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William Ruder: Co-Founder of Ruder Finn, JFK Aide
William Ruder (1921-2011) co-founded Ruder Finn in 1948 and served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce under President John F. Kennedy from 1961 to 1963.
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Obituaries
David Finn: Co-Founder of Ruder Finn (1921-2021)
David Finn (1921-2021) co-founded Ruder Finn with William Ruder in 1948 on a shared thousand dollars. He served as chairman for 73 years, wrote 30-plus books, and lived to 100. Family succession to CEO Kathy Bloomgarden. The EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
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Every PR Agency Is Going To Cannes With An AI Story
Cannes Lions 2026 opens June 22. The Croisette is reshuffled, the PR Lions jury is stacked, the integrity rules are tighter — and every network is showing up with the same pitch.
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Women in PR Leadership: Where the Power Sits in 2026
Women make up 70% of the U.S. PR workforce. Leadership distribution is uneven — and the center of gravity has shifted. Named operators, structural data, what good looks like.
Public Relations
Bloomgarden Runs Ruder Finn, PR's Oldest Independent
Ruder Finn is one of the world's largest independent global communications agencies, founded 1948 by David Finn and Bill Ruder. CEO Kathy Bloomgarden since 2011. Five core practices. Four acquisitions in 2025–2026: Big Sky, Era Communications, Missouri Creative, The Equity Group.
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Peter Finn Spins Off Finn Partners From Ruder Finn (2011)
EPR's founding-era profile of Finn Partners — Peter Finn's December 2011 spin-off from Ruder Finn, the early team, and the 2015 Horn Group acquisition that pushed the firm to $70M. For the current 2026 state, see EPR's current Finn Partners profile.
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Sports PR: Top Sports Public Relations Firms
The PR firms operating in sports across the past decade — Taylor PR, Ruder Finn, French/West/Vaughan, Edelman, Coyne PR, Regan Communications, Racepoint Global — plus the 2026 landscape: AI Communications, Citation Share work, and NIL-driven athlete-led PR.
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PR Firms on Instagram: The 2026 Definitive Feature — From the 2016 Audit to the AI Engine Era
This is one PR firm that has taken advantage of the power that social media platforms have, and specifically, Instagram has, on digital marketing.
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The 10 Largest PR Firms in the U.S. (2026)
The world's largest PR agency has been around for over sixty years, and it continues pushing boundaries of what the PR industry can do.