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Agency

Crosby Marketing Communications promoted two to key positions: Kelsi Fink, left in photo, was promoted to Associate Vice President, Public Relations. She leads innovative,

Feb 10, 2026
Agency Updates: Crosby Marketing, WHITE64 and Wireside Communications
Agency

Omnicom is merging Golin and Ketchum, a major consolidation inside Omnicom Public Relations Group as the holding company begins reshaping its communications portfolio in

Feb 10, 2026
Omnicom merges Golin and Ketchum, and folds Porter Novelli into FleishmanHillard
Media

Will Lewis, The Washington Post Publisher and Chief Executive, announced he would depart after two years at the paper, a tenure marked by controversy

Feb 7, 2026
Will Lewis, Washington Post Publisher and Chief Executive, resigns days after mass layoffs
News

USA TODAY launched the 38th annual Ad Meter competition which, states a release, is “the industry’s leading opinion tool for gauging public sentiment

Feb 7, 2026
USA TODAY launches 38th annual Ad Meter competition which reflects public sentiment about Super Bowl commercials
Insights

YouTube reported more than $60 billion in revenue for 2025. According to The Hollywood Reporter: “The new disclosure covers revenue across advertising as well

Feb 6, 2026
YouTube revenue in 2025 reported at more than $60 billion
Agency

SKDK, a D.C.-based public affairs and political consulting firm, and NY-based Wavelength Strategy, a digital advertising firm, are combining forces. The

Feb 5, 2026
SKDK acquires Wavelength Strategy
Insights

As the marketing and communications landscape evolves in 2026, an in-depth report from The Weber Shandwick Collective states we are seeing a pivotal

Feb 5, 2026
2026 will see shift from simply adopting AI to orchestrating its full potential, states Weber Shandwick report
Media

The Washington Post is beginning a widespread round of layoffs that are expected to decimate the organization’s sports, local news and international coverage,

Feb 4, 2026
Washington Post laying off about 30 percent of its employees, including more than 300 journalists
Advertising

The Super Bowl, February 8, has evolved from a football game into one of the biggest cultural and advertising moments of the year. It’

Feb 4, 2026
Super Bowl evolves into “one of the biggest cultural and advertising moments” of the year
People

Virginia Business Magazine announced its 2026 Virginia Black Business Leaders, recognizing 29 leaders across the Commonwealth for their “contributions, leadership, and impact”. Included in

Feb 2, 2026
Maurisa Turner Potts, CEO of Spotted MP, honored by Virginia Business Magazine for her “contributions, leadership, and impact”
Media

The Washington Post is expected to announce significant layoffs in the newsroom and the business sides of the paper in the coming days, as

Feb 1, 2026
Washington Post plans layoffs to stem losses of hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years
PR

Newsmatics, the parent company of EIN Presswire, is launching its 2026 influencer campaign, giving young public relations professionals the chance to apply their influencer

Jan 30, 2026
Newsmatics launches PRSSA student-firm influencer campaign highlighting the role of press releases in modern PR
Events

Launching in Spring 2026, James Madison University and Geiger Consulting Group present an 8-week professional certificate that prepares postgraduate and early-career marketers

Jan 30, 2026
Business-to-Government Marketing Professional Certificate (B2G-MP™) program runs from February 11 – April 1
Communications

Tauth Labs Inc. has been certified by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) as a Certificate Authority (CA) for the issuance of

Jan 29, 2026
Tauth Labs certified as issuer of C2PA Content Authentication Credentials supported by the world’s leading technology & media platforms
Advertising

Limy, the infrastructure platform for optimizing brand performance in the Agentic Web, emerged from stealth, states a release, announcing a $10M funding round led

Jan 29, 2026
Limy raises $10M to empower brands to activate the AI storefront of the future
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