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Media

The Washington Post won three 2023 Pulitzer Prizes and was named a finalist in five additional categories. Caroline Kitchener won the National Reporting award

May 8, 2023
WaPo wins three 2023 Pulitzer Prizes
Acquisitions

HBP, a print communications firm, has been acquired by Marketing.com. HBP is headquartered in Hagerstown, Maryland, with locations in Fairfax and Springfield, Virginia.

May 8, 2023
HBP, a print communications firm, acquired by Marketing.com
People

The Washington Post announced that Will Sommer will join The Post as a media reporter on May 15. For five years, states the Post,

May 7, 2023
Will Sommer joins The Washington Post as a media reporter
Advertising

Ocean City, Maryland, has officially rolled out ‘Somewhere to Smile About’, a campaign aimed at increasing awareness of and visitation to Ocean City. As

May 4, 2023
Ocean City, Maryland, rolls out ‘Somewhere to Smile About’ campaign
PR

Muck Rack recently surveyed 1,034 PR professionals with the goal of delivering insights to help improve the workflow of public relations professionals, particularly

May 4, 2023
AI in PR in 2023 is focus of Muck Rack survey
Awards

Sixty awards were presented at the 62nd annual Richmond Show, which took place April 28 at the Altria Theater in Richmond. According to the

May 4, 2023
The Richmond Show presents 60 awards; The King Agency, Bridget Guckin and Mondial win Best of Show
Advertising

In the first edition of its Investing In Radio® Market Report for 2023, BIA Advisory Services reports that total local radio over-the-air

May 4, 2023
D.C.’s all-news station WTOP-FM tops BIA’s list of stations by OTA revenue in 2022
Digital

The Messenger, a well-funded news startup founded by longtime media entrepreneur Jimmy Finkelstein, will launch in beta with 200 employees on May 15,

May 3, 2023
The Messenger, a well-funded news startup, to launch May 15
Media

The Washington Post has launched a free ad-supported (FAST) channel with Amazon Freevee, a premium free streaming service. According to a release, Washington

May 3, 2023
The Washington Post announces FAST channel launch on Amazon Freevee
B to G

Bloomberg Government (BGOV), a provider of news, data, and analytics for public affairs professionals, has launched a real-time social media monitoring and analysis

May 2, 2023
Bloomberg Government unveils comprehensive social media monitoring
Agency

New Study Shows 82 Percent of Marketers Now Have In-House Shops, Compared to 78 Percent in 2018 In-house ad agencies are no

May 2, 2023
In-house agencies “here to stay” states ANA
Media

Vice Media Group, “the swashbuckling, youth-skewing digital media brand,” is preparing to file for bankruptcy, reports DEADLINE. The Brooklyn-based company, which was

May 2, 2023
Vice Media Group preparing to file for bankruptcy
Agency

Subject Matter and Kivvit  have joined together to create a new national agency that combines strategic communications, data analytics and insights, government relations, digital

May 1, 2023
Subject Matter and Kivvit join to create Subject Matter+Kivvit, a new national agency
People

Annie Yu, news anchor at WUSA-TV in D.C., announced in early February 2023 that she was taking time off to deal with

Apr 30, 2023
Annie Yu, WUSA News Anchor, has gone through the “most difficult time” in her life
Media

Time magazine is ending its digital paywall on June 1. CEO Jessica Sibley told Axios that the shift is both a business and editorial

Apr 28, 2023
Time magazine’s digital paywall to end June 1
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