Supreme Court of Virginia Amends Lawyer Advertising Rules
Effective July 1, 2017, the Supreme Court of Virginia amended rules 7.1 through 7.5, which govern lawyer advertising. According to the Virginia

Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Melissa Foldvary, Manager of Marketing Communications, SHRM
Capitol Communicator is running a series featuring in-depth profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this “Up Close and Personal” profile, we

The Hodges Partnership Executive, Others Honored at 70th Virginia Public Relations Awards
The Richmond Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) honored statewide organizations and companies for excellence in public relations at the 2017

ADWKDC 2017 Set for Oct. 2-7
AAF DC announced that ADWKDC, a weeklong celebration of D.C.’s advertising, marketing and communications community, will be held October 2-7, 2017.

BET Exits D.C. for NYC
BET Network will close its D.C. office and relocate its headquarters to New York, Chairman and CEO Debra Lee said in a memo

Baltimore Ad Club Represented with Six District and Three National ADDY® Awards
The AAF Baltimore is thrilled to announce that Baltimore-based firms MGH, Early Light Media and Frank Strategic Marketing, who were honored with Silver

Sinclair Broadcast Group Buys Tribune Media Co.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, based in Hunt Valley, Md, is buying Tribune Media for about $3.9 billion, a deal made possible after the U.

Do Online Ads Threaten Free Press, Asks NY Times
Hey, America’s Advertisers: You got some good news last week, didn’t you?, asks the New York Times, which continued: “Facebook, where you

ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC Refuse to Air Ad Touting President Trump’s Accomplishments
ABC, CBS and NBC joined CNN in refusing to air an advertisement that lists President Donald Trump’s accomplishments during his administration’s first

Greater Washington Board of Trade CEO Jim Dinegar to Step Down
Greater Washington Board of Trade CEO Jim Dinegar will step down to attend to family matters, according to a release from the organization, which

Henley Named President and CEO of WBA Research
WBA Research announced that Renée Henley has been named President and CEO of the 30-year old research firm. Henley is a 22-year

PR Summit DC on June 2 to Focus on Fundamental Changes Impacting Communicators
Fundamental changes impacting the communications community will be the focus of Capitol Communicator’s fourth annual PR Summit DC, June 2, at the NEA

Around the Region: Whiteboard Advisors Names Nicole Harburger its COO and Merkle Adds Paul Walczyk as VP
Whiteboard Advisors, a boutique social impact firm, named Nicole Harburger its Chief Operating Officer. Harburger joins Whiteboard Advisors after a decade-long tenure at

Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Cinzia Gavelan-Vargas, Associate Creative Director at HZDG
Capitol Communicator is running a series featuring in-depth profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this “Up Close and Personal” profile, we

NY Times Reports Adding 308,000 Digital Subscribers in First Quarter of 2017
“The more The New York Times gets trashed by President Trump, the more its subscriptions seem to surge”, reports Poynter, which added: “The New

