual Impact Breakfast on April 13 at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport.
Bell Yard Communications and Kysen PR, London-based firms that focus on legal market and litigation PR, are merging. The combined firm will operate as Bell Yard Kysen Communications... FINN Partners launches Travel with Tastemakers, a global report that looks at more than 25 destinations through the eyes of the creatives who shape them... Baker Public Relations, a woman-owned agency based in Albany with offices in Pittsburgh, PA and St. Petersburg, FL, rebrands as The Baker Agency. 
