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Lenovo seeks agency support for seven-figure China brief
The winning firm will help the Chinese multinational tech giant overcome recent reputational challenges.
Gay dating app Scruff names SourceCode as AOR
SourceCode beat four firms for the work.
Twitter purge of locked accounts welcomed by Unilever's Keith Weed
Some Twitter accounts could lose millions of followers when the social platform purges large numbers of "locked" accounts this week.
PayPal's Pablo Rodriguez to join JP Morgan Chase
Rodriguez oversaw comms for consumer brands within the PayPal portfolio, including Venmo and Xoom.
Breakfast Briefing: Uber HR head steps down after internal investigation
That and Pfizer's about face on drug prices in this morning's news to know. Plus: the conservative PR firm helping embattled Congressman Jim Jordan.
Waze staffs up marcomms teams after Mossler exit
The Google-owned brand is planning to hire heads of global comms and brand marketing.
APCO launches Dubai-based AI Comms Lab
Imad Lahad will head the new department.
Fleishman takes European account for GoPro and announces UK sport lead
FleishmanHillard's brand team has been hired to a PR, social and influencer brief for GoPro, covering the UK, Germany, France and Spain.
Global policy comms leader Emily Horn exits Twitter
Horne's departure follows that of corp comms lead Kristin Binns and amid a larger organizational restructuring at Twitter.
Casper comms VP Lindsay Kaplan 'gets out of bed' to launch company
She's putting to rest a four-year tenure at the mattress ecommerce company.
Data manager Veeam hires UK and EMEA agency as Octopus turns down brief
Harvard has been given a PR and digital brief by Swiss-headquartered intelligent data management firm Veeam.
IBM hires CA Technologies veteran Saswato Das to lead corporate comms
The tech giant has also appointed a VP of IBM West communications and a Content Hub VP.
Atlassian picks Weber Shandwick as PR AOR
The account budget is worth more than $500,000.
Breakfast Briefing: Netflix comms chief out after using racial slur in meetings
Plus: See which agencies are on top of the Cannes PR medal count.
Facebook seeking @Instagram account, strategy lead
The hire will expand the photo-sharing app's visual storytelling and voice.
Edelman and Weber shortlisted at Cannes for Adobe, Samsung and IFAD work
Aside from the PR Lions, six other shortlists have been published at Cannes today and there is a place for comms agencies on three of them.
StubHub brings on Kate Brinks to lead comms
She has replaced Glenn Lehrman in the role.
Consumers look to brands to solve privacy concerns, says Edelman study
But that could change if consumers see companies as complicit in data abuse.
Twitter's Kristin Binns moves to Activision Blizzard as comms head
The company produces the blockbuster Call of Duty and Overwatch games.
Worldwide news consumption via Facebook falls for the first time
Use of social media to consume news has fallen for the first time in key markets after years of continuous growth, according to a new report by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
Analysis
Esports sheds stereotypes, opens a new frontier for marketers
Getting to know the leagues, teams, players, and fans is critical to success.
Crisis communicators give Zuckerberg high marks for testimony
The Facebook CEO did not wilt during Tuesday's marathon Senate session.
'A watershed moment': have people woken up to how their Facebook data is used following the Cambridge Analytica scandal?
Data firm Cambridge Analytica and Facebook are both in the dock of public opinion this week after it became clear that the personal data of 50 million of the social-media platform's users were obtained in dubious circumstances and then used to target voters.
PR pros: Mr. Zuckerberg, it's time to go to Washington (and Brussels)
The CEO's absence from public view since the Cambridge Analytica story broke on Friday has created a leadership vacuum at a time of crisis for Facebook.
Time's up: Exclusive survey shows extent of sexual harassment in PR and comms
An exclusive survey for PRWeek makes grim reading as it lifts the lid on sexual harassment in the UK PR and communications industry, and now key figures have pledged to take action for lasting change.
News in Brief
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Uber expands role of Leigh Wong to cover Southeast Asia
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PR Rundown, 4.7.2015: Meltwater brings on Burson
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PR Rundown, 2.10.2015: Waggener Edstrom, Alcoa, Porter Novelli
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AppsFlyer appoints Hoffman Agency in Asia
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Waters China appoints Hoffman Agency
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Weber teams up with social media influencer network Niche
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WibiData works with Gallagher PR
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Armon joins 3BL's board
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Business Wire and ITDatabase launch TechCalendar
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PrestaShop hires Fernandes as global corp comms director
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Weber Shandwick buys London agency co-founded by comedian and social star David Schneider
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Greenpeace stages 'dirty' protest at Barclays HQ to highlight tar sands pipeline
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Leo Burnett, BuzzFeed veteran Rachel Winer joins Edelman as Chicago president
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Why workplace flexibility is the way forward
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It won't be 'PR's moment' if we keep looking cheap - talking creativity with The Romans' Joe Mackay-Sinclair
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MSL UK co-CEO and influencer marketing lead to leave