
MWW Launches Public Affairs Practice in the UK
MWW (www.mww.com), one of the top five independent public relations firms in the United States, today announced the appointment of Simon Gentry to lead a new public affairs practice.

MWW (www.mww.com), one of the top five independent public relations firms in the United States, today announced the appointment of Simon Gentry to lead a new public affairs practice.

On New Year's Eve 2013, here's a recap of PR news from the last week of the year from agencies like North 6th, MWW, 5W, and Weber Shandwick and more...

Axia Public Relations CEO Jason Mudd expects 2014 to be a big year for public relations (and public relations firms). He shared his 2014 public relations trends in a recent blog post on thepublicrelationsblog.com.

Ketchum, the leading global communications consultancy, was honored for the fourth consecutive year as one of the Top Places to Work in PR at PR News´annual Platinum PR Award luncheon. For the “Little Things Project” campaign, in partnership with DoubleTree, Ketchum received two honorable mentions in the categories of Branding and Wow!

In a release from Ruder Finn and Ipsos Group, the 2014 China Luxury Forecast analyzes luxury purchasing trends in China. According to this latest report, consumers in mainland China and Hong Kong will actually level out their consumption of luxury goods over the course of this next year. Seeking more unique products, looking past brands, the expectations of these consumers is now focused on a higher level of professional support and a consumer experience. The report also suggests these trends mean more eCommerce in the region as well.

French/West/Vaughan (FWV), one of the nation’s leading independent public relations and brand communications agencies, today announced the hiring of Glen Fellman as Senior Vice President/Chief Creative Officer, with oversight of the agency’s creative and interactive design teams.

One of Washington’s leading lobbying shops and PR Firms, The Glover Park Group filed documents on Friday indicating the Egyptian Government had hired them. The documents indicated work will encompass services including to “provide public diplomacy, strategic communications counsel and government relations services.” While fees were not included in the first set of filings, future filings will require said information.

San Francisco, California:K/F Communications, Inc. (www.kfcomm.com), a strategic technology public relations agency, announced that it has been selected as the agency of record by three innovative tech companies in the following markets: Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation and game/app development.

According to Lévy, Sadoun will pursue the work begun by Jean-Yves Naouri, aiming to make Publicis Worldwide the Groupe’s most performing network.

MWW has announced having named their APR and SVP John Cohen being named to the prestigious PR Week's 40 Under 40 list. One of the PR industry's most respected awards, the forty professionals on this list have significantly impacted not only their own firms, but the public relations realm as a whole.