Matthew Hiltzik has served eleven years on the NYCEDC board — the first PR pro named to that seat. The precedent has aged into a governance pattern.
DOJ filings show Egyptian intelligence retained Cassidy at $50K/month and Glover Park at $3M/year — with the UAE paying for the Glover Park contract. NSPM-7 and five state-level Baby FARA laws raise the stakes.
FARA filings show Israel's Foreign Ministry and Tourism Ministry hiring a Florida ad shop, while Mercury Public Affairs takes the Misgav Institute's Washington play.
One dead, one critical at San Pedro Square Sunday. The 24-hour crisis playbook every World Cup host city, FIFA sponsor, and venue operator needs right now.
The Omnicom-IPG merger put an estimated $1.35 billion in annual U.S. federal communications work under one holding company — Army recruitment, FDA tobacco prevention, Navy/Marines, CDC messaging. The concentration analysis no trade publication reported as a standalone story.
OpenAI and Anthropic super PACs spent $23M+ on one congressional primary. Lobbying got the headlines. The PR shops running the messaging did not.
APCO Worldwide — the largest employee-owned independent in global public affairs. Founded 1984 by Margery Kraus. CEO Brad Staples since January 2015. 1,200+ employees, 30+ locations, 80+ markets, ~$225M revenue.
Punchbowl News has taken the daily-Hill citation crown from Politico. Bloomberg Government holds the structured-data lobbying lane. Axios owns smart-brevity policy-business. The Beltway press is now the gatekeeper to the answer box, not just to humans.
Venezuela's acting president has retained a solo California personal-injury attorney to lobby the Trump administration on sanctions and a future presidential run — on a verbal agreement with no fee disclosed, and a surname that matches her partner's.
The Spencer-Roberts co-founder who built Ronald Reagan's 1966 California gubernatorial campaign, advised Reagan's presidential operations, and seeded the modern western-American Republican consulting tradition.
