Agency Updates: Puritano Media Group, Adfero and Statara
Puritano Media Group (PMG), based in Occoquan, VA, launched a sister venture, 309 Films LLC, dedicated to original film and documentary storytelling. The new venture, pictured above, debuts with Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography, which, states a release, explores the unusual 19th-century practice of capturing ghostly apparitions through the work of William H. Mumler. Directed by Hamilton Young Ward and produced by Charlie Puritano, Smile for the Dead has earned recognition at over 30 film festivals this year, and will be broadcast on MPT on Sunday, October 19, at 4:00 pm, with a re-airing that evening at 11:00.
Adfero launched a video series called Between the Lines, hosted by CEO Steve Lombardo. The series, states a release, dives into what’s said, what’s heard and what’s actually true in media and communications. The first episode, featuring Katty Kay of BBC Studios, is now live.
DC-based Statara, a provider of data-driven communications, technology and public affairs services, named Albert Morales as its senior director of new markets. Morales most recently served as director of sales and services at TargetSmart, a Statara subsidiary and, earlier, was a vice president at polling and research firm GQR.
