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Nissan Names Stratacomm As North American AOR

Holmes Report
22 Feb 2012

Nissan North America has announced the appointment of Fleishman-Hillard firm Stratacomm as its PR agency of record.

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Hilton’s Hampton Brand In Hunt For PR Support

Arun Sudhaman
22 Feb 2012

Hotel giant Hilton Worldwide’s Hampton brand is searching for a new agency to provide public relations support, the Holmes Report can reveal.

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Intuit UK PR Review Eyes Broader Remit

Arun Sudhaman
22 Feb 2012

Intuit, the US firm best-known for its financial management software, is reviewing its UK PR account, currently handled by Hotwire.

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Mobile Marketer InternetQ Calls In PR Firm For Global Assignment

Arun Sudhaman
22 Feb 2012

InternetQ, the publicly-listed mobile marketing and entertainment company, has handed its global PR account to UK tech firm Red Lorry Yellow Lorry.

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Can New Social Media Campaign Rehabilitate Vedanta's Reputation?

Arun Sudhaman
22 Feb 2012

Can a new social media campaign rehabilitate Vedanta Resources' beleaguered reputation?

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Former Wag-Ed UK GM Shaun Wootton Launches New Firm

Arun Sudhaman
22 Feb 2012

Shaun Wootton, who departed Waggener-Edstrom in late 2011, has launched new consultancy Otto Communications & PR.

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World Water Council Taps Grayling For International PR Brief

Holmes Report
21 Feb 2012

The World Water Council has appointed Grayling to develop its media and digital strategy in the run up to the 6th World Water Forum.

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Wagg Ed Adds Samsonite To Consumer Roster

Holmes Report
21 Feb 2012

Waggener Edstrom Worldwide has expanded its consumer portfolio in Hong Kong with the addition of Samsonite, the travel luggage company.

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Four Acquires Cultural And Campaigning Shop Colman Getty

Holmes Report
21 Feb 2012

Four Communications Group has acquired Colman Getty, a £3 million consultancy best known for its cultural and campaigning work.

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How Are Tech Trends Shaping Public Relations?

Paul Holmes
21 Feb 2012

Ubiquity and convergence are two big buzzwords in technology for 2012. And look out for cleantech.

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Mark Irion Departs Dutko Grayling

Arun Sudhaman
19 Feb 2012

Mark Irion has ended his lengthy relationship with Dutko, four months after the public affairs firm was rebranded as Dutko Grayling.

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Burson-Marsteller Opens Third Brazilian Office

Holmes Report
19 Feb 2012

Burson-Marsteller has opened its third Brazilian office, located in the nation’s capital of Brasilia.

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Shire Taps Fisher To Lead Specialty Pharma Comms

Holmes Report
19 Feb 2012

Shire, the biopharmaceutical company, has named Gwen Fisher senior corporate communications director for specialty pharma.

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New Roles For Tindemans, Heijnen And Van Seeters At H+K

Holmes Report
19 Feb 2012

Hill+Knowlton Strategies has made three key appointments in its Benelux operations.

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MWW Launches New Net Relevance Measurement Approach

Holmes Report
19 Feb 2012

MWW Group has launched Net Relevance, a new proprietary measurement and analytics tool.

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MSL Names Dixon To Lead Insights And Research

Holmes Report
19 Feb 2012

MSLGroup Americas has hired Janelle Dixon as senior vice president and director of insights creation and measurement.

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Asia-Pacific News In Brief (February 20, 2012)

Holmes Report
19 Feb 2012

New people at Fleishman-Hillard, GolinHarris, Lewis PR; new business for 20:20; a new member for IPREX.

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EMEA News In Brief (February 20, 2012)

Holmes Report
19 Feb 2012

New people in new roles at Deutsche Bank, Burson-Marsteller, FTI Consulting, Grayling and Newgate. New business for Twelve Thirty Eight.

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Agency People News In Brief (February 20, 2012)

Holmes Report
19 Feb 2012

New people in new roles at Edelman, GolinHarris, WebeDr Shandwick, WCG, Allison, 360 Public Relations, Dukas, and Susan Davis.

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Account News In Brief (February 20, 2012)

Holmes Report
19 Feb 2012

New business success for Coyne, PAN, Morris + King, and Greenough.

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Michelle Galen Promoted To Senior Communications Role At Novartis

Holmes Report
18 Feb 2012

Novartis has appointed Michele Galen as head of communications, reporting to chief executive Joseph Jimenez.

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Weber Shandwick Names Mark Pinsent To Senior European Digital Role

Holmes Report
17 Feb 2012

Weber Shandwick has named Mark Pinsent as head of content and consumer social media in EMEA.

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APCO And Strawberry Frog: Can Unlikely Bedfellows Strike Winning Combination?

Arun Sudhaman
17 Feb 2012

At first glance, APCO’s acquisition of StrawberryFrog appears an unlikely union.

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Matt Harrington Named Global COO At Edelman, Mark Hass To Head US

Arun Sudhaman
16 Feb 2012

Edelman has named Matthew Harrington to the newly-created role of COO, and has shifted China head Mark Hass to become its new US CEO.

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India's PRCAI Clashes With MSLGroup Over Agency Ranking Report

Arun Sudhaman
16 Feb 2012

India’s Public Relations Consultancies Association has demanded that MSLGroup retract its estimates of fee income at the country’s leading PR firms.

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Burson's Geiser To Take Helm At Swiss Consultancy Farner

Holmes Report
16 Feb 2012

Roman Geiser, for the past two years COO of Burson-Marsteller’s EMEA region, is joining Swiss public relations firm Farner Consulting.

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Jim Joseph Departs Lippe Taylor For Cohn & Wolfe

Holmes Report
16 Feb 2012

Cohn & Wolfe has poached Lippe Taylor president Jim Joseph to head its operations across North America.

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Omnicom PR Revenue Grows 2% In 2011

Arun Sudhaman
16 Feb 2012

Omnicom Group, which owns Fleishman-Hillard, Ketchum and Porter-Novelli, has reported a 1.9 percent increase in PR revenues in 2011.

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Deutsche Bank Names New Global Comms Chief

Holmes Report
16 Feb 2012

Deutsche Bank has named former Bertelsmann executive Thorsten Strauss as its new global comms chief.

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News Corp Consolidates Global Government Affairs Under Regan

Holmes Report
15 Feb 2012

News Corporation has consolidated global government affairs under Michael Regan, executive vice president of government affairs.

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Deputy NY Comptroller Eve Joins RLM Finsbury

Holmes Report
15 Feb 2012

Eric Eve, currently first deputy comptroller for the City of New York, will join WPP-owned RLM Finsbury as partner.

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Lambert Takes On Expanded Role As CEO At Gibbs & Soell

Holmes Report
14 Feb 2012

Leading US independent Gibbs & Soell has named Luke Lambert to the expanded role of president and chief executive officer.

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Ogilvy's Social Practice Expands Into Global, Integrated Offer

Holmes Report
13 Feb 2012

Ogilvy & Mather is building on the social capability at its Ogilvy Public Relations unit, to launch Social@Ogilvy.

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Edelman Unveils New Firm Krispr For Kellogg Business

Arun Sudhaman
12 Feb 2012

One month after winning Kellogg’s North American PR duties, Edelman has unveiled new unit Krispr Communications to service the business.

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Opinsky To Lead H+K Strategies' DC Operations

Holmes Report
12 Feb 2012

Hill+Knowlton Strategies has appointed Howard Opinsky executive vice president and general manager of its Washington, DC, office.

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FH Adds Buffalo Wild Wings, Gas South

Holmes Report
12 Feb 2012

Fleishman-Hillard has picked up new business from Buffalo Wild Wings and Gas South, one of Georgia’s leading natural gas providers.

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APCO Adds Commerce Department Veterans

Holmes Report
12 Feb 2012

Paul Dyck, former associate White House political director and deputy assistant secretary at the US Department of Commerce, is joining APCO.

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DiGennaro, Eulogy Create Trans-Atlantic Alliance

Holmes Report
12 Feb 2012

DiGennaro Communications of New York and London-based Eulogy! have formed a partnership to service media, entertainment and tech clients.

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EMEA News In Brief (February 13, 2012)

Holmes Report
12 Feb 2012

New people at Mikhailov & Partners, British Humanist Association; new business at Luther Pendragon, Kaizo; and more.

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Corporate People News In Brief (February 13, 2012)

Holmes Report
12 Feb 2012

New people in new roles at Henry Schein, IEEE, and Cruise Lines International Association.

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Agency People News In Brief (February 13, 2012)

Holmes Report
12 Feb 2012

New people in new roles at Weber Shandwick, M Booth, Marina Maher, Strategy One, Emanate, MWW, Revive, Open Channels and Beehive.

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Account News In Brief (February 13, 2012)

Holmes Report
12 Feb 2012

New business for Lane PR, French/West/Vaughan, Robin Leedy, Child's Play, Arketi, Blaze and 5W.

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Llorente & Cuenca Opens Dominican Office

Holmes Report
10 Feb 2012

Llorente & Cuenca, one of the leaders in the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking world, has opened operations in the Dominican Republic.

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Groupon Names Paul Taaffe As Global Comms Head

Holmes Report
09 Feb 2012

Groupon has hired former Hill & Knowlton CEO Paul Taaffe as its new global comms chief.

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Kraft Seeks PR Counsel For $31bn Snacks Spin-Off

Arun Sudhaman
09 Feb 2012

Kraft Foods is seeking European stakeholder counsel as it prepares to spin-off its $31bn snacks business.

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Healthcare Chief Jeanine O'Kane Departs MSLGroup

Arun Sudhaman
09 Feb 2012

Jeanine O'Kane is departing MSLGroup, after helping rebuild the firm's North American healthcare practice over the past two years.

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Singapore Budget Carrier Scoot Searches For PR Firm Ahead Of First Flights

Arun Sudhaman
09 Feb 2012

Scoot, Singapore Airlines’ new low-cost carrier, is searching for a retained PR firm ahead of its first flights later this year.

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Schuybroek Takes Helm At ICCO

Holmes Report
09 Feb 2012

The International Communications Consultancy Organisation has named Jean-Leopold Schuybroek, founder of Interel, as president.

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Obituary: Michael Sullivan, MSLGroup Consumer Head

Holmes Report
08 Feb 2012

Michael Sullivan, North American consumer practice leader at MSLGroup, has passed away.

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Acer Taps Honcho To Handle UK And Olympics PR Duties

Arun Sudhaman
08 Feb 2012

PC giant Acer has named Honcho PR to handle its UK PR activities, including comms support for its 2012 Olympic Games sponsorship.

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