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John IsafJohn Isaf, who had been running Weber Shandwick’s corporate practice in Boston, has moved to head Omnicom’s FleishmanHillard outpost in that city.
The 10-year veteran of Interpublic’s Weber Shandwick, also spent 11 years at Boston-headquartered Arnold Worldwide, which is part of Havas, as head of its PR unit.
Isaf has counseled New England blue-chips such as L.L. Bean, Staples and Harvard Business School.
J.J. Carter, FH’s COO & Americas president, called Isaf “a seasoned Boston agency veteran with the right skills to lead and grow the team."
FH senior partners Randi Tanguay and Seth Bloom were handling GM duties.
4media group completes its acquisition of Family Features Editorial Syndicate... Illumination PR, which represents lifestyle brands, influencers and celebrities, launches DR Media Group... EAG Advertising and Marketing acquires pay-for-performance firm INK inc. Public Relations. 
LLYC launches Signs of Pride, a campaign that revives the original protest banners of the first Pride marches... The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry forms the Public Relations and Digital Marketing Working Group... Circle of One Marketing, a Miami-based, minority-owned marketing agency, is named official agency of record for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami. 
Vogel Group, a DC-headquartered government affairs and consulting firm, forms a strategic partnership with Montreal-based public affairs firm Boléro Stratégies... Matter Communications launches project-based offerings for B2C companies looking to increase brand awareness and visibility... Tucker/Hall, a Tampa-based PR and public affairs firm, opens a new office in Orlando. 
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Edelman is laying off 330 people (5.3 percent of its workforce) to cope with an anticipated eight percent shortfall in 2024 US revenues, and client demand for one-stop shopping for speciality services.
