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Equiniti, a financial services company, enters into a definitive agreement to acquire Notified, a global provider of public relations and investor relations solutions and services. Notified’s focus on IR webcasting, earnings communications and stakeholder engagement will allow EQ to expand its service offerings and provide a holistic solution for corporate issuers, investors and financial stakeholders. The announcement builds on the successful integration of EQ and AST, and the recent acquisition by EQ of Issuer Direct. “By combining Notified’s leadership in investor and public relations with EQ’s global expertise in shareholder services, we will be better able to bring new and innovative products and services to our customers at scale,” said Notified president Nimesh Davé.
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Refuel Agency, which specializes in military-focused customer engagement, and Prospect Capital Corporation, a middle-market investment company, joined forces to support two veteran-focused organizations: Team Red, White & Blue and Avalon Action Alliance. Refuel played a key role in connecting the John and Daria Barry Foundation with the two nonprofits. The foundation’s support will help to expand Team RWB’s Eagle Alliance Program, which provides corporate Veteran Employee Resource Group support to help veterans thrive in the workplace, enhances digital infrastructure for veteran referrals and strengthens partnerships with organizations focused on veteran health and wellness. For Avalon Action Alliance, the support is aimed toward strengthening its integrative trauma care model, which provides traumatic brain injury treatment, post-traumatic stress recovery and substance abuse treatment.
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| Quinn Kaemmer |
The Quinntessential, a Nashville-based strategic communications, creative consulting and media relations firm, is launched by former Big Machine Label Group senior director, communications Quinn Kaemmer. Before joining BMLG in 2022, Kaemmer rose through the ranks at BBR Music Group, where she helped launch the careers of three CMA Best New Artist winners. She has worked with independent PR firms across entertainment, restaurants, consumer brands, festivals/events and tech. The new firm’s offerings will include music publicity, entertainment publicity, writing and branding.
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.
