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Agency

Response Labs, a leading digital CRM and Loyalty agency based in Baltimore, once again claims its place on the prestigious Inc. 5000 list of

Aug 17, 2025
Response Labs, a digital CRM and Loyalty agency based in Baltimore, on Inc. 5000 list of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America for fourth year
Media

Kyle Carmean has been named Head of News and Content for WTTG Fox 5 DC and WDCA Fox 5 Plus. Carmean will oversee all

Aug 17, 2025
Kyle Carmean named Head of News and Content for WTTG Fox 5 DC and WDCA Fox 5 Plus
Jobs

The ad industry appears to be shedding younger workers as artificial intelligence becomes a routine part of work at advertising agencies, reports Adweek. Figures

Aug 15, 2025
AI driving younger workers out of agencies
Agency

In a world where digital tools change overnight but real people’s needs stay stubbornly human, a new consulting firm, Applied Understanding, was launched

Aug 15, 2025
New agency, Applied Understanding, launches to help organizations make technology work better
PR

A Muck Rack survey of 1,089 PR professionals from June 5 to July 16, 2025, designed to provide insights that help improve the

Aug 14, 2025
AI tops PR priorities finds new Muck Rack survey
People

Sinclair has named Billy Robbins vice president of Station Sales Operations. In this newly created role, states Adweek, Robbins will help lead AMP Sales

Aug 14, 2025
Billy Robbins named Sinclair’s vice president of Station Sales Operations
People

Susan Stamberg, one of NPR’s original hosts and a fixture in American broadcast journalism since 1971, will retire Sept. 1, Edith Chapin, NPR

Aug 13, 2025
Susan Stamberg, “the voice of NPR,” to retire
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

Aug 13, 2025
Time for a break
Agency

Crosby Marketing Communications has been named to MM+M’s Agency 100, the annual ranking of North America’s largest and most successful healthcare

Aug 13, 2025
Crosby named MM+M Top 100 Healthcare Marketing Agency for fifth straight year
Advertising

Revised outlook, with and without political advertising, is a 1.5 percent decrease from the firm’s March 2025 forecast. BIA Advisory Services’ revised

Aug 13, 2025
BIA 2025 forecast update: $169 Billion in U.S. local advertising and 2.4% year-over-year decline
Advertising

The Federal Trade Commission, based in Washington, D.C.,  has sued Match Group, Inc. (Match), the owner of Match.com, Tinder, OKCupid, PlentyOfFish, and

Aug 12, 2025
FTC sues owner of Match.com for using fake love interest ads to trick consumers into paying for a Match.com subscription
Insights

Marketing technology veteran Greg Kihlström makes the case that algorithms are supporting actors, not the plot. Marketers chasing the next algorithmic silver bullet might

Aug 12, 2025
New book “AI Isn’t a Goal (or a Strategy)” upends the way enterprises talk about AI
Agency

Warschawski adds Cogir Senior Living (“Cogir”), a premier provider of senior living residences with 110 communities throughout the country. Warschawski will handle integrated marketing

Aug 11, 2025
Warschawski adds Cogir Senior Living
Events

Act now to take advantage of our summer flash sale plus more savings if you buy two tickets for the Mid-Atlantic MarCom Summit

Aug 9, 2025
Mid-Atlantic MarCom Summit summer flash and 50% off second ticket sale
People

Mark Goldstein, an advertising executive who, states Adweek, “helped reshape the role of agency leadership and mentored generations of talent”, died on July 31.

Aug 8, 2025
Mark Goldstein, the first Chief Marketing Officer and former D.C.-area agency exec, dies at 77
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