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.
Michael Sitrick, founder and chairman of Sitrick And Company, is among the Broad Beach homeowners behind a privately funded Malibu coastal restoration effort.
Chris Burch has spent four decades identifying founders, funding growth, and building consumer brands. From Eagle Eye Apparel and Tory Burch to Burch Creative Capital and NIHI Sumba — the operator profile and the case study in cross-category operating range.
The 120-year history of public relations — from Ivy Lee's first press release in 1906 through Edward Bernays and the professionalization of persuasion, the broadcast era, the cable era, social media, and the mature integrated discipline operating today.
Edelman, Weber Shandwick, Burson, FleishmanHillard and Real Chemistry lead globally. ICR, Finn Partners, Ruder Finn, We. Communications, APCO Worldwide and MikeWorldWide lead the US independent tier. The complete 2026 size rankings, with ownership and revenue for each firm.
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.
Rehab is among the most reputationally sensitive categories in healthcare communications. Anonymity is a core principle, patient privacy is a federal mandate. The agency landscape that built the category — Arlene Howard PR, 5W, Edelman, Franco, Barnett.
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.
Portugal is not well-known as a place for PR agencies to set up shop.
Interpublic Group (IPG) was acquired by Omnicom on November 26, 2025. The historical profile of IPG's standalone PR roster (Weber Shandwick, Golin, DeVries, Powell Tate, R&CPMK, MullenLowe), now distributed across Omnicom Public Relations Group following the February 2026 OPRG restructuring.
