Edelman DABO in Dubai Lays off 20 Staff Members At the beginning of the first full week in February came the bad news to 20 of Edelman DABO’s (EDBO) employees – no more job. The Dubai-based PR firm became part of the Edelman network in 2015, adding 150 employees to
Conventional wisdom says with a gun-friendly President in office, gun enthusiasts will breathe easier and enjoy their hobby more. This should lead to increased gun sales in a, literally, trigger-happy environment. Others say the opposite is true. The perceived threat of President Obama sent gun sales soaring, and now the
As confidence in traditional advertising tactics continues to plummet, consumers are searching for new ways to find quality products. Now is the best time for companies to focus on influencer marketing. Influencers in advertising are people who have earned the trust of thousands by way of strong online or in-person
Vowing to take his concerns about immigration restrictions directly to the source, entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk says he will take his objections straight to President Trump. Is this announcement more bluster and PR theater from a CEO who has proven adept at grabbing headlines, or does the mind behind
Erica Swerdlow Joins Wye Communications Wye Communications, a new PR firm founded jointly by Finn Partners and Stagwell Group, just brought in Erica Swerdlow as their first CEO. She reports to Stagwell partner Jay Leveton and works from the Chicago office as of January 8th where she’ll be in charge
Hogan Lovells Brings Mark Irion to Oversee Their PR Hogan Lovells, a DC law firm, just added PR to their non-legal offerings for clients and brought in Mark Irion to head the new communications group within the firm. Although a move like this is not common for a law firm,
WE Communications Waggener Edstrom’s rebranded their company as WE Communications in September 2015. Melissa Waggener Zorkin, the CEO and cofounder of the firm, along with the firm’s other partner, Pam Edstrom, made this change. Waggener Zorkin named Wunderman’s Kass Sells the agency’s president in North America.
Beaver Creek Resort in Vail is one of the many locations owned by parent company Vail Resorts, and recently they had the opportunity, some might even say the blessing, of hosting a 17-year-old young woman, Isabelle Dunai, as their guest. Isabelle has a terminal disease and really wanted to be
Paul Dyer named Lippe Taylor’s new President Lippe Taylor, a firm specializing in marketing to women, just named Paul Dyer their new president, bringing him in to develop the agency’s next generation creative communications model. Dyer left W2O Group after eight years. In his new position, he’ll increase the capabilities
A recent CNN headline screamed, “Donald Trump is Fox News’ Top PR guy” … the article then went about the task of trying to argue that President Trump is the news network’s best public relations voice, because, though he remains antagonistic to the rest of the media, he seems to
