Calysto Communications, a global public relations and social media marketing firm, announced it helped three more public relations and social media clients achieve successful exit strategies in 2010. TAT, The Astonishing Tribe, became part of Research in Motion (RIM), Widevine was acquired by Google and CTDI bought Calysto client Alloptic.
The Minneapolis-based Olson PR agency continues their expansion through acquisition strategy with the addition of public relations shop Dig Communications after buying loyalty-marketing agency Denali in June. The deal signed in the summer of 2010 boosted the agency to become one of the Twin Cities' largest full-service agencies and one of the country's top 10 largest independents, and they are looking for new companies to acquire.
Jay Alves, Colorado Rockies’ vice president of communications/public relations, has won the 2010 Robert O. Fishel Award for Public Relations Excellence. The Fishel Award, named after the longtime baseball executive, acknowledges a non-uniformed representative of Major League Baseball for their ethics, character, dedication, service, professionalism and humanitarianism.
PR News recognized several members of Kaiser Permanente's public relations team at the 2010 PR People Awards within the ceremony held yesterday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. where more than 100 PR professionals came to attend this yearly event.
Sri Lanka issued an official statement announcing it has hired a public relations firm to provide expert advice for their bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games in southern Hambantota. The public relations firm of Bell Pottinger will partner with other units of the Chime Communications marketing group to determine the best approach in Sri Lanka’s bid for the games.
After the the General Services Administration paid over 200,000 USD for a contract with a PR firm to handle their crisis communication, Senator Claire McCaskill announced an investigation into how federal agencies had used taxpayer money to pay for public relations services.
Brian Tierney, a former Philadelphia Inquirer publisher bought Realtime Media, using unique personal background to separately launch PR firm.
PR firms Public Strategies Inc. and Hill & Knowlton will merge starting January 1st, 2010, creating a large global PR powerhouse with 2,300 employees from 44 countries around the globe. Public Strategies top executives Jack Martin (pictured) and Dan Bartlett will have significantly increased roles after the merger process is completed.
Elizabeth Robinson founded Grow Room (Communications) where she tenders to companies in the field of medical marijuana. But Sheepy learned from reliable sources that this is not all...
Marty Machowsky joined the MWC Washington team as a senior vice president of Strategic Communications and Joe Jaso as a vice president in the group's Federal Public Affairs group. Former state senator Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) will consult for the MWC Georgia Government Relations team in Atlanta.