Crosby Adds Two Social Media Staff to Growing Team
Jasmine McGee and Wallen Augustin joined Crosby Marketing Communications’ growing team of social media content creators, online community managers and analytics specialists. As a

Google to Keep Ads Off ‘Hateful, Offensive’ YouTube Content
Google will give advertisers more control over where their ads appear and improve its internal controls, reports NPR, “as the owner of AdWords and

Virginia Updates: Name Change at Padilla, New Videos for Audi USA and New Hire at Deschutes Brewery
Communications and public relations firm PadillaCRT in Richmond has become Padilla. It is dropping the CRT part of its name — short for Carter Ryley

82 Percent of Americans Concerned About Impact of Fake News, Concludes New Poll
The results of a new national poll by global communications agency Weber Shandwick, public affairs specialty firm Powell Tate, and KRC Research finds that

D.C.-Based Capitol Acquisition Corp. III to Combine with Cision
The parent company of Cision, a leading global provider of cloud-based earned media solutions, and D.C.-based Capitol Acquisition Corp. III, headed

Washington Post Named a World’s Best-Designed Finalist in Both News Website and Newspaper Competitions
The Washington Post has been named a World’s Best-Designed finalist in both the news website and the newspaper competitions. It’s the

Traditional Ad Agencies Working to Better Compete for Digital Dollars
As consulting and IT firms continue to acquire agencies and add marketing services, traditional advertising companies have begun to fight back by launching practices

ANA Wants Seven Major Ad Platforms to Allow Independent Auditing
The Association of National Advertisers wants seven of the world’s biggest ad platforms to open themselves to independent auditing of ad campaigns, reports

Washingtonian Magazzine Compares How Government Agency Logos Measure Up
It would be easy to go a lifetime in DC without giving much thought to the government logos we see every day, states Washingtonian,

Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Joseph Smallwood, Chief Creative Director, Booz Allen
Capitol Communicator is running a series featuring in-depth profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this “Up Close and Personal” profile, we

DC’s Advertising Awards Festival, ADCHELLA, Set for March 24 at Newseum
DC’s Advertising Awards Festival, ADCHELLA, is set for Friday, March 24, and you’re invited to come see and hear the greatest hits!

SXSW’s Message to Marketers: Brands have to Move Faster While Maintaining Marketing Strategies
There was a ton of talk at this year’s South by Southwest about digital transformation and customer experience, the buzz terms of 2017

D.C.-Area Updates: WHITE64, Spectrum Science and Anne Arundel County, MD
Tysons-based WHITE64 announced two hires: Corey Lane, an ad agency executive with more than a decade of experience, was named WHITE64’s new

Washingtonian: Is Trump’s Budget Actually “a Dastardly Plan to Destroy DC Journalism?”
Washingtonian magazine has an article titled “Is Trump’s Budget Actually a Dastardly Plan to Destroy DC Journalism?” The article by Andrew Beaujon was

MSLGROUP to Support HealthyWomen in the Debate over Legislation to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act
MSLGROUP announced it will assist HealthyWomen to give American women a voice in the debate over legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care

