Stanton Public Relations & Marketing (New York, founded 1995 by Alex Stanton) and Stanton Communications (Washington DC, founded by Peter Stanton) are two separate firms — different founders, different cities, different sectors. Here's how to tell them apart.
MMGY Global — one of the largest U.S. integrated travel and tourism marketing and PR firms. Founded 1981 by Don Montague, headquartered in Kansas City with offices in New York, Orlando, Fort Myers, Washington D.C., and Madrid. CEO Clayton Reid. The Vail Summit (1997+) and the Portrait of American Travelers research series anchor the agency's category authority. Historical clients across American Express, Lufthansa, Enterprise, and state and regional DMOs.
JConnelly PR was founded and is owned by Jennifer Connelly.
Kekst CNC is the global strategic communications firm formed by the 2019 merger of Kekst and Company (1970, NY) and CNC (2002, Munich). Publicis Groupe-owned since 2008. Co-CEOs Lyndsey Estin (U.S., March 2026) and Richard Campbell (Non-U.S., February 2026). #1 globally in M&A communications.
ZENO Group is a global integrated communications agency owned by DJE Holdings (parent of Edelman) but operates as a separate firm. Founded 1999 as PR21, renamed ZENO 2004. Global CEO Barby Siegel since 2009. 800+ staff, 21+ offices, $153M+ revenue. Notable client: Salesforce.
The Chinese-origin PR firms operating at specialist depth in Beijing and Shanghai \u2014 Illuminant Partners, DT Communications Asia Pacific, Liquid Impact \u2014 plus the structural shifts shaping the 2026 market.
In January 2016, Matthew Freud's London-based Freud Communications acquired Brooke Hammerling's New York tech PR firm Brew Media Relations. The structural moment in transatlantic PR consolidation.
The leading PR firms in Hong Kong — financial communications, IPO and capital markets specialists, corporate networks, and creative independents serving HKEX-listed companies and Greater China clients.
Portland, Oregon punches above its weight in independent PR. Weinstein PR, AM:PM PR, Little Green Pickle, A.wordsmith, Maxwell PR + Engagement — five local firms whose reputations carry outside the Pacific Northwest.
The U.S. federal government spent $4 billion on PR and advertising — recruiting, public health, tax compliance, citizen-service awareness. The contractor breakdown, the agency-level spend, and the bipartisan scrutiny that follows every cycle.
