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Advertising

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

May 13, 2017
Supreme Court of Virginia Amends Lawyer Advertising Rules
Profiles

Capitol Communicator is running a series featuring in-depth profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic.  In this “Up Close and Personal” profile, we

May 12, 2017
Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Melissa Foldvary, Manager of Marketing Communications, SHRM
PR

The Richmond Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) honored statewide organizations and companies for excellence in public relations at the 2017

May 12, 2017
The Hodges Partnership Executive, Others Honored at 70th Virginia Public Relations Awards
Advertising

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

May 10, 2017
ADWKDC 2017 Set for Oct. 2-7
Media

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

May 10, 2017
BET Exits D.C. for NYC
Advertising

The AAF Baltimore is thrilled to announce that Baltimore-based firms MGH, Early Light Media and Frank Strategic Marketing, who were honored with Silver

May 10, 2017
Baltimore Ad Club Represented with Six District and Three National ADDY® Awards
Acquisitions

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

May 8, 2017
Sinclair Broadcast Group Buys Tribune Media Co.
Insights

Hey, America’s Advertisers: You got some good news last week, didn’t you?, asks the New York Times, which continued: “Facebook, where you

May 8, 2017
Do Online Ads Threaten Free Press, Asks NY Times
Advertising

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

May 8, 2017
ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC Refuse to Air Ad Touting President Trump’s Accomplishments
News

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

May 8, 2017
Greater Washington Board of Trade CEO Jim Dinegar to Step Down
Marketing

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

May 8, 2017
Henley Named President and CEO of WBA Research
PR

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

May 8, 2017
PR Summit DC on June 2 to Focus on Fundamental Changes Impacting Communicators
Agency

Whiteboard Advisors, a boutique social impact firm, named Nicole Harburger its Chief Operating Officer. Harburger joins Whiteboard Advisors after a decade-long tenure at

May 8, 2017
Around the Region: Whiteboard Advisors Names Nicole Harburger its COO and Merkle Adds Paul Walczyk as VP
Agency

Capitol Communicator is running a series featuring in-depth profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic.  In this “Up Close and Personal” profile, we

May 5, 2017
Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Cinzia Gavelan-Vargas, Associate Creative Director at HZDG
Media

“The more The New York Times gets trashed by President Trump, the more its subscriptions seem to surge”, reports Poynter, which added: “The New

May 4, 2017
NY Times Reports Adding 308,000 Digital Subscribers in First Quarter of 2017
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