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Breakfast Briefing: Adobe scoops up Marketo for $4.8b
Plus: MDC Partners considers a sale and another top exec leaves Tesla.
Strong PR performance helps drive up profits for M&C Saatchi
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment has been praised for its performance in the first half of this year, helping parent company M&C Saatchi increase its gross profit by five per cent to £127.2 million.
Edelman closes Silicon Valley office, moves employees to San Francisco
The firm opened the San Mateo location in 2006 when it acquired A&R Partners.
Breakfast Briefing: 5 things PR pros need to know on Thursday morning
More on Text100's merger with Bite; Plus: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban apologizes.
Next Fifteen merges Text100, Bite under Helena Maus
Bite's global chief executive will lead the combined agency as Text100 CEO Aedhmar Hynes exits.
Lambert, Edwards & Associates rebrands
The Michigan-based firm will be known simply as Lambert.
Burson Cohn & Wolfe promotes Jillian Janaczek to New York head
The firm has also upped Rachi Govil to New York healthcare practice leader.
Breakfast Briefing: 5 things for PR pros to know on Tuesday morning
PRWeek's 20th anniversary quiz; Streaming services win big at Emmys; First "space tourist" revealed.
Sargento Foods names Ogilvy PR AOR
Ogilvy is also the cheese company's creative AOR.
Blueshirt Group launches corporate governance, activism defense practice
Waheed Hassan, formerly of Alliance Advisors and Institutional Shareholder Services, will lead the practice.
Breakfast Briefing: 5 things for PR pros to know on Monday morning
Jamie Dimon walks back Trump comments; Benioff buys Time.
Rowan Benecke lands at Ruder Finn
The Burson-Marsteller alum will serve as chief growth officer at the agency.
Pramana Collective rolls out new offering
The firm is breaking out a popular service provided as part of broader offerings since its inception.
Do former journalists still make good PR executives?
Is the newsroom-to-agency-corner-office path still viable?
Brunswick hires CNBC's Nikhil Deogun as Americas CEO
Deogun was editor-in-chief and SVP of business news at the network.
FleishmanHillard picks Dianna Kraus to lead new global sports practice
The firm also named sports leads for North America, Europe, and Asia.
Breakfast Briefing: MDC CEO Scott Kauffman stepping down
Investors and board members have reportedly been disappointed in MDC's performance under Kauffman.
Havas Group acquires stake in Republica
The Miami-based firm will be renamed Republica Havas.
Sorrell's pitch to S4 Capital investors: We will bypass agencies and take on consultants
Martin Sorrell has unveiled S4 Capital's stock market prospectus and claimed the content production business will win clients by cutting out ad agencies.
Finn Partners hires Ryan Barr to lead financial services
Barr previously led U.S. operations for Cognito.
Analysis
Will Mark Read's appointment bring stability to WPP after the post-Sorrell turmoil?
The news this week that Mark Read had been appointed CEO of WPP came after a painful interregnum following the abrupt departure of the charismatic Martin Sorrell after more than 30 years at the helm. But is Read a thoughtful and safe pair of hands or a dull accountant with little in the way of leadership skills?
3 factors spurring this summer's agency acquisition spree
Both financial and personal motives are behind the spate of deals.
Transition graphs: Former journalists' soundbites on the move to PR
What it feels like to go from skeptic to working for the client.
Is PR still a prime landing spot for journalists? Yes, but...
The learning curve is steeper than ever for reporters, editors, and producers entering the communications field. The good news is they're used to rapid change.
Why more PR agencies are swiping left on the RFP process
And what clients are doing to make the getting-to-know-you process less uncomfortable.
News in Brief
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fischerAppelt expands crisis management services with Hilburg partnership
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Llorente & Cuenca partners with Lincoln Strategy Group in US
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Sherlock Communications expands to five Latin American countries
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Cision names Abe Smith EMEAI president
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Jackson joins Portland to lead US health offering
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Barclays Center parent promotes Mandy Gutmann
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Brunswick's Justin Dini named corp comms SVP at Viacom
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News in brief, 4.26.2017: Allison+Partners brings on veteran Atlanta journalist
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In Brief, 3.30.2017: Amirshahi gets corp comms SVP job at Univision Communications
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In Brief, 2.28.2017: Fifth Third names Jauchius CMO
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Next Fifteen merges Text100, Bite under Helena Maus
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GE promotes from within for new chief comms officer Jennifer Erickson
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Sesame Street's big missed opportunity
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The Guardian most trusted and The Sun least trusted online news brand, Pamco reveals
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Matt Davis, Dow Chemical corporate affairs SVP and North America president, to retire
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Police capitalise on success of BBC's Bodyguard with snap social campaign