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People

According to DCRTV, changes in the D.C. broadcasting industry include: Andrea McCarren Leaves 9: Longtime DC TV reporter Andrea McCarren, shown above, leaves

Sep 7, 2018
Media

Marty Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post, shown above, and Dean Baquet, executive editor of The New York Times, will receive the National

Sep 6, 2018
Executive Editors of The Washington Post and The New York Times to Accept 2018 National Press Club Fourth Estate Award at November 29 Gala
Advertising

Maia Brown, a senior at Broadneck High School in Annapolis, Md, has received a $5,000 Crosby Marketing & Media Studies Scholarship. The scholarship

Sep 6, 2018
Crosby Awards Scholarship to High School Senior
People

Hudson Institute announced that Ann Marie Hauser has been named vice president of public affairs. At Hudson Institute, Hauser will lead public affairs strategy

Sep 6, 2018
People Making News in D.C.: Ann Marie Hauser, Melanie Fonder Kaye and Jeff Caporizzo
News

As data breach incidents proliferate, a new AARP survey finds that an alarming number of people have failed to take the basic precautions against

Sep 6, 2018
AARP Launches Campaign to Raise Awareness of Identify Theft
Insights

Information stolen in computer breaches of well-known companies is flooding into an underground digital market called the Dark Web, where criminals buy and

Sep 6, 2018
AARP Article Exposes the Dark Web
News

Two agencies in the Washington, D.C., area –  CHIEF and WHITE64 – have been acquired, not by competitors, but by non-traditional buyers – in one

Sep 5, 2018
Two D.C.-Area Agencies – CHIEF and WHITE64 – Acquired
Agency

PenFed Credit Union acquired marketing services agency WHITE64, which has served as PenFed’s marketing agency since 2014.  When asked about the acquisition, Matt

Sep 5, 2018
PenFed Credit Union Acquires WHITE64
Agency

Enlightenment Capital, an Aerospace, Defense & Government (ADG) focused investment firm based in Chevy Chase, Md, announced that its portfolio company ByteCubed has acquired

Sep 5, 2018
CHIEF Acquired by ByteCubed
People

Whether you call them Pluralists, Neo-Digital Natives or the Job Hopping Generation, a new cohort of marketers is emerging and things will never

Sep 5, 2018
Presenting Fresh Blood: Meet Hayden Cox, Publicity Assistant, Investigation Discovery
Media

The Washington Post hired award-winning journalist and veteran audio storyteller Madhulika Sikka as an executive producer on The Post’s audio team. Sikka

Sep 4, 2018
Washington Post to Launch “Flagship Podcast” Later This Year
People

According to DCRTV: Kimberly Suiters leaves her anchor and reporting gigs at Channel 7/WJLA, where she’s been for the past seven years

Sep 4, 2018
D.C. Broadcasting Updates: WJLA’s Kimberly Suiters, WUSA’s Bruce Johnson and WMAL’s Jerry Klein
People

Advertising and marketing services agency SmithGifford announced that Paul Wind has rejoined the agency as Senior Art Director. Wind initially worked at SmithGifford for

Sep 4, 2018
Paul Wind Rejoins SmithGifford as Senior Art Director
People

Mark Read, formerly CEO of Wunderman, has been named CEO of WPP, the world’s largest advertising company. According to Adweek, the announcement “ends

Sep 4, 2018
Mark Read Named CEO of WPP
PR

“PR people are good at plenty of things; news reporting is not one of them”, states an article in the Diamondback, the University of

Sep 1, 2018
Economic “Incentives” Favors PR Career Over Journalism
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