Drew Olanoff, a seasoned tech journalist and communicator, has moved to Mercury Public Affairs to open a San Francisco office for the firm.
Olanoff takes a senior VP title with Omnicom-owned Mercury.
Olanoff led communications for Rothenberg Ventures, River Studios in the Bay Area, as well as the Berlin-based start-up EyeEm. He did an in-house stint at Yahoo as PR manager as the company overhauled its corporate communications under CEO Marissa Mayer in 2013-14.
He was also a writer, editor and community director for TechCrunch and The Next Web.
Mercury has California outposts in Los Angeles and Sacramento. Google alum Ryan Brack is stationed in New York for the firm.
A majority of Americans (52 percent) say president Trump launched the invasion of Iran in part to distract voters from the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal. Forty percent disagree, according to Drop Site/Zeteo/Data for Progress survey conducted March 6-8.
Cornerstone Government Affairs has inked a $25K monthly pact with Qatar to advance the relationship of the Arab state and the US.
Former House speaker Kevin McCarthy has teamed up with a crew of Republican heavy hitters to launch Watchtower Strategy, a public affairs firm that will focus on advocacy, strategy and strategic communications.
