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Montieth & Company launches M&Co Litigation Intelligence, an offering focused on enabling law firms and their corporate and individual clients to pursue litigation and communications objectives with greater confidence and strategic clarity. It gives law firms and corporate general counsel the ability to map stakeholders and cohort groups; analyze and anticipate how the ecosystem of owned, paid and earned media can be most effectively and strategically used; predict how future developments will drive narratives and affect how key audiences perceive and respond to the matter; and evaluate strategic and tactical reputational risk through systemic, data-driven analysis. The combination of M&Co’s proprietary technology and litigation communications expertise will inform strategies grounded in a multi-dimensional analysis of the reputational, media and stakeholder environment surrounding every matter. “Litigation has always been fought on two fronts — inside the courtroom and in the minds of the people whose opinions determine how litigation outcomes are understood,” said M&Co CEO and global managing partner Montieth Illingworth. “M&Co Litigation Intelligence enables legal counsel to see those two fronts in a fully integrated perspective.”
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BERA.ai, a brand measurement platform that ties brand equity to revenue and business growth, introduces BERA LLM Brand Rankings, a capability built directly into the BERA platform. The new offering lets users see how large language models such as Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude rank their brand across categories. It also provides a side-by-side comparison of that ranking with BERA’s proprietary Love Curve, showing where brand equity and AI visibility align or diverge. In addition, BERA LLM Brand Rankings connects users to Brand-to-Business, BERA's proprietary analysis linking brand equity to sales, revenue and enterprise value. "Brand has always lived wherever consumers make decisions, and today, more of those decisions start with a prompt to an LLM," said BERA.ai chief customer officer Kraig Schulz. “We’re showing brand leaders how their BERA Score, position on the Love Curve, and LLM rankings move together, as well as how to improve their brand position with LLMs.” BERA is a unit of The Harris Poll, a Stagwell unit.
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Matter launches its PR Media Group. The group is charged with developing and executing integrated earned media strategies intended to elevate brand visibility, strengthen thought leadership and drive business impact. It will leverage advanced reporting and analytics, including emerging GenAI and LLM visibility metrics, to help clients better understand and maximize the value of earned media. Sara Beth Fahey, who has been promoted to SVP, will lead the group alongside group director Andrew Petro. Matter principal and CEO Scott Signore says that Fahey “shows an uncommon ability to drive PR strategy for her clients, both anticipating where media is heading and navigating rapid change with real-time results. Fahey adds that “as traditional media continues to reshape within an expanding digital ecosystem, we’re focused on bringing Matter’s depth of experience to stay one step ahead, so clients know their stories are getting in front of the right people.”
IPREX names Big Picture PR in San Francisco, Precision Strategies in Washington, D.C., and Tiny Mighty Communications in Nashville as its first Americas Partner Cohort... Highwire launches AcroAnswers, a proprietary AI visibility platform... Big Red Oak and Naer Communications, a Calgary-based firm, form a partnership providing integrated communications and marketing services to clean energy companies and organizations across Canada.
Matter launches its Review Visibility Management service to address a shift in how companies across verticals earn trust online... A Queens school is putting out the message about Sept. 12, 2001 when people came together to help, comfort, rebuild and unite... Directive expands its Directive Communications division, which will bring PR, organic social, influencer marketing and paid social together under one integrated organization.
Praytell expands its Influence Department—which unites media, creators and social under one team... LRJ PR & Communications and Canopy Brand Group form an alliance that the firms say will bridge the operational divide between high-end brand design and strategic public relations... Twin Minds Media, Hispanic market specialist, increases the scope of its services in an effort to help brands build deeper connections with audiences through culture, storytelling, media and experiences. 
The People Platform, part of Stagwell's The Marketing Cloud, rebrands as Numetrix... Zapwater Communications has earned 17 finalist honors across two PR competitions: eight at the 68th Annual Golden Trumpet Awards, presented by the Publicity Club of Chicago, and nine at the 2026 PRSA Chicago Skyline Awards.. The Florida Public Relations Association presented 122 awards to individuals and teams from across the state at its 69th annual Golden Image and 3rd Annual Pinnacle Awards gala.
The Motion Agency acquires Vehr Communications, a Cincinnati-based strategic communications firm, effective Oct. 1... Lyceus Group, which specializes in financial services, is named a finalist for Public Relations Campaign at the 2026 ThinkAdvisor Luminaries Awards... IPSY, a curated beauty membership platform, launches IPSY Marketing Solutions, a full-funnel marketing and sales acceleration engine. 
