Richmond Ad Club celebrates 64nd annual Richmond Show
The Richmond Ad Club celebrated the 64nd annual Richmond Show at the Hippodrome Theater on May 16. The Best in Show were: * Mondial Creative

Eli Meir Kaplan Stills + Motion helps launch Kimberly-Clark Professional’s new creative platform
Eli Meir Kaplan Stills + Motion directed the brand anthem that introduces A Better Clean, Together, the new creative platform from Kimberly-Clark Professional. A

YouTube “dominates” April Nielsens, gains 29% year-over-year, states report
YouTube continued to see stronger results compared to other media companies in TV viewing share — 12.4%, up from 29% from a year ago

Insight: Should Chief Marketing Officer title be retired?
The chief marketer’s role has evolved, and the scope of the marketing function can be unclear, states a post in the Harvard Business

Baltimore Banner wins more than 50 MDDC Press Association awards, including News Organization of the Year
The Baltimore Banner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning, nonprofit, multi-platform news operation serving Greater Baltimore and Maryland, received more than 50 awards from the

Call for Entries for AMA Baltimore’s 2025 MX Awards
The Call for Entries has begun for AMA Baltimore’s 2025 MX Awards and the deadline for early-bird entries is June 13. According

Crosby takes home four National Anvil Awards from PRSA
Crosby Marketing Communications won two Silver and two Bronze Anvil Awards in the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) annual competition. One of

Kimi Yoshino, founding editor-in-chief of The Baltimore Banner, joins WaPo as managing editor
The Washington Post announced the addition of Kimi Yoshino as Managing Editor overseeing Features, Sports, Local, Investigations and Data. According to a release, Yoshino

Agency Updates: Avoq, 3 Roads Communications and 321 Web Marketing
Avoq announced that partners Whit Askew and Cedric Grant will manage the firm’s government relations operations and serve as co-heads of the

Only 3% of people over 50 feel “seen” in ads, finds new survey
Older adults hold a disproportionate majority of wealth in the U.S., but brands are failing to reflect their spending power in their advertising

Design Army’s Pum Lefebure named to Adweek’s 2025 Creative 100 and elected Chair of The One Club for Creativity
Pum Lefebure, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of D.C.-based Design Army, has been named to Adweek’s 2025 Creative 100, the

Chuck Todd launching app-based show with media startup Noosphere
Chuck Todd, former moderator of NBC’s weekly news program Meet the Press, is launching an app-based show with media startup Noosphere. Called

Updates from SKDK, APCO and Tilt Creative + Production
Mark DeVito joined SKDK as Managing Director and Head of Brand Strategy. A release states that DeVito will lead SKDK’s brand strategy efforts,

Agency exec exits with goodbye video
May 2 marked Barry Reicherter’s final day with Finn Partners (and previously Widmeyer Communications) after “17 years of meaningful, challenging, and deeply rewarding

Leon Harris opens up about incident that ended his TV career, reports WTOP
Former NBC4 news anchor Leon Harris is opening up about his struggles with alcoholism after a very public incident that ended his TV news

