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Christina May, founder and chief marketing officer of Illumine8 Marketing & PR in Frederick, MD, has been recognized as a 2019 DMN 40UNDER40 honoree.

Aug 22, 2019
Christina May, Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Illumine8 Marketing & PR, Recognized as a 2019 DMN 40UNDER40 Honoree
Media

The Washington Examiner launched a daily podcast, joining other news publishers moving into the podcast industry with daily shows, reports Publishers Daily.   The podcast

Aug 22, 2019
Washington Examiner Launches Daily Podcast
Agency

BerlinRosen will promote Virginia Tech’s $1B Innovation Campus that will anchor the National Landing District, future home of Amazon’s HQ2 complex, reports

Aug 21, 2019
BerlinRosen to Promote Virginia Tech’s $1B Innovation Campus Near Amazon’s HQ2 in Northern Virginia
Acquisitions

Media reports indicate that private-equity giant Apollo Global Management is pursuing Tegna, headquartered in Tysons, VA, which owns TV stations across the country,

Aug 21, 2019
Apollo Global Management Pursuing Tysons, VA-Based Tegna
Agency

District-based digital marketing company REQ is “leveling up its staff, customer base and revenue with the purchase of San Diego-based Internet Marketing

Aug 20, 2019
D.C.-Based REQ Buys San Diego-Based Internet Marketing Inc.
Media

CBS Television Stations and CBS Interactive will accelerate the rollout of CBSN Local, the company’s local direct-to-consumer streaming news services, in

Aug 20, 2019
CBSN Local to Rollout in Baltimore and 12 Other Markets By Early 2020
Agency

Wunderman Thompson Atlanta and Richmond-based Spurrier Group have been selected as the agencies of record for a three-year contract with the North

Aug 19, 2019
Richmond Agency Updates: Spurrier Group and Elevation
People

Politics and policy publication The Hill has named former Twitter and Google executive Peter D. Greenberger its publisher, reports MediaPost. The MediaPost post added

Aug 19, 2019
Peter D. Greenberger Named Publisher of The Hill
Advertising

Inc. released its annual guide to the 5,000 fastest-growing, privately-held companies in the U.S. and how they reached their lofty

Aug 16, 2019
“2019 Inc. 5000: The Most Successful Companies in America” Features a Number of Advertising and Marketing Companies in D.C., MD and VA
People

WUSA9 reporter Peggy Fox announced on Facebook that she’s leaving the D.C.-based station and “starting a new adventure!” She added that

Aug 16, 2019
WUSA9 Reporter Peggy Fox Joins Dominion Energy as Media-Communications Manager for Northern Virginia
People

The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) named Anna Bager, Executive Vice President of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), as its new

Aug 15, 2019
On the Move in D.C.: Anna Bager, Roland Varesko and Tom Cochran
PR

Washington Media Group was named a winner of PR Daily’s Digital Marketing & Social Media Awards in the Best Podcast category for its

Aug 15, 2019
Washington Media Group Wins PR Daily Digital Marketing & Social Media Award for Flack Pack Podcast
Media

Nearly a third of U.S. adults (31%) follow local news very closely, reports the Pew Research Center, but local news does not play

Aug 15, 2019
Older Americans, Black Adults and Americans With Less Education More Interested in Local News, Reports Pew
People

Washington Capitals Vice President of Communications Sergey Kocharov won a $1 million prize playing Powerball, reports The Washington Post. The Post’s post added

Aug 14, 2019
Washington Capitals VP of Communications Wins $1 Million Playing Powerball
Acquisitions

Verizon will sell Tumblr to WordPress owner Automattic Inc. at a small fraction of the price paid for it in 2013, according to media

Aug 13, 2019
Tumblr Tumbles in Price in Sale to WordPress Owner Automattic Inc.
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