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The legacy of Ruder Finn co-founder David Finn is celebrated by a proclamation from the New York City Mayor’s Office declaring Jan. 28 David Finn Day, recognizing the business, artistic and societal contributions that Finn made throughout his life. In addition to counseling such high-profile clients and public figures as artist Henry Moore and former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Finn was a prolific artist who explored the intersection between art and business in his work. To commemorate David Finn Day, Ruder Finn has donated a David Finn Archive to The Museum of Public Relations. The archive consists of numerous original documents including some of David’s early speeches, articles, photos and artworks. “We hope that by donating this selection of David’s work to the Museum of Public Relations, we can not only seek to reinforce the role that David played in establishing the PR industry as we know it, but also help to enrich the narrative of modern public relations and inspire the world to think about ‘what’s next,’” said Ruder Finn CEO Kathy Bloomgarden. To learn more about the history of David Finn visit: https://www.rememberingdavidfinn.com/.
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The Worldcom Public Relations Group votes Martschin & Partner, an independent Austrian PR firm, into its global partnership. Martschin & Partner works with clients in the healthcare, medicine, science, education, tourism, culture and sustainable development sectors across Austria and the DACH region. It has consistently placed among the top three PR agencies in Austria's largest quality ranking (Medianet). “Martschin & Partner’s expertise, not only across the broad spectrum of PR services but also in several key industries, is fundamental to extending our ability to serve Worldcom partners’ existing clients across the region while providing new client prospects comprehensive reach and resources,” said Serge Beckers, managing director, Wisse Kommunikatie (Netherlands), and Worldcom’s EMEA committee chair.
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The Diversity Action Alliance adds Page CEO Rochelle Ford, Zeno Group global CEO Barby Siegel and MSL Group CEO Diana Littman to its board of directors. In addition to the new board appointments, the DAA continues to partner with leading industry associations to strengthen collaboration and advocacy. These groups comprise its new Alliance Roundtable, which will advise DAA leadership on delivering value to its members, focusing on collaboration and shared success across the industry. DAA chair Soon Mee Kim said that the organization will “share more updates in the months ahead as we continue to expand our leadership team and evolve how we provide value to our signatories, partners, and industry community."
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.
