Google cutting advertising sales team jobs
After laying off about 1,000 employees last week, states The Verge, Google is now cutting jobs in its advertising sales team. In a

Jonathan Fischer joins WaPo as arts and entertainment editor
Jonathan Fischer has joined The Washington Post as arts and entertainment editor. In this newly created role, Fischer will lead The Post’s reporters,

Tom Shales, Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic for The Washington Post, dies at 79
Tom Shales, a Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic for The Washington Post, who, states The Post, brought “incisive and barbed wit to coverage of

Agital adds D.C.-based WDG
Digital marketing agency Agital, based in Burlington, MA, announced the acquisition of WDG (Web Development Group), a web development and digital experience company based
AAF DC ending entries for first tier of American Advertising Awards
The American Advertising Federation DC (AAF DC) is closing its Call for Entries for the first tier of its American Advertising Awards. Each year,

Subject Matter+Kivvit Becomes Avōq, Names New Partners
Subject Matter+Kivvit has rebranded as Avoq and elevated 14 longtime practitioners to partner. The new name and reorganization follow the May 2023 merger

WWPR inducts 2024 Board of Directors
Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR), a leading membership group for female communications professionals in Washington, D.C., announced its 2024 Board of Directors.

Margaret Dunning, managing partner of FINN’s Higher Education practice, retires
Margaret Dunning retired Dec. 31, following four decades in communications and 10 years as managing partner of FINN’s Higher Education practice. According to
Pum Lefebure, D.C.-based Design Army, quoted in Fast Company on what she and other design leaders wish they could redesign in 2024
When you see a major rebrand, there’s something you’re not seeing, states Fast Company, including “mountains of meetings; gratuitously annotated feedback from

Jamie Stockwell joins WaPo as head of Metro
Jamie Stockwell, “an enterprising and creative editor who is deeply committed to expanding the reach and impact of local journalism,’ is joining The Washington

New Facebook option allows Meta and its subsidiaries to use collected data from Facebook’s mobile browser to improve ad targeting
Facebook has begun to globally roll out a link history option as an opt-out feature, turned on by default, for Android and iOS

As X loses monthly users, LinkedIn ad prices increase as much as 30%
X, formerly known as Twitter, has lost over 71% of its value since April 2022, when Elon Musk bought the microblogging app, according to

Connect360 Multimedia
Connect360 is a leading media placement agency driving measurable results for some of Charity Navigator’s highest-ranked nonprofits, well-known associations, government agencies

Lauren Lawson-Zilai presented 2023 Platinum Award by PRSA National Capital Chapter
Lauren Lawson-Zilai was presented the 2023 Platinum Award by the PRSA National Capital Chapter. The award is an acknowledgement of a volunteer for

WTOP’s Neal Augenstein’s 2024 resolution is living with stage 4 lung cancer
2023 was a great year, states WTOP’s Neal Augenstein, despite starting it with stage 4 lung cancer. After one-pill-a-day targeted

