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Edelman Expands in Africa with Coming Baird’s Renaissance Acquisition
Edelman has just announced a proposed acquisition of South African-based communications consultancy Baird’s Renaissance.
05/07/2013
Edelman has just announced a proposed acquisition of South African-based communications consultancy Baird’s Renaissance.
The Algemeiner Journal, which was recently described by CNBC as ‘the fastest growing Jewish newspaper in the United States’, has announced its first annual ‘JEWISH 100’ list of the ‘top 100 people positively influencing Jewish life.
Former McKinsey partner Michael Stewart has recently joined Edelman Europe as chief executive officer. Beginning late July, McKinsey will oversee Edelman’s European and CIS region.
Amid news that Al-Jazeera America plans to hire 700 staffers in the US, open 12 American news bureaus and the hiring of Ali Veshi from CNN, it seems that Al Jazeera is intent on building a major brand for the Arab news network worldwide. Arab influence in the media is indeed increasing.
When I was a kid, about the time Julius Caesar ruled, Lufthansa Airlines was considered the creme of the crop for choices in flying about. Today, their PR mouthpieces seem eons removed from past Lufthansa intelligence though. Let me tell you a short tale of airline industry woe that amplifies a much bigger potential problem. After reading this, you may want more than your money back, you may want your old Europe back. Here goes… Part I.
Whether you noticed or not, FTI Consulting bounced into the top US PR firms contention via O’Dwyer’s list of top agencies for 2013. The space formerly held by either Melissa Waggener Zorkin’s Waggener Edstrom, or APCO Worldwide, is not firmly in the hands of Ed Reilly’s global firm. For today’s matchup of Twitter prowess we pit the almost legendary Weber Shandwick against FTI to see just who has a handle on social media dominance.
Ogilvy CommonHealth Russia is supposed to complement Ogilvy Group Russia with a specialized communications practice for the pharmaceutical and healthcare market.
Greek food company Gaea has selected its first public relation agency in the United Kingdom, Three Sixty Degrees PR. The public relations agency founded by travel and lifestyle specialist June Field, will handle Gaea’s public relations campaigns in the UK.
The New Jersey Travel and Tourism Division announced last week a search for a PR for the state’s rejuvenation of seashore tourism in the wake of hurricane Sandy. According to their news the chosen agency will be in charge of media outreach, travel blogger relations, and third party outreach, among other essential efforts to get the Garden State back on track after Sandy’s devastation.
Marissa Mayer’s recent Yahoo! moves are a huge plus for her leadership even despite a PR goof these last days. But what are we to make of Yahoo!, Google, and Facebook integration?