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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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DKC Expands With Offices In LA, DC, Chicago

Holmes Report
08 Feb 2012

DKC has expanded its geographic footprint by opening offices in Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Chicago.

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Coyne PR Picks Up BabyBjorn Account

Holmes Report
07 Feb 2012

Coyne Public Relations has been selected by BabyBjörn, the Swedish infant products company, as its lead PR agency for the US market.

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Autonomy Hands US, UK PR Duties To Edelman After HP Buyout

Arun Sudhaman
06 Feb 2012

Autonomy, the UK software company that was recently acquired by HP in a $10bn deal, has handed UK and US PR duties to Edelman following a pitch.

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Travel Specialist Middleton & Gendron Restructures

Holmes Report
06 Feb 2012

Middleton & Gendron, a firm best known for its work in the travel and tourism category, has completed a restructuring.

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Kim Hunter Launches Executive Search Firm

Holmes Report
06 Feb 2012

Kim Hunter has launched KLH & Associates, an executive search firm specializing in the mid-to-senior level diverse candidates.

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MWW Adds Atkins Nutritionals Account

Holmes Report
06 Feb 2012

MWW Group has been retained by Atkins Nutritionals as the company’s public relations agency of record.

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Leonard Takes Helm Of C&W Bay Area Office, Tech Practice

Holmes Report
06 Feb 2012

Cohn & Wolfe has appointed Anna Cahill Leonard as global technology practice leader and president of its San Francisco office.

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Corporate People News In Brief (February 6, 2012)

Holmes Report
06 Feb 2012

New people in new roles at Crocs, Alcoa, Mitek Systems, and Andretti Autosport.

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Agency People News In Brief (February 6, 2012)

Holmes Report
06 Feb 2012

New people in new roles at Weber Shandwick, Horn, GolinHarris, Grossman Group, Fenton, Duffy & Shanley, Englander, and Walker Sands.

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Account News In Brief (February 6, 2012)

Holmes Report
06 Feb 2012

New business success for Bite, C Moore, Cramer-Krasselt, Affect, Blaze, JMPR, Arketi, Trevelino Keller, JS2 Communications, and Lisa Lori.

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Foursquare Taps M Booth For Consumer PR Support

Arun Sudhaman
03 Feb 2012

Location-based social networking platform Foursquare has chosen M Booth as its new consumer PR agency.

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News Corp Comms Shake-Up Continues With Everett Departure

Arun Sudhaman
30 Jan 2012

News Corp’s communications shake-up continues with the departure of global PR head Teri Everett.

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LinkedIn Selects Maloney & Fox To Boost User Engagement

Arun Sudhaman
30 Jan 2012

LinkedIn has selected Maloney & Fox to reinvigorate its brand and boost engagement with users.

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UN Foundation Taps PR Counsel For Global Sustainable Energy Drive

Holmes Report
30 Jan 2012

The UN Foundation has concluded a competitive review for global PR counsel, appointing Weber Shandwick to handle its sustainable energy drive.

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Hill+Knowlton Formalizes Research+Data Group

Holmes Report
29 Jan 2012

Hill+Knowlton Strategies has formed a new unit, Research+Data Insights, designed to provide clients with data analytics and primary research.

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Greenough Restructures Around Account And Creative Services

Holmes Report
29 Jan 2012

Technology specialist Greenough has restructured to create a new organizational model and made several hires to support its changes.

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Curran To Lead Goodyear Tire PR In North America

Holmes Report
29 Jan 2012

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has named Christopher Curran vice president of public relations for its North American tire business.

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Robert Dowling To Lead Weber Shandwick's New York Office

Holmes Report
29 Jan 2012

Weber Shandwick today announced it has named Robert Dowling president of the firm’s New York office.

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Ogilvy's Rivelis Joins Prime Research US Team

Holmes Report
29 Jan 2012

Prime Research, an international communications research firm, has hired Daniel Rivelis as senior project manager in its US operations.

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Corporate People News In Brief (January 30, 2012)

Holmes Report
29 Jan 2012

New people in new roles at Nissan, Ilitch, Int'l Spa Assn, Tuition Plan Consortium, Colorado State, Phoenix Raceway, Independence Blue Cross.

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