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Digital

Following a year of unprecedented growth for the overall digital advertising industry in 2021, 2022 was a year of headwinds related to a slowing

May 26, 2023
Podcasting continues to be one of the fastest-growing digital channels, states IAB U.S. Podcast Advertising Revenue report
Marketing

Identifying a medium’s return on ad spend is tricky, but Acast set out to do just that, reports Inside Radio. After conducting a

May 25, 2023
Podcasts return between $4 and $6 for every dollar spent, states study of ad buyers
People

Tanya Black, a longtime news executive at CBS Stations-owned WJZ Baltimore, was named vice president and news director, overseeing news at the station,

May 25, 2023
Tanya Black named vice president and news director at WJZ in Baltimore
People

Radio One Washington DC adds Brian McGhee as Director of Sales. McGhee, above, brings extensive management and sales experience from his previous roles as

May 25, 2023
People in the D.C. spotlight: Brian McGhee, Candace Queen and Tyler Watson
People

Washington Business Journal Editor-in-Chief Vandana Sinha, an employee of the news organization for just shy of two decades, has accepted a regional

May 24, 2023
Vandana Sinha, WBJ Editor-in-Chief, promoted to regional editor with American City Business Journals
Media

“AI presents a significant opportunity to support the work of our journalists and enable us to better serve our readers,” wrote Washington Post publisher

May 24, 2023
WaPo announces AI Taskforce and AI Hub
Agency

Cade Martin has been honored by Communication Arts magazine for Best-in-Show in the 2023 Photography competition. According to the award-winning photographer:

May 23, 2023
Cade Martin honored by Communication Arts magazine for Best-in-Show in 2023 Photography Competition for International Spy Museum branding campaign
People

Martha M. Boudreau, EVP, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer at D.C.-based AARP, has been named one of Ad Age’s 2023 Leading

May 22, 2023
Martha M. Boudreau, EVP, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer at AARP, named one of Ad Age’s 2023 Leading Women
Marketing

U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Consumer

May 20, 2023
Two senators investigating if Anheuser-Busch’s partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney violates Beer Institute’s guidelines prohibiting marketing to underage individuals
Marketing

The American Marketing Association Baltimore Chapter (AMA Baltimore) announced the winners of its annual MX Awards, on Wednesday, May 17, at the American Visionary

May 19, 2023
AMA Baltimore announces winners of 2023 MX Awards
People

Jeff Wilson, APR, is being honored by PRSA Richmond as this year’s Excellence in Public Relations Award winner. The award, being presented June

May 19, 2023
Jeff Wilson, APR, to be honored June 7 by PRSA Richmond with Excellence in Public Relations Award
People

Hillary Howard, WTOP afternoon co-anchor, will leave the station on Friday, June 2. According to RadioInsight, Howard has co-anchored afternoons at WTOP

May 19, 2023
Longtime WTOP afternoon co-anchor Hillary Howard exits on June 2
PR

A newly-released Muck Rack survey delivered insights to the PR industry to help improve the workflow of public relations professionals. Muck Rack distributed

May 18, 2023
Most PR pros expect earned media to become more difficult to secure during next five years finds new survey
Media

Potomac Tech Wire, the long-running email newsletter covering technology and finance news in the Washington, D.C. region, is shifting to a reader-

May 17, 2023
Potomac Tech Wire transitions to reader-supported newsletter
Marketing

D.C.-based AARP took home four #WebbyAwards, honoring outstanding work by the teams behind The Ethel newsletter, The Perfect Scam podcast and AARP

May 17, 2023
AARP wins four Webby Awards
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