NYC is the undisputed mecca for the PR business. Forget image-conscious Hollywood or posh London. Those cities might be heavy hitters in the public relations industry, but there is nowhere on earth better equipped to build your brand than the Big Apple. Regardless of who’s selling and who’s buying, you
Miles Nadal, the former MDC Partners CEO recently dropped another 1.842 million shares of his former company’s stock, leaving him with just 7.5 percent ownership in the endeavor. And he wants even less. Apparently, he’s not the only one. But, even as Nadal’s interest in MDC is falling, other organizations
Michael Sitrick, the crisis PR mogul is part of a group of homeowners on an elite Malibu Beach area known as Broad Beach. Other owners in the area include luminaries like Pierce Brosnan, Dustin Hoffman, Steve Levitan (co-producer of “Modern Family”), Ray Romano, and Patrick Soon-Shiong (ranked by Forbes as
Lately, hedge funds like Paulson & Co. have been losing business and unfortunately for PR firms, there’s little that can be said to sway public opinion about it. Since August, Hedge funds have lost 0.6% since August. Paulson’s fund fell an entire 8.5% in September and was down an entire
Chuck Porter, one of the speakers at The Holmes Report Press Summit earlier in October (in London) is the co-founder and chairman of the advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B), and chief strategist for its holding company, MDC Partners. Porter serves as a current board chairman of the American
Daniel Palmier, President and CEO of UC Funds announced today the funding of a $30 million adaptive re-use bridge loan for the conversion of three vacant buildings and a parking garage into a 260-unit, mixed-use project with an additional 26,000 SF of retail and 6,500 SF of office space in
Whether you’re a sculptor, painter, illustrator, musician, or any other kind of artist, chances are you’re used to doing a lot of work yourself, including promoting your work. You’ve created a business, a website or blog to promote your work. But artists can benefit from the help of a good
Many of the biggest global players in public relations, such as Ogilvy and Edelman, have a strong presence in Australia. But Australia has no shortage of innovative and noteworthy PR outlets with roots in its own soil, ranging from specialized agencies to firms reaching across a wide range of industry
The city of Milpitas, California hired a PR firm based in San Francisco to develop a communications campaign including press releases, annual reports, newsletters, and more to positively promote the municipality. Tom Williams, Milpitas City Manager, cites Milpitas’ growing population as the reason for outsourcing work typically done by city
MD Insider, a fast-growing big-data healthcare platform that significantly reduces healthcare costs for employers and sets a new standard for transparency in physician performance has named New York based 5WPR as their PR firm of record. Earlier this year the company closed a $9.5 million investment from investors including leading
