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Dentsu Network Acquires US-Based Mitchell Mitchell Communications Group, the fast-growing Arkansas-based firm, has been acquired by Dentsu Network. Read More	Account News In Brief (January 7, 2013) New business successes for MWW, Stanton, Morris + King, Widmeyer, and Buffalo. Read More
Corporate People News In Brief (January, 2013) New people in new roles at Mazda North America, Alcoa, Huntington Bank, Tremor Video. Read More	Kevin Yeo Joins MSLGroup To Lead Singapore Office MSLGroup has hired Kelvin Yeo as managing director, MSL Singapore. Read More
AGT Communications Becomes Part of PROI Worldwide AGT Communications Group, an integrated independent communications agency with offices across Russia, is joining PROI Worldwide. Read More	Newgate Taps Richard Barton For Hong Kong Launch Newgate Communications has named former Kreab Gavin Anderson Asia head Richard Barton to lead its expansion into Asia. Read More
Allison+Partners Inks Deal With David Wolf To Lead Global China Practice Allison+Partners has named David Wolf to lead its new China practice, after absorbing the Beijing-based PR man’s seven-year-old consultancy. Read More	Join Our Free Webinar To Explore How Insights Drive Great PR Ideas A free webinar later this week will explore how insight and planning can drive great PR ideas. Read More
Account News In Brief (January 14, 2013) New business success for LVM Group, Morris + King, O'Reilly DePalma, Buffalo Communications. Read More	Industry News In Brief (January 14, 2013) Gibraltar merges with McBee, Bold merges with Pearson DeBoer; National expands in Canada; Strauss rebrands; and a leader passes away. Read More
Agency People News In Brief (January 14, 2013) New people in new roles at rbb, Ketchum, Emanate, APCO, Edelman, RF Binder, Finn Partners, MacStrategies, Walker Sands, Global Strategy Group. Read More	EMEA News In Brief (January 14, 2013) New people in new roles at Trafigura, Brands2Life, Swisscom; new business for Four, BackBay, Cirkle, and Jargon PR. Read More
Asia-Pacific News In Brief (January 14, 2013) New business success for Strategic PR, Hoffman, Fleishman; new people at Bite; a new partner for Wagg Ed; and a new PR offer at The Hallway. Read More	Obituary: Daniel J. Edelman Daniel J. Edelman, who founded an agency that has become the PR industry's biggest, has passed away at the age of 92. Read More
Former Good Relations Head Teresa-Anne Dunleavy To Lead Event Firm Former Good Relations CEO Teresa-Anne Dunleavy has been named CEO of event consultancy Concerto Group. Read More	Lewis PR To Launch 10 New International Offices Lewis PR is to open 10 new offices over the next two years as part of a global expansion plan. Read More
25 Agencies Sign On To Sponsor Second Global Summit Twenty-five of the world’s largest and most respected public relations firms have signed on as sponsors of the second Global Public Relations Summit. Read More	Account News In Brief (January 21, 2013) New business success for Finn Partners, Waggener Edstrom, M&C Saatchi PR, Lou Hammond and Abel Communications. Read More
Agency People News In Brief (January 21, 2013) New people in new roles at Porter Novelli, Lagrant, Weber Shandwick, Dukas, Calypso, and McGrath Power. Read More	Corporate People News In Brief (January 21, 2013) New people in new roles at Facebook, Republic National Distributing Co., DTE Energy, and Huntington Memorial Hospital. Read More
EMEA News In Brief (January 21, 2013) New people at salt, Deutsche Bank, Ogilvy, MSL Nordic, Milestone Systems, Atomic, Headland and W; new client at Grayling. Read More	Asia-Pacific News In Brief (January 21, 2013) New people in new roles at Interpublic; new business at Ogilvy; a new digital/social offer at Gravitas. Read More
Trust In Leaders Remains Conspicuously Low: Edelman The 13th edition of Edelman's annual Trust Barometer reveals widespread distrust of business and political leaders. Read More	Jim Dowd Exits Frank PR USA After Six Months In Charge Jim Dowd is departing Frank PR, six months after launching the agency's US operation in New York. Read More
Hill + Knowlton Expands African Presence By Launching In Four Countries Hill + Knowlton Strategies is stepping up expansion of its African presence, opening new offices in four countries. Read More	Ogilvy And Burson Reshuffle North America PR Leadership Two WPP PR agencies name new heads in North America. Read More
Industry News In Brief (January 28, 2013) Ogilvy launches B2B digital influence practice; Utopia partners with sports marketing experts; PR Talent adds staff. Read More	Account News In Brief (January 28, 2013) New business wins for Lippe Taylor, Environics, Maroon, Redpoint, Fish, Stuntman and Blaze. Read More
Agency News In Brief (January 28, 2013) New people in new roles at Porter Novelli, Hill+Knowlton, GolinHarris, Weber Shandwick, and Walker Sands. Read More	EMEA News In Brief (January 28, 2013) New people in new roles at Ryanair, Hill+Knowlton, FH Group, fischerAppelt, College Hill; new business for Newgate, Hudson Sandler. Read More
Asia-Pacific News In Brief (January 28, 2013) New business success for Ogilvy, SPRG, Pulse and Ruder Integrated Marketing; new people at APCO, Fleishman, LinkedIn. Read More	Japanese PR Firm Ozma Inks Alliance With Singapore's Mileage Ozma, the PR subsidiary of Japanese ad agency Hakuhodo, has signed an exclusive partnership with Singapore-based Mileage Communications. Read More
Davos Voices: Industry Leaders Assess PR Lessons From World Economic Forum The heads of six global PR firms explain the key lessons for communicators from this year's World Economic Forum in Davos. Read More	Bite Names New CFO, Next15 Issues Trading Update Bite has named Leon Hunt as CFO as Hamish Macphail departs the company after more than 10 years. Read More
Gail Heimann Named President At Weber Shandwick Gail Heimann has been promoted to the role of president at Weber Shandwick, following Andy Polansky's elevation to CEO in late 2012. Read More	Jaideep Shergill Takes On Overall Leadership Of MSLGroup India MSLGroup has promoted Jaideep Shergill to CEO of the group's Indian operations, which include MSL India and 20:20 MSL. Read More
GolinHarris Boosts Creative Offer With Charlie Coney Promotion GolinHarris has promoted Charlie Coney to lead its creative offering across EMEA. Read More	France's Public Système Hopscotch Launches In Brazil French communications group Public Système Hopscotch has launched its Latin American presence in the Brazilian city of Sao Paolo. Read More
Account News In Brief (January 4, 2013) New business success for Waggener Edstrom, Jeffrey, Lane, Maroon, Veritas and JMPR. Read More	Agency People News In Brief (February 4, 2013) New people in new roles at Edelman, Fleishman-Hillard, archer malmo, Open Channels, M&C Saatchi, Tucker Hall and Abel Communications. Read More
Corporate People News In Brief (February 4, 2013) New people at HP, EZCorp, Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Cascades, Product Marketing Assn., and UT Southwestern Medical Center. Read More	GolinHarris Names Judy Johnson President Of Western Region GolinHarris has promoted Judy Johnson to president of its Western region, a new position. Read More
Brad Wilks Joins MSL To Lead Midwest Operations MSLGroup has appointed Brad Wilks as managing director of its North America Midwest operations, responsible for offices in Chicago and Detroit. Read More	Review: The Top 12 Crises Of 2012 From Barclays to the BBC to Lance Armstrong, Starbucks and Siemens China, some of the biggest PR crises of 2012 and the lessons we learned. Read More
Holmes Report And PRCAI Launch India SABRE Awards The Holmes Report has joined forces with the PRCAI to launch the SABRE Awards in India. Read More	Edelman’s Widow Named Deputy Chairman of DJE Holdings Ruth Edelman has been named deputy chairman of DJE Holdings, the parent company of Edelman. Read More
Meilhac Joins GolinHarris To Lead Paris Office GolinHarris has appointed Pierre-Hubert Meilhac as managing director for its Paris office. Read More	Grayling Hires Edelman's Pete Pedersen As Global CEO Grayling has hired 20-year Edelman veteran Pete Pedersen to succeed Michael Murphy as the firm's global CEO. Read More
H+K Restructure Sees China Report Directly To US Hill + Knowlton Strategies has restructured its Asia-Pacific operations so that China now reports directly to the firm's global HQ in the US. Read More	Account News In Brief (January 11, 2013) New business success for Porter Novelli, MWW, Emanate, FWV, Goodman, Aspectus, Bitner Goodman, Cheryl Andrews, Brandware, Arketi, Fetching. Read More
Agency News In Brief (January 11, 2013) New people in new roles at Porter Novelli, Widmeyer, National, Dukas and archer malmo. Read More	EMEA News In Brief (January 11, 2013) New people at Fleishman, Burson, FTI, College Hill; new business for Fishburn Hedges, Grayling, John Doe, and ASDA'A; and more. Read More
Asia-Pacific News In Brief (February 11, 2013) New people at Hill+Knowlton, Golin Harris, Kreab; new business for AKA, Edelman; new office for Sefiani. Read More	ICCO And Holmes Report To Produce World PR Report The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) is collaborating with the Holmes Report to produce a definitive global PR report. Read More
From Tokyo To Fayetteville: Sizing Up Dentsu's Global PR Ambitions Tokyo's skyscrapers are a long way from Fayetteville, yet the Arkansas city is where Dentsu's foray into international PR begins in earnest. Read More	Omnicom PR Revenue Up 3.3% In 2012 After Strong 4Q Omnicom Group, which owns Fleishman-Hillard, Ketchum and Porter Novelli, has today reported PR revenue growth of 3.3 percent for 2012. Read More
Allison Adds The Harrell Group In Dallas Allison+Partners has named Jackson Harrell as general manager of its Dallas office. Read More	David Gallagher To Lead Cannes PR Lions Jury Ketchum Europe CEO David Gallagher has been named jury president for the PR Lions at the 2013 Cannes Festival. Read More
Fleishman Hires MHP's Paul Haugen As EMEA Planning Head Fleishman-Hillard has hired Paul Haugen from MHP Communications to the newly-created role of EMEA head of planning. Read More	Carson Dalton Exits BT To Lead Facebook India Comms Carson Dalton is departing BT after six years to become Facebook's first communications head in India. Read More
London 2012's Jackie Brock-Doyle Joins Good Relations Group As CEO Jackie Brock-Doyle, the PR executive who led London 2012's successful comms operation, is joining Good Relations as CEO. Read More	CEO Avril Lee To Depart Ketchum London Ketchum London CEO Avril Lee is stepping down after a decade with the Omnicom Group agency. Read More
Industry News In Brief (February 18, 2013) A new member for PROI; new public affairs firms in Tallahassee and New York; and a travel PR industry veteran passes. Read More	Account News In Brief (February 18, 2013) New business successes for Fleishman, MWW, Padilla, Lippe Taylor, Risdall, Morris+King, PAN, JS2, Brandware and Carolyn Izzo. Read More
Agency People News In Brief (January 18, 2013) New people in new roles at GolinHarris, Glover Park, Edelman, Widmeyer, Greenough, Calypso and MFD. Read More	EMEA News In Brief (February 18, 2013) New business for Ogilvy, Waggener Edstrom, APCO, Bell Pottinger, Midnight; new people at Cohn & Wolfe, Fleishman, Blue Rubicon, Fenton. Read More
MWW Picks Up Booking.com Business MWW has added Booking.com, a leader in the global online hotel and accommodations sector, to its client roster. Read More	SABRE Awards India Jury Revealed The SABRE Awards India will be judged by a senior jury that features some of the country's top in-house and agency executives. Read More
Vero Launches In Burma Vero Public Relations has launched its third Asia-Pacific office in the Burmese capital of Yangon. Read More	Stuart Higgins Tapped For Oscar Pistorius PR Role UK celebrity PR veteran Stuart Higgins has flown out to South Africa to support Oscar Pistorius' fight against a murder charge. Read More
Ava Lawler Joins Weber Shandwick After Text 100 Exit Ava Lawler has joined Weber Shandwick Australia as managing director, after bringing her 20-year career with Text 100 to a close. Read More	Interpublic PR Revenue Up 4.8% In 2012 Interpublic Group's PR revenues rose by 4.8 percent in 2012, driven by growth at Weber Shandwick, GolinHarris and DeVries. Read More
Industry News In Brief (February 25, 2013) New identities for JSH&A, Ron Sachs; a new US member for PROI. Read More	Account News In Brief (February 25, 2013) New business success for JeffreyGroup, Carolyn Izzo, Morris + King, Child's Play, Brandware, and Roepke. Read More
Agency People News In Brief (February 25, 2013) New people in new roles at Padilla, MWW, Weber Shandwick, Sachs Media Group. Read More	Corporate People News In Brief (February 25, 2013) New people in new roles at Condé Nast, the LiveStrong Foundation, and Union Pacific Railroad. Read More
EMEA News In Brief (February 25, 2013) New business for Cohn & Wolfe, Bottle; new people at Ogilvy, Fleishman, Georg Fischer, Cohn & Wolfe; new office for Memac. Read More	Asia-Pacific News In Brief (February 25, 2013) New people at Parker, Waggener Edstrom; new business for Rice; a new Indian member for PR World Network. Read More
Michael Ramah Named Chief Client Officer At Porter Novelli Porter Novelli has appointed Michael Ramah as chief client officer. Read More	Holmes Report Seeking Input For Global Ranking And Survey The Holmes Report is seeking input from agencies around the world for its annual global ranking of public relations firms. Read More
Holmes Report Names Finalists For EMEA Consultancy Awards Burson-Marsteller, Fleishman-Hillard, Ketchum, MSLGroup and Weber Shandwick are the finalists for our Pan-European Consultancy of the Year award. Read More	Weber Shandwick Completes Corporate Voice India Buyout Weber Shandwick has finally completed the buyout of Indian firm Corporate Voice, taking its stake from 40 to 100 percent. Read More
Parker Assignment Leads Agence Elan Global Haul Parker has handed a global retainer to Agency Elan, one of three new multi-market clients that the French PR firm has secured. Read More	WPP PR Revenue And Profit Declines In 2012 WPP Group, which owns Burson-Marsteller, Hill + Knowlton and Ogilvy PR, has reported a one percent decline in its 2012 PR and public affairs revenue. Read More
Account News In Brief (March 4, 2013) New business success for Gibbs & Soell, Shift, Jeffrey Group, Morris+King, 5W, Susan Davis, Pivotal, R&J, KF and Birnbach. Read More	Agency People News In Brief (March 4, 2013) New people in new roles at Hill+Knowlton, Ackermann, MWW, and Widmeyer. Read More
Corporate People News In Brief (March 4, 2013) New people in new roles at X Prize Foundation, Ogilvy & Mather, and China Hydroelectric. Read More	EMEA News In Brief (March 4, 2013) New business at Cohn & Wolfe, Lexis, Publicasity, and Whoosh; new people at Grayling, Fleishman, Bite, College Hill, MC Services, Harvard. Read More
Burson Celebrates 60th Anniversary With Charity Initiative Burson-Marsteller is marking its 60th anniversary with the launch of its Giving-Back Service Projects, a worldwide community service commitment. Read More	Edelman Looks To Rebuild Russian Operation Edelman has begun to rebuild its presence in Russia after the dramatic closure of its Moscow subsidiary last year. Read More
H+K Fills Singapore MD Role Hill + Knowlton Strategies has promoted Jamie Morse to Singapore MD, following Baey Yam Keng's election to the Singapore parliament. Read More	Horn Group Strengthens Leadership In San Francisco, New York Horn Group has strengthened the leadership team in its San Francisco and New York offices. Read More
Sepulveda Hire Sparks Edelman Leadership Reshuffle Edelman reshuffles leadership as Lisa Sepulveda rejoins the firm. Read More	Brunswick Makes US Partner Hires Brunswick Group has hired several new partners in offices across the US. Read More
Four Adds International Network Via Kinross+Render Acquisition Four Communications has acquired business-to-business and technology firm Kinross+Render and a stake in its ECCO International network. Read More	Walmart Moves Consumer PR Duties To GolinHarris Walmart has reshaped its multimillion dollar consumer PR business in favour of GolinHarris following a review, the Holmes Report can reveal. Read More
Harold Burson Reviews 60 Years In PR For Echo Chamber Podcast Launch Harold Burson breaks down 60 years of PR in the first episode of the Holmes Report's new podcast. Read More	Account News In Brief (March 11, 2013) New business successes for 360 Public Relations, Zapwater, Latitude, and 5W. Read More
Agency People News In Brief (March 11, 2013) New people in new roles at GroundFloor Media, Weber Shandwick, Zeno, Rosica, Crosby and CTP. Read More	EMEA News In Brief (March 11, 2013) New business for Geelmuyden Kiese, Four, Berkeley PR; new people at Lewis PR, Ogilvy, Pelham Bell Pottinger, CNC, We Are Social. Read More
Asia-Pacific News In Brief (March 11, 2013) New business success at MSL; new people in new roles at Edelman Digital and Parker & Partners. Read More	PulsePoint Adds Four To Senior Team PulsePoint Group, the management consulting firm led by public relations veterans Jeff Hunt and Bob Feldman, has hired four senior team members. Read More
Second Global Public Relations Summit Open For Reservations The Holmes Report is now accepting bookings for its second annual Global Public Relations Summit, at the St Regis Bal Harbour, from November 11-14. Read More	Fleishman Adds Ex-Porter Exec Ed Dixon In Saudi Arabia Fleishman-Hillard has hired former Porter-Novelli Singapore head Ed Dixon to boost its Middle East presence. Read More
Profile: Action Global's Tony Christodoulou Action Global's founder is ready to take on all-comers as the industry's attention shifts to the emerging markets he has spent decades cultivating. Read More	APCO To Lead Global Research Practice From Brussels APCO Insight president Bryan Dumont is to lead the opinion research practice from the firm's Brussels office. Read More
Curt Kundred Departs Edelman Amid Reshuffle Curt Kundred, Edelman's Western region president, has left the company. Read More	Ogilvy Steps Up Social Marketing With NSMC Partnership Ogilvy PR has formed a partnership with the UK's National Social Marketing Centre. Read More
Study: Most Don't Integrate CSR With Communications Strategy Only about a quarter (28 percent) of organizations with a corporate social responsibility strategy are integrating it into their comms strategy. Read More	SXSW13: Takeaways For PR This year's key SXSW learnings for PR pros. Read More
Account News In Brief (March 18, 2013) New business successes for Cohn & Wolfe, Ogilvy, Phelps, Waggener Edstrom, GroundFloor, Robin Leedy, and Maroon PR. Read More	Agency People News In Brief (March 18, 2013) New people in new roles at Taylor, Liberty, Porter Novelli, Carmichael Lynch Spong, Hill+Knowlton, and CarrotNewYork. Read More
Corporate People News In Brief (March 18, 2013) New people in new roles at AMC Networks, Move, Bridgepoint Education, and DriveCam. Read More	EMEA News In Brief (March 18, 2013) New people at Ketchum, APCO, Ogilvy, A&B One, Bell Pottinger; new business for Blue Rubicon, Surname&Surname, Broadgate Mainland, Roaring Mouse. Read More
Asia-Pacific News In Brief (March 18, 2013) A senior appointment at Weber Shandwick; a new client for Ate; a new partnership for STW Group. Read More	Dan Edelman To Be Honored At Paladin Dinner The late Daniel J Edelman will be honored by the PRSA Foundation at its annual Paladin Dinner on Thursday, April 24, 2013. Read More
Holmes Report Names EMEA Specialist Consultancies Of The Year Winners include Unity, MSLGroup, Llorente & Cuenca, Virgo, Portland, Brands2Life, TVC, and Pagefield. Read More	Holmes Report Names EMEA Geographic Consultancies Of The Year Honorees include Magna Carta, Fleishman-Hillard, The Practice, Image 7, Media Consulta, Marco de Communicacion, Action Global, Trigger, PBN, and Golin Read More
Ketchum Named EMEA Consultancy Of The Year 2012 was the year in which Ketchum finally began to punch its weight in the EMEA region. Read More	SABRE Awards India Launches Call For Entries The SABRE Awards India is now open for entry. Read More
Echo Chamber: Walmart, Family PR Firms, Pope, SXSW And Sina Weibo New podcast episode surveys the big public relations stories from across the world. Read More	Jonathan Zaback Joins SpecOps As CCO SpecOps Communications, a media and digital communications firm, has hired media relations veteran Jonathan Zaback as CCO. Read More
PayPal Extends Global PR Review To EMEA PayPal has extended its global PR review to EMEA after handing its lucrative North America account to MSLGroup. Read More	W2O Makes Senior Promotions Following Earnings Report W2O Group makes senior level promotions on the heels of reporting 30 percent growth. Read More
Y&R Expands PR Reach In North America Y&R has expanded its North American PR portfolio by launching PPR regionally. Read More	Agency People News In Brief (March 25, 2013) New people in new roles at RLM Finsbury, Barnhart, Gibbs & Soell, Hill+Knowlton Strategies Canada. Read More
EMEA News In Brief (March 25, 2013) A new partnership for Burson; new people at Ogilvy, CNC, Berkeley; new accounts at College Hill; and more. Read More	Asia-Pacific News In Brief (March 25, 2013) Hume Brophy opens Singapore office; new people in new roles at PROI; new business at DT Communications; new practice at Sefiani. Read More
Coca-Cola Veteran Ray Crockett Passes Away, Aged 68 Ray Crockett, former director of public affairs and communications for Coca-Cola, passed away last week in Atlanta after a battle with cancer. Read More	Text 100 Promotes Several Asia-Pacific Executives Text 100 has promoted Yeow Mei Ling, former managing consultant of Text100 Malaysia, to managing director, Greater China. Read More
Senior Communicators Join Global Summit Lineup Senior communicators from around the world have joined the lineup of panelists and presenters at the second Global Public Relations Summit. Read More	Analysis: Iberian Agencies Look To Latin America For Growth Leading firms in Spain and Portugal have been looking to international markets—typically those that share a common language—for growth. Read More
Denise Kaufmann Named CEO Of Ketchum London Ketchum has named Denise Kaufmann as its new CEO in London, following the departure of Avril Lee. Read More	Account News In Brief (March 31, 2013) New business success for Zapwater, Lou Hammond, JMPR, Calypso, Sachs, and 5WPR. Read More
Agency People News In Brief (April 1, 2013) New people in new roles at Porter Novelli, Widmeyer, Fleishman, GolinHarris, and French/West/Vaughan. Read More	Corporate People News In Brief (April 1, 2013) New people in new roles at Royal Caribbean, Monster, Univision and Eriez. Read More
Account News In Brief (April 8, 2013) New business success for Greenough, Environics, Brandware, MWW, Buffalo, Arketi and Maroon. Read More	Agency People News In Brief (April 8, 2013) New people in new roles at Chandler Chicco, GCI Health, FTI, GolinHarris, Waggener Edstrom, SKDKnickerbocker, and Buffalo. Read More
EMEA News In Brief (April 8, 2013) A new alliance for Cicero; new business for Waggener Edstrom, Four and Broadgate Mainland; new roles for people at Telkom Kenya and Hudson Sandler. Read More	Professional Services Firm Sikich Acquires Chicago's Reynolds Sikich, an accounting, advisory, investment banking, technology and managed services firm, has acquired The Reynolds Communications Group. Read More
Louis Susman, Former Ambassador, Named Non-Exec Chairman At DJE DJE Holdings, parent company of Edelman and Zeno, has named Louis Susman, the outgoing US Ambassador to the UK, as non-executive chairman. Read More	Herbert Heitmann Joins Global PR Summit Lineup Other additions include Mike Fernandez of Cargill; John Forrest Ales of Hilton; John McLaren of Akzo Nobel; and Oracle's Gaye Hudson. Read More
Americas Region Silver SABRE Winners Announced Edelman and its clients will take home four Silver SABRE Awards for Excellence in Content Creation, more than any other firm. Read More	Edelman, Ketchum Top List Of Americas SABRE Finalists Edelman and Ketchum topped the list of firms whose work is shortlisted for the 2013 Americas region Gold and Platinum SABRE Awards. Read More
Tickets For Americas SABRE Awards Ceremony Now On Sale The Americas region SABRE Awards ceremony will be held at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York on 7 May. Read More	Hill + Knowlton Asia Reshuffle Continues With New Leadership In Hong Kong, South Asia Hill + Knowlton Strategies has continued its Asia reshuffle by naming new leadership in Hong Kong and South Asia Read More
Weber Shandwick Germany Taps Ketchum Exec To Replace Astrid Von Rudloff Weber Shandwick has hired a senior Ketchum executive to succeed Astrid Von Rudloff, who will depart her role as Germany CEO to join another firm. Read More	Integration Emphasized At Upcoming Social Marketing Conference Taking an integrated approach to issues is expected be a major topic at this month's World Social Marketing Conference. Read More
Ogilvy PR Names New Leadership In Brussels And Middle East Ogilvy PR has brought in new leadership in Brussels following Jeff Chertack's move to oversee Qatar. Read More	Industry News In Brief (April 15, 2013) Ketchum names new partners, Turett opens consulting firm, Airfoil adds partners, Magrino joins IPREX, and more. Read More
Account News In Brief (April 15, 2013) New business success for Diffusion, MWW, Global Strategy Group, Linhart, Greenough, Carmichael Lynch Spong, 5W, Block & DeCorso. Read More	Agency People News In Brief (April 15, 2013) New people in new roles at Weber Shandwick, Spectrum, Rasky Baerlein, MWW, Carmichael Lynch Spong, Blaze, and Nancy Friedman. Read More
EMEA News In Brief (April 15, 2013) New business for APCO, Man Bites Dog, MESE, EML Wildfire; new people at Lewis, Cirkle, Hume Brophy, MSL Germany, Fuel. Read More	Asia-Pacific News In Brief (April 15, 2013) New business at Lewis, Ogilvy PR, Zing; new people at Hill+Knowlton, GolinHarris and Ogilvy. Read More
Donna Imperato To Receive SABRE Award For Outstanding Individual Achievement Under Donna Imperato, Cohn & Wolfe developed a distinctive positioning and a creative approach to brand marketing that built on its heritage. Read More	Edelman And Unity Each Win Three Silver SABREs Multinational agency Edelman and UK consumer boutique Unity will each take home three Silver SABRE Awards for Excellence in Content Creation. Read More
Fleishman-Hillard, Ogilvy Top EMEA Gold SABRE Awards Nominations Fleishman-Hillard and Ogilvy have topped the list of firms whose work is shortlisted for the 2013 EMEA region Gold and Platinum SABRE Awards. Read More	EMEA Region SABRE Tickets On Sale Now Tickets for the EMEA region SABRE Awards dinner, which will be held in Barcelona on May 30, are now on sale. Read More
Microsoft Storytelling Experts To Feature At Barcelona ThinkTank Live Wendy Gold, regional consumer and digital PR lead for Microsoft in the EMEA region, will present at the Holmes Report ThinkTank Live conference. Read More	Echo Chamber: Donna Imperato On Gender Challenge, Harris Diamond On Advertising vs PR Latest episode of Echo Chamber podcast is online, with interviews with Donna Imperato and Harris Diamond on two critical issues facing the PR industry Read More
1Q 2013: IPG Reports 4% PR Revenue Growth IPG reports organic PR revenue growth of 4 percent with GolinHarris and Weber Shandwick outpacing the group. Read More	Account News In Brief (April 22, 2013) New business success at Padilla Speer Beardsley, The Morris + King, French/West/Vaughan, Goodman Media, Abel and Landis Communications. Read More
Agency People News In Brief (April 22, 2013) New people in new roles at GolinHarris, Carmichael Lynch Spong, Calypso Communications. Read More	Corporate People News In Brief (April 22, 2013) New people in new roles at Clean Harbors, PIXIA, 1stdibs, and Johnson & Wales University. Read More
EMEA News In Brief (April 22, 2013) New people at Zeno, Memac Ogilvy, We Are Social, Jenoptik, College Hill; new business at Brands2Life, College Group, EML Wildfire, Liberty Comms. Read More	Individual Achievement SABRE Award For Kim Hunter Hunter leads one of the largest multicultural communications firms in the US and the most significant non-profit promoting diversity. Read More
Europe, Bite Drag Down Next 15 Earnings A steep decline in European revenue meant that Next 15 only posted growth of one percent in the first half of its fiscal year. Read More	Edelman Names McKinsey's Michael Stewart As Europe CEO Edelman has named McKinsey's Michael Stewart as Europe CEO, filling a role left vacant since the dramatic departure of Robert Phillips last year. Read More
China's BlueFocus Acquires 20% Stake In Huntsworth China's biggest PR firm, BlueFocus, is to acquire a 20 percent stake in holding group Huntsworth. Read More	1Q 2013: WPP PR Revenues Down 4.1% WPP has reported a disappointing decline of 4.1 percent for its PR and public affairs revenues in the first quarter of 2013. Read More
Account News In Brief (April 29, 2013) New business success for Porter Novelli, Citizen Optimum, Greenough, M&C Saatchi, 5W, Block & DeCorso, Corbin-Hillman, and Landis. Read More	Agency People News In Brief (April 29, 2013) New people in new roles at Porter Novelli, Dix & Eaton, Fleishman-Hillard, Makovsky, and Rasky Baerlein. Read More
Corporate People News In Brief (April 29, 2013) New people in new roles at Simon Property Group, Access Group, and Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Read More	EMEA News In Brief (April 29, 2013) New accounts for LVTPR, Kindred, and College Group; new members for IPREX and PRGN; a new service from Nigeria's Quadrant. Read More
Asia-Pacific News In Brief (April 29, 2013) New business at Madison PR; a new hire at GolinHarris; and new members for IPREX and PRGN. Read More	APCO, Finn, 360 And Revive Win Best Agencies To Work For Honors Our best agencies to work for survey results in recognition for APCO Worldwide, Finn Partners, 360 Public Relations and Revive. Read More
Analysis: BlueFocus/Huntsworth Deal Bids To Transform Western-Centric PR World Is the Chinese firm's investment in the UK PR group a seminal moment for the PR industry? Read More	FleishmanHillard Rebrands, Emphasizes "The Power Of True" Fleishman-Hillard is rebranding itself, dropping the hyphen to become FleishmanHillard and adopting new tagline, “The Power of True.” Read More
Holmes Report Names Americas Region Specialty Agencies Of The Year Awards for Zeno, Prosek, Carmichael Lynch Spong, Sard Verbinnen, Weber Shandwick, W2O, Singer, Outcast. Read More	GolinHarris Named Large Agency Of The Year In Americas Region Agency of the Year honors for Gibbs & Soell, Shift, FoodMinds, Hatch, Citizen Optimum, and Burson-Marsteller. Read More
Edelman Names Hopkins To Lead Austin Edelman names Hopkins head of its Austin office. Read More	New Australia CEO As H+K Asia-Pacific Overhaul Continues Hill + Knowlton Strategies Asia-Pacific leadership overhaul continues with the appointment of a new CEO in Australia. Read More
Echo Chamber: Chadlington Looks For BlueFocus Deal To Transform Grayling Lord Chadlington has told the Echo Chamber podcast that Huntsworth's deal with Chinese firm BlueFocus will aim to transform Grayling's global presence Read More	10 Ways To Design The PR Agency Of The Future To put it mildly, a public relations agency designed to meet the major challenges of the 20th century is unlikely to succeed in the 21st. Read More
Industry News In Brief (May 6, 2013) Llorente & Cuenca opens in São Paulo; new Latin American members for PROI; new leadership for PRGN; and new brand for Jones Public Affairs. Read More	Account News In Brief (May 6, 2013) New business successes for 360 Public Relations, MWW, ASGK, Arketi, Pollack, Calypso, Nancy J Friedman, and Cheryl Andrews. Read More
Agency People News In Brief (May 6, 2013) New people in new roles at GolinHarris, Sachs Media, and Horn. Read More	Agency People News In Brief (May 6, 2013) New people in new roles at GolinHarris, Sachs Media, and Horn. Read More
EMEA News In Brief (May 6, 2013) New people at APCO, TVC, Lufthansa, Porter Novelli, Credit Suisse, Powerscourt, Sermelo, WaggEd; new business at Racepoint, Liberty, Clareville, Curzo Read More	Edelman Enters Africa With Baird's Renaissance Acquisition Edelman has entered Africa by acquiring longtime South African affiliate Baird's Renaissance. Read More
SABRE Awards India Extends Entry Deadline, Adds Carson Dalton To Jury The SABRE Awards India has extended its late entry deadline to 24 May. Read More	Profile: Porter Novelli CEO Karen van Bergen Can the new Porter Novelli CEO's honesty and dynamism revive the agency's fortunes? Read More
Oskar Yasar Exits VMA Group Oskar Yasar has departed communications recruited consultancy VMA International. Read More	New York Cosmos Taps M&C Saatchi PR To Support Comeback The New York Cosmos has called in M&C Saatchi to support its comeback, three decades after pioneering soccer's arrival in the US. Read More
European Commission's Sixtine Bouygues To Headline Barcelona Event Sixtine Bouygues, director for strategy and corporate communication at the European Commission, will speak at ThinkTank Live in Barcelona. Read More	Kimberly-Clark And Marina Maher Take Home Platinum At SABRE Awards Kimberly Clark’s Depend brand and its agency of record Marina Maher were among the big winners at the New York SABRE Awards dinner last night. Read More
Account News In Brief (May 13, 2013) New business success for Allison+Partners, Buffalo, JMPR, JS2, R&J, GBG, and Hawkins International. Read More	Agency People News In Brief (May 13, 2013) New people in new roles at O'Neill & Associates, Spectrum, Edelman, Wexler & Walker, MWW, JPA, and Hawkins International. Read More
Corporate People News In Brief (May 13, 2013) New people in new roles at Lockheed Martin, the Motion Picture Association of America, Covidien, GMA, and Horizon Media. Read More	EMEA News In Brief (May 13, 2013) New people at MSL Group, College Group, Waggener Edstron, Four; new accounts at Broadgate Mainland, Teamspirit. Read More
Asia-Pacific News In Brief (May 18, 2013) New people at Ruder Finn, Edelman; a new practice at Sefiani; new business for FleishmanHillard. Read More	Andreoli Takes Helm Of MSL Latin America Operations MSLGroup has named Paulo Andreoli chairman of its Latin America operations. Read More
PR Research Pioneer Jack Felton Dies Jack Felton, a longtime communications executive who became even more well-known as an educator and PR research pioneer, has passed away. Read More	Silver SABRE Winners To Present Cases At ThinkTank Live Event Three SABRE winning campaigns—ranging from a massive experiential effort for Microsoft Xbox to a recruitment “game”—will feature at ThinkTank Live. Read More
Porter Novelli Elevates Sally Ward To EMEA President Role Porter Novelli has restored the EMEA CEO role, handing additional duties to senior executives Sally Ward and Luc Missine. Read More	Castrol Expands Ogilvy’s Work To Full PR Support Castrol has expanded its relationship with Ogilvy, enlisting the agency for its first ongoing PR relationship in the US. Read More
Stafford Named China CEO As Burson Unveils New Asia-Pacific Leadership Team Burson-Marsteller has unveiled a new Asia-Pacific leadership team, following the departure of CEO Bob Pickard last year. Read More	Cohn & Wolfe Acquires Minority Stake In Middle East Firm BPG Cohn & Wolfe's global expansion continues with the acquisition of a minority stake in Middle East agency BPG PR. Read More
Global Comms Head Herbert Heitmann To Exit Shell For Bayer Herbert Heitmann is to depart Shell to join Bayer, after three years as the oil giant's global comms head. Read More	Boston PR Firms Raise Money For Bombing Victims The Boston PR community has banded together to raise money for victims of the April 19 bombings. Read More
Industry News In Brief (May 20, 2013) A new practice a KCSA; new partnerships for Calypso and for Sergat; and a new CEO at Marketwired. Read More	Account News In Brief (May 20, 2013) New business successes for Waggener Edstrom, Risdall, Krupp, JS2. Read More
Agency People News In Brief (May 20, 2013) New people in new roles at Ketchum, Racepoint, Calypso and KemperLesnik. Read More	EMEA News In Brief (May 20, 2013) New people at College Hill, Social@Ogilvy and Skout; new accounts at Curzon PR, Boom! Read More
Asia-Pacific News In Brief (May 20, 2013) New business success at Weber Shandwick, APCO, Lewis, Hoffman Agency; new hires at Edelman, Ogilvy; a new practice area at MSLGroup. Read More	James McGregor Promoted Chairman Of Greater China At APCO James McGregor has been appointed as chairman for the Greater China region at APCO Worldwide. Read More
Tony Christodoulou To Receive Individual Achievement SABRE Forty years after launching Action Global in Cyprus, Tony Christodoulou now oversees a network of 400 staff across 31 owned offices. Read More	Individual Achievement SABRE For Sixtine Bouygues Sixtine Bouygues recognized for work as director of corporate communication for the Directorate General Communication at the European Commission. Read More
Jose-Antonio Llorente To Receive SABRE Honor In Barcelona José Antonio Llorente is the founding partner and chairman of Llorente & Cuenca, the largest public relations firm headquartered in Spain. Read More	Edelman, Hotwire, Shine, Hering Earn EMEA Best Workplace Honours The winners—Edelman, Hotwire, Shine and Hering Schuppener—will receive their trophies at our annual SABRE Awards dinner in Barcelona on May 30. Read More
'PR Thinking' Will Dominate, Say Next Generation Of Marketers PR thinking is set to dominate the marketing landscape, according to a major new survey of marcomms students in four European countries. Read More	Burson's Telloni Joins GolinHarris To Grow New York GolinHarris has hired Tony Telloni, an MD at Burson Marsteller, to grow its New York office to be comparable to the agency’s Chicago and West Coast o Read More

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Featured Stories

2013 PR Trend Forecast The Holmes Report calls in global experts from a variety of sectors to tell us about the PR trends that will define 2013. Read More	Davos Voices: Industry Leaders Assess PR Lessons From World Economic Forum A selection of PR industry leaders explain the key lessons for communicators from this year's World Economic Forum in Davos. Read More
The Top 12 Crises Of 2012: Part 1 Lessons from the key PR crises of 2012, including Barclays, Komen, the BBC, Costa Concordia, Huawei and Goldman Sachs. Read More	The Top 12 Crises Of 2012: Part 2 The second part of our 2012 Crisis Review features Lance Armstrong, Siemens, Kingfisher Airlines, Chick-fil-a, Starbucks and 'pink slime'. Read More
From Tokyo To Fayetteville: Sizing Up Dentsu's Global PR Ambitions Tokyo's skyscrapers are a long way from Fayetteville, yet the Arkansas city is where Dentsu's foray into international PR begins in earnest. Read More	SXSW13: Takeaways For PR This year's SXSW offered some key learnings for PR pros. Read More
Iberian Firms Look To Latin America For Growth Some of the leading firms in both Spain and Portugal have been looking to international markets—typically those that share a common language—for growt Read More	Can BlueFocus/Huntsworth Deal Transform Western-Centric PR World? Is the Chinese firm's investment in the UK PR group a seminal moment for the PR industry? Read More
10 Ways To Design The PR Agency Of The Future To put it mildly, a public relations agency designed to meet the major challenges of the 20th century is unlikely to succeed in the 21st. Read More

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Ad Agency Lessons Can Help PR Industry Overcome Creativity Crisis 2013 has to be the year that the PR industry ups its game creatively and takes the fight to the advertising world and beyond. Read More	Lance Armstrong’s Redemption Tour Lacks Sincerity Lance Armstrong should have gone quiet, not embark on a confessional tour. Read More
Is Insight Essential For Creative Ideas With Impact? Senior marketers debated the importance of insight in fuelling PR creativity during a recent webinar. Read More	The Only Thing We Have To Fear: Big Spiders If you're a client and my ideas are not a wee bit outside of your comfort zone, I'm probably not doing my job Read More
Lack Of Diversity Is PR Industry's Dirty Little Secret The lack of racial and ethnic diversity at all levels of the communications industry continues to be our profession’s dirty little secret. Read More	Agencies: Get A Dark Room! Why people are more creative in absolute darkness. Read More
Caesarian Storytelling For Beginners The key drivers for an effective content-driven campaign don’t sit on a flip chart in the meeting room of your PR agency – it starts at the top. Read More	The TED Effect TED talks showcase storytelling at their very best, helping us all approach our role as creative torch bearers beyond the communications world. Read More
Why “Leaning In” Often Leads To Falling Over After nearly 20 years of leaning in, I pretty much fell over (turns out we all need something to lean against). Read More	Getting Past No Next time you hear “no,” remember that it does not need to be the final answer. Read More
Diversity In The PR Industry: A Lot More Work To Be Done In order to reach the consumer, those creating communications campaigns must be able to understand the cultural nuances within the target audience. Read More	Fashion, Creativity And The Hollywood Influence Next time you are looking for creative ideas, be sure to follow your notions to their roots. Read More
If You Won’t Risk Failing, You’ll Never Create We tend to systematically drain our children’s capacity for creativity and innovation. Read More	The Marketing Mix: Should PR Be Soup Or Salad? PR has been stuck in the shadows of other marketing disciplines for so long and has been slow in impressing its value to business. Read More
PR Challenge: Creating Engaging Videos Video editor Oren Castro gives his tips for producing engaging videos for PR. Read More

Expert Knowledge

Trust In Leaders Remains Conspicuously Low: Edelman The 13th edition of Edelman's annual Trust Barometer reveals widespread distrust of business and political leaders. Read More	UK Media Among The "Most Positive," Survey Says The UK media is among the most positive in Europe, according to a global analysis of the tone of the news, across print and broadcast media by global Read More
'PR Thinking' Will Dominate, Say Next Generation Of Marketers PR thinking is set to dominate the marketing landscape, according to a major new survey of marcomms students in four European countries. Read More

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