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Stanton Communications is selected to provide media relations support for the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation and its signature fundraising dinner featuring the presidential nominees of the two major political parties, both of whom have been invited to the October 17 event, which will be hosted by Archbishop of New York Timothy Cardinal Dolan. The foundation, which has been in existence since 1946, has raised tens of millions of dollars for New York’s most vulnerable women and children. Speakers at its annual dinner have included Winston Churchill, John McCain, Stephen Colbert and Peggy Noonan, as well as Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Last year’s speaker was Henry Kissinger in his final public appearance. “Media interest in the dinner always is intense given the stature of the speakers,” said Stanton Communications CEO Peter Stanton. “Its appeal is increased by the fact that the Smith Dinner is usually conducted in a genial tone after a season of intense political discourse.”
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FINN Partners is named AOR for supply chain resilience company Craft. Craft will work directly with FINN’s global supply chain practice, a specialized team within its technology practice. FINN will provide an integrated communications strategy aimed at growing awareness and understanding of Craft’s brand and offerings. It will target decision makers and purchase influencers across the supply chain, procurement, finance, regulatory compliance and ESG business functions at large organizations and agencies across the US federal government. Craft’s user-friendly platform offers clients 360-degree visibility to explore and evaluate supplier networks, AI-driven insights to detect and mitigate disruptions, and collaborative tools to enhance supply chain strategies. “We are an ideal solution for what the market is demanding, but we need greater awareness quickly,” said Craft CMO Mimi Spier. "We have no doubt that FINN is the best team to help us achieve that. In fact, we’re astonished at the level of thinking and domain expertise an agency could bring in this space.”
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IBN (“InvestorBrandNetwork”), a corporate communications firm and content distributor, is collaborating with ROTH Capital Partners on the 11th Annual Solar and Storage Symposium. The event will be held in conjunction with RE+ 2024, which covers issues of imporance to the clean energy industry, on September 10-11 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. IBN will work to heighten the visibility of the conference via a variety of digital channels. InvestorWire, which is powered by IBN, will be a key driver of syndicating content across thousands of news outlets. “ROTH is perfectly positioned to draw on their extensive industry network to encourage deal discovery even in this challenging macroeconomic environment,” said IBN director of global operations Randy Clark.
Rubenstein Public Relations picks up OS Therapies, which offers gene-edited, Listeria-based cancer immunotherapies... Brandman adds Lough Eske Castle, a five-star Castle hotel and gateway in Donegal, Ireland... LRJ PR & Communications lands Case-Mate, a company whose products range from phone cases to a curated line of such accessories as beach bags.
Hemsworth is named PR agency of record for enterprise travel technology company Revelex... Bolt PR comes on board as PR agency of record for Lexar, which provides high-performance memory and storage for consumers, creators and professionals who capture, store and move data... The Wilful Group is engaged to support the UK launch of refurbed, one of Europe’s leading marketplaces for professionally refurbished products.
The Uptown Agency is named agency of record for USA Bobsled/Skeleton, the national governing body for the bobsled and skeleton in the US... SPM Communications adds L&L Hawaiian Barbecue, Sunfly and Puttery to its client roster... Grant PR, which has handled such clients as 3M, Empire State Realty Trust and WNET Thirteen, signs on commercial retail real estate brokerage firm Rova.re.
French/West/Vaughan is named agency of record for Carolina Performing Arts' inaugural "All. Together. Now." Festival, which will take place Feb. 19–21, 2027... Ruder Finn signs on as communications agency of record for Neurocrine Biosciences... Ripley PR is chosen to serve as the public relations agency of record for CAMP Digital, a digital marketing agency focused on the home service industry.
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry is named PR AOR in the U.S., UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland for Flowable, developer of the Agentic Case Platform, which helps regulated organizations orchestrate AI agents while keeping humans in the loop... Moore is selected as brand AOR for the Alzheimer's Association... PhillComm Global, which specializes in emerging industries and new categories, is named AOR for AIGNCI, HIFI and Hypercall.
