The Cyphers Agency Hires Michael Jans as Graphic Designer
Integrated marketing agency, The Cyphers Agency, has hired Michael Jans as graphic designer to support the agency’s creative team with graphics, collateral and

Amazon Adds Public Affairs Firms to Aid Efforts in Launching NYC HQ2
Amazon.com Inc. is bringing on public affairs help as it develops its HQ2 campus in New York City, reports the Wall Street Journal,

Blue House Sales Group Launches New Website
Blue House Sales Group, a D.C.-based full-service sales solutions company for the association and non-profit industry, announces the launch of

SmithGifford Launches Interactive Holiday Giving Campaign for Children’s National
Award-winning advertising and marketing services agency SmithGifford is lighting up the Washington, D.C., metro area this holiday season with a new, interactive

D.C.-Area Updates: kglobal, ICF and CHIEF
kglobal added public affairs veteran Andy Beck as Managing Director. Beck, pictured above, has served as Director of Public Affairs in the U.S.

Digital News Publisher Mic Lays Off Majority of Staff
Mic is laying off the majority off its staff while the digital publisher works on a deal to sell the remainder of its assets

WTOP Radio and its “Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center” on the Move
“It’s the end of an era,” reports WTOP radio in Washington, D.C., as, early in 2019, its Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center will

Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Dionne Kumpe, Branding and Marketing Consultant at Dionne Leigh
Capitol Communicator is running “Up Close and Personal” profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this profile we feature Dionne Kumpe. Photography for

Call for 2019 Predictions
For communicators and others, each recent year has produced its share of change – sometimes significant and, other times, as an indicator of more profound

Susan Ann Davis, Chairman of Susan Davis International, Awarded Gold Stevie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Business
Susan Ann Davis, Chairman of D.C.-based Susan Davis International (SDI), has been awarded the Gold Stevie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Business

Marriott Discloses Massive Data Breach – and What it Means to Communicators
Marriott International, which is based in Bethesda, MD, revealed Friday that its Starwood reservations database had been hacked which could affect up to 500

AAF DC Issues Call for Entries for 2019 D.C. ADDY Awards
If you are an advertising professional in the D.C. metro area who is committed to producing outstanding work, the D.C. ADDYs are

Karen Costello and Shailesh Prakash on Adweek List of 50 Corporate Leaders Who “Grow Business, Spur Innovation and Generate Value”
The Adweek 50 list recognizes corporate leaders who “grow business, spur innovation and generate value across the ever-changing marketing, media and technology landscape.

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D.C. Metro System Running Audio Ads on Buses, and Metro Rail Riders May Hear Them in the Future
With the D.C.-area Metro system needing to generate more money, the agency has begun playing ads on buses, reports The Washington Post,

