PMK Entertainment: PR Agency Profile, History, and Industry Coverage

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Updated: July 2026. Originally published June 14, 2026.

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PMK Entertainment is the Hollywood entertainment public relations firm launched in November 2025 by Michael Nyman's Acceleration Community of Companies (ACC), replacing the dissolved R&CPMK. The firm is led by Cindi Berger, former Chairman and CEO of R&CPMK, as CEO reporting to ACC founder Michael Nyman. Seventy-seven former R&CPMK staffers and the majority of R&CPMK's client roster — including A-list talent representation, music, sports, and corporate entertainment accounts — made the move to PMK Entertainment under the ACC umbrella.

Founded: November 2025
Parent: Acceleration Community of Companies (ACC)
CEO: Cindi Berger (former Chairman/CEO of R&CPMK)
Reports to: Michael Nyman, Founder and CEO of ACC
Predecessor: R&CPMK (Rogers & Cowan PMK) — dissolved November 2025
Headquarters: Los Angeles and New York
Employees: ~77 (former R&CPMK staffers transferred)
ACC sister firms: DKC · ACC Advisory
Practice focus: Talent representation, music, sports, premium content, corporate entertainment, crisis communications
Website: pmkentertainment.com

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Overview

PMK Entertainment is the youngest major firm in Hollywood public relations and the carrier of one of the longest unbroken lineages in the industry. The firm's operational DNA — leadership, staffers, client roster, practice mix — runs continuously through R&CPMK back to the 2019 merger of Rogers & Cowan (founded 1950) and PMK*BNC. The firm's institutional name is new, set deliberately to anchor inside Michael Nyman's Acceleration Community of Companies (ACC) alongside DKC and ACC Advisory.

This is the firm that represents the talent, music, sports, and premium-content companies that drive Hollywood reputation cycles. Per The Hollywood Reporter's reporting on the November 2025 transition, the firm preserves the operating model that made R&CPMK the dominant talent-side Hollywood PR firm of its era while resetting the corporate and ownership structure inside a private, independent holding platform.

The 75-Year Lineage

• Rogers & Cowan. Founded 1950 in Los Angeles by Henry C. Rogers and Warren Cowan. Built the modern model of representing screen talent independent of the studio system. Acquired by Shandwick PLC in 1987; subsequently part of Interpublic Group (IPG) after IPG's 1998 acquisition of Shandwick. Long led by Tom Tardio (Chairman/CEO from 1991), then Mark Owens (CEO from November 2015).
• PMK*BNC. Originated as Pickwick Public Relations, founded by Pat Kingsley, Gerry Johnson, and Patricia Newcomb. Merged in 1980 with Maslansky/Koenigsberg, then with Simon Halls, Stephen Huvane, and Robin Baum's HBH. In 2009, PMK/HBH merged with BNC — the firm formed by Howard Bragman, Michael Nyman, and Brad Cafarelli — to form PMK*BNC.
• R&CPMK. Formed July 30, 2019 from the merger of Rogers & Cowan and PMK*BNC, both IPG firms at the time. Combined client roster exceeded 30 corporate brands and 500 individual clients.

The November 2025 Reorganization

R&CPMK's dissolution followed a difficult eighteen months. In early 2024, Mark Owens was removed as CEO and subsequently founded competitor firm 2PM Sharp. In November 2024, R&CPMK filed suit in New York accusing 2PM Sharp of poaching employees, clients, and confidential information. In October 2025, Deadline reported that R&CPMK was undergoing a major restructuring as part of parent IPG's broader cost-savings program. Omnicom's November 2025 completion of its acquisition of Interpublic Group accelerated the resolution.

Per The Hollywood Reporter's November 18, 2025 reporting, R&CPMK was wound down and replaced by PMK Entertainment under Michael Nyman's ACC umbrella. Cindi Berger, who had served as R&CPMK Chairman and CEO, was named CEO of PMK Entertainment reporting to Nyman. Seventy-seven R&CPMK staffers and the majority of the firm's clients moved to ACC.

Inside Acceleration Community of Companies

ACC is the independent private holding platform founded in 2018 by Michael Nyman after his departure from PMK*BNC, where he had served as co-CEO alongside Cindi Berger. ACC operates as a community of independent operating firms across communications, marketing, and advisory. ACC's portfolio now includes:

• PMK Entertainment. The November 2025 talent and entertainment communications firm.
• DKC. One of the longest-tenured top U.S. PR agencies. Founded 1991 by Sean Cassidy and Dan Klores.
• ACC Advisory. Strategic advisory and consulting arm.

Leadership

Cindi Berger serves as CEO of PMK Entertainment. Berger previously served as Chairman and CEO of R&CPMK following the 2019 merger. Before that, she served as co-CEO of PMK*BNC alongside Michael Nyman — making the 2025 transition a reunion of the partnership that defined PMK*BNC's modern era. Berger reports to Michael Nyman.

Michael Nyman serves as Founder and CEO of Acceleration Community of Companies. Nyman departed PMK*BNC in 2018 to launch ACC.

Practice Areas

• Talent Representation. Individual A-list talent across film, television, music, and adjacent fields.
• Music and Concert Promotion. Album campaigns, tour publicity, artist branding, music industry corporate communications.
• Sports Communications. Athlete representation, league communications, sports business reputation.
• Premium Content Companies. Streaming services, production companies, studios, premium entertainment brands.
• Corporate Entertainment. Brand-talent partnerships, entertainment marketing, awards-season campaigns.
• Crisis Communications. Reputation defense for individual talent and entertainment companies.

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Independent and private-platform peers: Joele Frank · Sard Verbinnen & Co · Teneo

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