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Agency

Spectrum Science, based in Washington, D.C., announced the acquisition of SONIC Health, a strategic agency that applies the science of storytelling to transform

Jun 7, 2022
Spectrum Science acquires SONIC Health
Agency

To create greater opportunities for underrepresented students from diverse backgrounds to pursue degrees and future careers in the advertising and public relations field, Crosby

Jun 7, 2022
Crosby Marketing Launches $100,000 Scholarship Program for Underrepresented Students with Anne Arundel Community College
Advertising

Today, nonprofits Opportunity@Work and the Ad Council announced a new collaborative effort that will inspire employers to remove hiring barriers that block the

Jun 7, 2022
The Ad Council and Opportunity@Work call on companies to join new, rapidly expanding collaboration to remove barriers to economic mobility for 50% of U.S. workers
People

Independent, full-service marketing agency RP3 today named Ingrid Vax, a veteran of the D.C.-area advertising scene, as its new Head of

Jun 7, 2022
RP3 Agency names Ingrid Vax head of Biz Development
Marketing

Two-thirds of 500 marketers surveyed by Sprout Social are planning to invest at least a quarter of their budget in metaverse tactics related

Jun 6, 2022
Two-thirds of surveyed plan to invest in metaverse tactics
People

Powell Tate adds Teressa Wykpisz-Lee, shown above,  as senior vice president.  According to LinkedIn, she brings 17 years of experience in the public

Jun 6, 2022
D.C.-area agency updates: Powell Tate, Social Driver and Clyde Group
People

Ann Turner Cook, the original Gerber Baby whose familiar face has been printed on thousands of products over generations, has died, the company announced

Jun 6, 2022
Ann Turner Cook, the face on Gerber baby products for generations, dies at 95
Insights

“High-flying startups with record valuations, huge hiring goals and ambitious expansion plans are now announcing hiring slowdowns, freezes and in some cases widespread

Jun 4, 2022
Layoffs and hiring slowdowns hit tech companies
Media

The top-five, highest-rated radio stations in the D.C. market in April were WAMU-FM, WHUR-FM, WTOP-FM, WASH-FM and

Jun 3, 2022
WAMU-FM, an NPR affiliate, tops D.C. radio ratings
Brand Creep

Capitol Communicator is running an industry commentary series by Dennis Goris, president and creative director at Goris Communications. You can find more Brand Creep

Jun 3, 2022
We’d like to be a meme
Media

Gannett, based in McLean, VA, will be “dialing back on top executive effort devoted to publishing while elevating its smaller but growing digital marketing

Jun 3, 2022
Gannett “dialing back” on publishing while elevating digital marketing services
People

Vote.org adds Communications Director as Nick Morrow and Senior Communications Manager LToya Knighten. Morrow has led multi-channel communications teams at nonprofits, major

Jun 2, 2022
D.C.-area updates: Vote.org, Curio and HBP
People

To better support employees and its continued growth, Crosby Marketing Communications has hired Deborah Boyd as Vice President of Talent Management & Human Resources.

Jun 2, 2022
Deborah Boyd joins Crosby as VP of Talent Management & Human Resources
B to B

Ironmark, an image company based near Columbia, Maryland, is expanding its digital print production with its investment in a new HP Indigo 100K digital

Jun 1, 2022
Ironmark invests in advanced technology to expand its capacity
Insights

The dramatic shift of retail to the online environment will result in Amazon passing Walmart to become the largest retailer in the U.S.

Jun 1, 2022
Amazon to overtake Walmart as biggest U.S. retailer in next few years, states new report
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