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Agency

Crosby Marketing Communications won eight Telly Awards in the global competition that showcases the best work created in television and video across all screens.

May 20, 2026
Crosby Marketing Communications wins eight Telly Awards for Multimedia Work
People

League of Women Voters named Shonali Burke as chief of marketing and strategic communications. With more than 20 years’ experience in data-forward, outcome-

May 20, 2026
Shonali Burke named chief of marketing and strategic communications of League of Women Voters
PR

A new global survey of journalists by Cision paints a picture of a media industry under mounting pressure from shrinking resources, misinformation, changing audience

May 19, 2026
Media facing “pressure on all sides”, states new survey
Media

NPR, based in D.C., is restructuring its newsroom and offering voluntary buyouts to employees as the public broadcaster faces declining revenue, the loss

May 19, 2026
D.C.-based NPR offering buyouts to about 300 employees to close $8 million gap
Marketing

Author, advisor and marketing technology expert Greg Kihlström announced his forthcoming book, Marketing Operations: Strategy, Implementation, and Optimization of Marketing Teams, Processes, and Platforms,

May 17, 2026
New book on building and scaling modern marketing operations from Greg Kihlström and publisher De Gruyter Brill
Advertising

Shutterstock Inc. will pay $35 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the online digital photo and video platform illegally made tens of

May 17, 2026
Shutterstock to pay $35 million to settle FTC allegations over illegal subscription and cancellation practices
Marketing

The Mid-Atlantic MarCom Summit, the region’s largest annual gathering of marketing, advertising, public relations, communications and media professionals, will take place Oct.

May 15, 2026
Mid-Atlantic MarCom Summit Set for October 14 in Washington, D.C.
Agency

NOOK, an artist residency created by DC ad agency THIS JANUARY, concluded the first chapter of its program, and is now looking for its

May 15, 2026
Agency Updates: THIS JANUARY, ROKK Solutions and The RHA Group
Advertising

Meta is expected to earn $240 billion from advertising this year, growing over 22.3% year-over-year and outpacing global social-media ad

May 15, 2026
Meta expected to earn $240 billion from ads this year, and spend up to $600 billion on AI development through 2028
People

Joel Oxley, president and general manager of WTOP and Federal News Network, announced that he will retire later this year.  According to WTOP, Oxley

May 15, 2026
Joel Oxley, general manager of WTOP who was “ahead of the curve,” to retire
Events

CommPRO + CommunicationsMatch™ is presenting a Town Hall on May 20 at 11 AM focused on how AI is reshaping reputation in real time.  This

May 14, 2026
AI and the New Reality of Reputation to be focus of virtual Town Hall on May 20
News

LinkedIn is reportedly laying off hundreds of employees, marking the latest job cuts at Big Tech companies, states The Seattle Times. The Microsoft subsidiary’

May 14, 2026
Layoffs at Linkedin
Media

Newsmatics, the media intelligence company behind the global Affinity Group Publishing (AGP) network, has launched “Journalists Wanted,” a program, states a release, “designed to

May 13, 2026
Newsmatics launches ‘Journalists Wanted’ initiative
Agency

Move expands growth opportunities & strengthens indie network benefits to global brands  Yes& announced it has joined Dawn Marketing, a global portfolio of

May 13, 2026
YES& joins Dawn network of independent agencies
Marketing

Tariffs, rising costs, soft consumer demand: Baltimore-based Under Armour is fighting all of it. But according to analysts, the brand’s deeper problem

May 12, 2026
Under Armour “needs to spend significantly more on marketing,” states MediaPost
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