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On the move: @hotwireglobal appoints Charlotte Harvey as UK mng. dir... HOPSCOTCH, an int'l comms group founded in France, appoints Juliette Crépin as chief financial officer... @PerryComGroup promotes SVP Kaitlin Perry to mng. partner odwpr.us/46qLHgO

Media maneuvers: @NPR top editor & interim chief content officer Edith Chapin is planning to exit later this year, according to @nytimes... @washingtonpost, which is refocusing its opinion section on “personal liberties and free markets,” loses yet another member of the section’s…

PR firms news: ReputAItion Rx, a firm to guide healthcare cos. through the intersection of AI implementation, stakeholder communication and trust mgmt., is formed by @Fleishman alums Michael Rinaldo and Christopher Tennyson... West of Fairfax, a female-led digital mktg. agency,…

Accounts in transit: @marinopr picks up cannabis trade show Hall of Flowers... Paradox Public Relations comes on as an official partner for the Bouquet Kyiv Stage 2025 festival... @AmendolaComm, part of Supreme Group, is selected to lead an integrated PR & thought leadership…

Trump risks market revolt if he threatens Federal Reserve independence, Pimco says ft.com/content/fdcc22… via @ft

On the move: @apcoworldwide appoints @AstraZeneca's Yuko Kidoguchi as a dir. in its Tokyo office... @curastrategies integrated health care comms & PA consulting firm brings on Sarah Whitworth as SVP... Gaming and Leisure Properties hires Carlo Santarelli as SVP, corp. strategy &…

Sitrick Group has agreed to represent the US unit of China’s @BoeTechnology Group, maker of display screens used in cellphones, TVs, computers, and military systems odwpr.us/4mgnNtb

.@SloaneAndCoPR brings on Zack Mukewa and Jon Hammond to lead its new capital markets and media, sports, entertainment and technology practices odwpr.us/4kWrymw

.@FTIConsulting's strategic communications unit posted a 20.8 percent growth in Q2 revenues to $102.7M powered by strength in its corporate reputations and financial communications offerings odwpr.us/4fbWu0S

Doug Simon, CEO of @DSSimonMedia, and Ronica Cleary, Founder and CEO of @ClearyStrat1, discuss the impact of broadcast media and how television, even amid the rise of streaming and social platforms, remains one of the most effective tools for brand storytelling…

The Hawaii Tourism Authority wants to hire a firm to handle brand marketing services for the Hawaiian Islands in China odwpr.us/PR-RFP-announc…

How Fox News is covering the Trump vs Murdoch blockbuster ft.com/content/b5b0ed… via @ft

North American PR agencies saw lower revenues and dwindling profits in 2024, according to results from an annual survey conducted by PR merger and acquisition consultancy Gould+Partners (@RickGould) odwpr.us/453OvOL

PR firm news: @Moburst, a mobile-first digital mktg. agency, acquires Atlanta-based @RhythmComm... @avenuez_network issues a new study looking at the contributing factors that give brands in the financial sector a leg up when it comes to visibility in AI searches... The…

Why travelers are increasingly creating their itineraries—and building their brand loyalty—through food and wine -- Nadia Al-Amir & Amanda Hathaway @Wagstaffmktg odwpr.us/3UftZWt

Accounts in transit: RG2 Communications is appointed AOR in the Middle East for The Mark Hotel, a luxury property on Manhattan’s Upper East Side... @Parasol signs on as AOR for The Pridwin Hotel & Cottages, a resort on New York’s Shelter Island... MZ Group is engaged to lead an…

.@EdelmanPR will develop and implement a communications strategy to promote the United Nations’ @Cop30noBrasil climate change conference that will kick off in November in Brazil odwpr.us/4kUgCWq

Epstein mania 2.0: Furor over the “Epstein files” and “Epstein client list” erupts between Trump and MAGA world, with media all over it -- Andrew Blum @ajbcomms odwpr.us/3IA7pFp

New York’s Albany County Department of Health is collecting proposals for a public education campaign to discourage and prevent the misuse of opioids odwpr.us/PR-RFP-announc…