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SFC Group, a woman-owned healthcare marketing agency, acquires CareContent, a female-owned, Chicago-based content creation company that focuses on producing accessible and educational content for healthcare organizations. Founded in 2014 by Kadesha Thomas Smith, CareContent aims to expand healthcare organizations' capacities to reach audiences. “When I first met Kadesha and the CareContent team, I saw a mirror image of SFC Group – woman-owned business, healthcare focused, committed to excellence – and I jumped at the chance to bring them into the SFC Group family," said Susan Flinn Cobian, president and CEO of SFC Group. "With this acquisition, we're proud to offer our clients expanded capabilities in content creation, from websites to social media to podcasts and everything in between.”
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Ohlmann Group, a family-owned, Dayton-based marketing and advertising firm, celebrates its 75th anniversary with the opening of a new office downtown. Headquartered on the city’s North Main Street for 55 years, Ohlmann Group donated its facilities (valued at over $600,000) to a local organization in 2023, and moved in a new suite in the 130 Building on W. Second Street. Walter Ohlmann joined Penny & Penny Advertising (founded in 1949) in 1964 to form Penny-Ohlman Inc., which eventually became Ohlman Group and where he served as CEO until 2015. His daughters, CEO/director media services Linda Ohlmann Kahn and Lori Ohlmann, continue their father’s focus on client service and community leadership. Among its plans for the anniversary, the agency will host Create the Future events for area college students who are studying marketing, communications and design.
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Calysto Communications , an Atlanta-based firm specializing in the AI, IoT, mobile, wireless and telecom industries, marks its 25th anniversary. Before founding the agency in 1999, Laura Borgstede had helped Sprint Spectrum launch the first PCS network, Nokia unveil the first smartphone and BellSouth launch Cellemetry, the first commercial machine-to-machine/Internet of Things (M2M/IoT) service. Over the past 25 years, Calysto has added content development services and social media marketing as well as expanding into such areas as IoT and artificial intelligence. It was also ahead of the game when it comes to the “work from home” model, starting an online-based team in 2006. The agency’s clients have secured more than $4.8 billion in publicly reported valuations for clients in the last 25 years. “She and her team have always taken the time to learn my beat, ask what I’m working on, and then maintained that relationship so when my coverage intersects with what their clients do, they pitch me on something that makes sense,” said Matt Vartabedian, senior editor with Informa Tech’s No Jitter.
Brunner, a Pittsburgh-based integrated marketing agency, acquires AdSkate, an AI-powered creative analytics and marketing intelligence platform that helps brands and agencies optimize advertising performance... Augustine Agency launches Flavor Theory, a foodservice marketing practice aimed at helping restaurants, food manufacturers, distributors and institutional dining organizations grow their brands and businesses... The Acceleration Community of Companies releases a report finding that almost half (49 percent) of Gen Z sports fans say they have become interested in a new sport or athlete because of fan-created content or something entirely outside the sport. 
VPE Communications, which helps organizations authentically connect with diverse audiences, celebrates 38 years in business and announces a new ownership structure... Praytell expands into the Asian market with the opening of a new office in Singapore... The International Public Relations Network unveils a new visual identity and redesigned website. 
SourceCode Communications launches SourceCode Germany, establishing the agency's first office in continental Europe... Clario Group acquires Ted Miller Group, a Miami-founded agency focused on clients in the technology, travel & leisure and financial services sectors... Global Situation Room’s Global Risk Advisory Council is hosting a July 23 webinar that will go over the results of its new Reputation Risk Index.
Havas acquires MUT, a Barcelona-based firm focused on experiential marketing and sustainable events... IPREX lauches its AI Task Force...D S Simon Media, one of the first companies to produce a satellite media tour, celebrates its 40th anniversary... Washington Women in Public Relations is sponsoring an event that shows communications pros who work with associations how they can get their messages across clearly, credibly and courageously. “How Associations Lead with Strategic Storytelling,” at 6 p.m. on July 16.
TEAM LEWIS starts up its AI Practice... Thunderly launches a year-long storytelling campaign focused on how franchising can provide a pathway to business ownership... JIN, a European communications consulting group, introduces "AI Campaigning", a corporate offering designed to model and anticipate stakeholder behavior.
