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MAD Global Strategy acquires consulting firm ConVista Public Affairs. ConVista founder Connie Luck, who has served as director of government affairs for JobsOhio, Ohio’s not-for-profit economic development organization, and press secretary to former Ohio Governor John Kasich, will join MAD Global as a managing director based in the Ohio office. Luck will lead strategic communication efforts for the firm, as well as support clients’ government affairs and lobbying needs. "This is an exciting time at MAD Global Strategy, as we continue to grow and expand our footprint throughout the Midwest and Northeast,” said MAD Global founder and CEO Mike DuHaime. In addition to its Ohio office, MAD Global has operations in New Jersey and New York,
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The Bloc, a women-owned agency focused on the healthcare sector, opens a new regional office in Singapore as part of its strategic expansion into the AMEA region. The agency already operates an office in Manila. The Singapore office will feature such services as scientific platform development, medical expert management, scientific meetings, patient engagement, and medical education. The Bloc has also made recent acquisitions of agencies in Italy and Switzerland. "Our expansion into the AMEA region is not just about increasing our footprint; it's about amplifying our impact in medical communications," said The Bloc president and global CEO Jennifer Matthews.
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Bospar principal Curtis Sparrer has written a children’s book on PR titled “Game Face.” The middle-grade graphic novel, the first-ever children’s book on PR, focuses on a young girl named Sloan who learns about the public relations world when her favorite video game glitches. Discovering she’s the perfect person to provide a gamer’s point-of-view, Sloan adopts the role of “PR Detective” and sets about resolving the PR fallout while learning about the fundamentals of the industry in the process. Sparrer told O’Dwyer’s that he was inspired to pen the 70-page book when his niece asked him what he does for a living. He said the book aims to demystify the public relations profession among younger audiences and is ideal for the 400,000 PR pros who want to explain to their children what they do for a living. Game Face will publish on Amazon on April 2 to commemorate National PR month. The book’s publication also coincides with Bospar’s 10th anniversary. To find out more about the book and to receive updates about Game Face’s upcoming release and tour dates, go here: https://bospar.com/game-face.
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. 
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.
