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Place Public Affairs is launched by Sam Myers, Jr., who was most recently managing director at Rational 360. Myers has also served as a presidential advance associate for the Biden White House as well as in the Obama and Clinton administrations. On the agency side, he has served as president of BCW Global’s Direct Impact unit and vice president, partnerships and development at Huge. Place Public Affairs’ offerings include message development, media landscape assessment, grassroots and grasstops advocacy, third-party advocate engagement, event production and digital public affairs. Myers says that the goal of the new agency is to “align public policies and public sentiment closer to our clients’ business interests.”
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ARInsights, which provides an SaaS platform for managing analyst relations and B2B influencer relations programs, acquires The Wind Communications Agency, an analyst relations services firm and consultancy. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. With the acquisition, ARInsights expands its ServicePlus AR operational services to address companies’ full spectrum of AR needs. The new services include AR strategy; program execution; AR operations and peer reviews management. All Wind Communications staff will become ARInsights team members under the continued leadership of Patricia and Greg Wind. In addition, to support client needs, ARInsights will continue to work with other partners and agencies in the AR ecosystem. “Wind Communications has been a longtime and valued partner of ours, with a well-deserved reputation for excellence in AR strategy and execution,” said ARInsights CEO Andy Zimmerman. “Bringing their founders Patty and Greg Wind, along with their talented team, to ARInsights is a natural and exciting fit for our business and an important part of ARInsights’ evolution.”
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CTP, a Boston-based creative communications agency, opens an office in North Carolina. The expansion is planned to fuel growth in industries where CTP has developed significant branding, advertising and communications expertise, including education, travel & tourism, technology and financial services. The agency has already worked with North Carolina-based clients including Apiture, Red Hat, Pinehurst Resort, Wrightsville Beach and Cameron Art Museum. The office will be led by CTP executive creative director Grant Pace. “The energy and innovation driving the state’s growth perfectly align with CTP’s core strengths,” said Pace.
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.
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. 
