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Veteran Goldman Sachs comms chief Jake Siewert moves to Warburg Pincus

By Betsy Kim, April 16, 2021

He’ll reunite with ex-boss and former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, now Warburg’s president.

Allen & Gerritsen promotes Jason Lewis to SVP of PR

By Sabrina Sanchez, April 16, 2021

He now oversees the PR practice for the firm’s Boston and Philadelphia offices.

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Create major PR impact on limited resources

By Joy Knowles, Agility PR Solutions, April 08, 2021

It’s not easy being in PR—especially when you’re expected to make a big impact with limited resources. Upgrading your media monitoring, optimizing reporting functions, and getting your message out with a news release tool are just three ways to do more with less.

CommsTech roundtable: The unprecedented importance of information you can trust

By Gideon Fidelzeid, March 23, 2021

In this three-roundtable series’ finale, industry leaders highlight how the combination of CommsTech and savvy PR pros is a brand’s best defense against the myriad dangers disinformation poses.

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P&G campaign asks consumers to get sustainable

By Alison Weissbrot, Campaign, April 16, 2021

The brand spot highlights the CPG giant’s new sustainable products.

Just briefly

By Sabrina Sanchez, April 16, 2021

People moves, account wins and other comms news.

Minneapolis firms reassure employees in wake of Daunte Wright death

By Sabrina Sanchez, April 16, 2021

Agency leaders agree that sensitivity to BIPOC communities is top of mind.

Companies that have – and have not – signed a statement against discriminatory voting laws

By Betsy Kim, April 16, 2021

Former American Express CEO Ken Chenault and Merck CEO Ken Frazier organized the initial campaign.

Watch this: Virtual events made easy

By Notified, March 23, 2021

View the on-demand demo of the DIY platform.

Video: Making yours a story like no other

March 23, 2021

From hope to healthy tension, GCI Health’s digital EVP David Chadwick shares his keys to optimal storytelling.

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The PR Week: 4.16.2021: Alistair Wilson, Imagination

April 16, 2021

Wilson talks about working with the Detroit Youth Choir on multiple projects, social justice, working at an independent agency and more.

Samba TV names Nativdad to agency, brand solutions executive role

By Natasha Bach, April 16, 2021

Tim Nativdad is a veteran of Roku, Amazon and Google.

Deepfakes and digital avatars: The new celebrity brand ambassadors

By James Murray, Unit9, April 16, 2021

Can an imitation be better than the real thing? That's the question on Unit9's James Murray's mind.

Breakfast Briefing: 5 things for PR pros to know on Friday morning

By Frank Washkuch, April 16, 2021

FedEx responds to mass shooting; Simon & Schuster washes hands of book amid calls for boycott; Facebook threatened with data-leak lawsuit.

MDC Partners brings on S4 account director Rebecca Routs as global client lead

By Alison Weissbrot, Campaign, April 15, 2021

The holding company is doubling down on global growth under CEO Mark Penn.

Publicis Groupe rebounds, driven by U.S. and Asia

By Maisie McCabe, Campaign, April 15, 2021

The holding company posted 2.8% organic growth in Q1 as North America bounced back to 4.7% organic growth.

Coronavirus Briefing: Beware the Ides of April

By Jeff Forster, April 15, 2021

This week’s Haymarket Media Coronavirus Briefing is 2,728 words long and will take you 9 minutes to read.

The Vaccine Project Newsletter: Hitting the wall, and climbing over

By Jeff Forster, April 15, 2021

Today’s Vaccine Project Newsletter is 3,181 words long and will take you 10 minutes to read.

J&J COVID-19 vaccine pause: How the company and government should have communicated about it

By Betsy Kim, April 15, 2021

Pulling the vaccine may unnecessarily make it the choice of last resort if it’s reintroduced back into the market, says a former FDA communications pro.