Maryland News: Smith Joins SECU as CMO; New Hires at Cyphers, Energy Select and MGH; Tellys for UNCONQUERED
SECU, Maryland’s largest credit union, hired Becky Smith, left, as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. According to an announcement, Smith will

Visit Baltimore Brings on Bellweather Agency to Work with TBC and Miles Partnership
Visit Baltimore, the city’s official destination sales and marketing arm, announced new and renewed agency partnerships to help the destination drive economic impact

Baltimore’s idfive Expands Creative Team; GKV Adds Four; C+W Communications Rebrands
Integrated marketing agency idfive has expanded its creative team, welcoming Associate Creative Director Meagan Petri, left in photo. The agency also announced two internal

NBC4’s Brittany Johnson Joins Podcast Village as Senior Executive Producer/Digital Lead
Podcast Village, the audio and video podcast media production studio in Georgetown/Glover Park, continues its growth and announces the addition of Brittany Johnson

Sushi at the AMA Baltimore Awards and “Is it Really Like ‘The Wire’”?
By Jeffrey Davis, Baltimore Editor Welcome to a new and expanded Buzz in Baltimore! I’ll use this column to take a deeper look

National Aquarium is Grand MX Winner at AMA Baltimore MX Awards
The National Aquarium was named this year’s Grand MX Winner at the American Marketing Association Baltimore Chapter (AMA Baltimore) 34th Annual MX Awards

Buzz in Baltimore: Pittsburgh’s MARC Opens Office for Lottery Account; AAFB Winners Receive 17 Awards in District 2 Competition
MARC USA’s Cogniscient Media, the division of the Pittsburgh agency selected to handle all media planning and buying for the Maryland Lottery, has

Buzz in Baltimore: News from Whirlaway, Legg Mason, GKV, Visit Baltimore, Abel and Harrison Communications
David Harrison of Harrison Communications and Greg Abel of Abel Communications helped get the Wayland Baptist University’s Flying Queens, the Texas school’s

Cravety Announces Futurefy Marketing Series on Customer and Employee Experience
Brand and culture design agency Cravety announced the creation of Futurefy Marketing, a series of one-day learning labs for creative professionals to learn

Podcast Village Announces Expansion of Georgetown Studio
Podcast Village, one of the Washington, D.C., area’s top podcast production companies, co-founded by Charlie Birney, left, and Oscar Santana Zeballos,

Buzz in Baltimore: Remembering WBAL’s “Detour Dave”; Atcheson Joins R2integrated; Abel Adds Lance
Longtime Baltimore radio traffic reporter Dave Sandler, who delivered traffic reports for more than 30 years on WBAL Radio and 98 Rock as “Detour

AAF Baltimore Releases List of Winners from 45th ADDY Show
The 45th Annual Baltimore American Advertising Show, the Baltimore region’s premiere advertising industry event held March 7 at the B&O Railroad

Baltimore ADDYs: MGH Wins “Best of Show”; Special Judge’s Awards for Kapowza, Marriner Marketing and idfive
The freaks of Baltimore’s advertising community gathered on March 7 to celebrate the 45th Annual Baltimore American Advertising Show (the ADDYs), presented by

Maryland News: LTN Acquires Niles Media; Van Eperen Renews MBE/DBE; Warschawski Adds Versant; DPR Promotes Lin
LTN Global, which provides broadcast-quality IP video transport solutions, acquired the Niles Media Group, a Kansas City, Missouri-based company specializing in media

Maryland Set to Award $115 Million Lottery Contract to GKV and Pittsburgh’s MARC USA
Maryland’s Board of Public Works will be asked to approve a new Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency contract valued at $115,478,

