Digital Agency BRINK Relaunches as BRINK Creative Group Sponsored August 17, 2019 Agency, Design, Top Center SponsoredBy BRINK Creative Group When you’ve been a digital agency for more than 25 years, you inevitably go through many moments of reinvention to stay relevant. When BRINK first started, the newness of the...
“2019 Inc. 5000: The Most Successful Companies in America” Features a Number of Advertising and Marketing Companies in D.C., MD and VA Capitol Communicator August 16, 2019 Advertising, Awards, B to B, Marketing, Top Center Sponsored2 CommentsInc. has released its annual guide to the 5,000 fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S.--and how they reached their lofty heights. The Inc. 5000 ranks companies by overall revenue growth over...
CBSN Local to Rollout in Baltimore and 12 Other Markets By Early 2020 Capitol Communicator August 15, 2019 Media, Top Center SponsoredCBS Television Stations and CBS Interactive will accelerate the rollout of CBSN Local, the company’s local direct-to-consumer streaming news services, in 13 major U.S. markets, including Baltimore, where CBS...
Smokey Bear, the Longest-Running Public Service Ad Campaign, Turns 75 Capitol Communicator August 12, 2019 Advertising, Top Center SponsoredSmokey Bear, the U.S. Forest Service's symbol of fire prevention, has turned 75. Smokey is the longest-running public service ad campaign, first appearing on a poster on Aug. 9, 1944. While his look has...
“Trouble is Brewing” States NY Post About Proposed Gannett-Gatehouse Media Merger Capitol Communicator August 11, 2019 B to B, Media, Top Center SponsoredHeath Freeman, the boss of private equity firm Alden Global Capital, "is throwing a wrench into the mega-merger between Gatehouse Media and USA Today owner Gannett," reports the New York Post. The NY Post's...
White House Proposal “Would Have FCC and FTC Police Alleged Social Media Censorship,” Reports CNN Capitol Communicator August 9, 2019 Social Media, Top Center SponsoredA draft executive order from the White House could put the Federal Communications Commission in charge of shaping how Facebook, Twitter and other large tech companies "curate what appears on their...
“Team Mitch” Account Back on Twitter Capitol Communicator August 9, 2019 Social Media, Top Center SponsoredRepublicans pulled ad dollars from Twitter - an action that could have cost Twitter millions of dollars - in response to Twitter locking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign account, according...
Recording Industry Association of America Names Brendan Daly its Chief Communications Officer Capitol Communicator August 9, 2019 People, Top Center SponsoredThe Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has named Brendan Daly, former chief spokesman to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, its chief communications officer, reports Billboard. Billboard added...
GateHouse Media’s Owner and Gannett Agree to Merge Capitol Communicator August 6, 2019 Acquisitions, Media, Top Center SponsoredGateHouse Media's owner and Gannett have agreed to merge in a deal aimed at cutting overlapping costs and enabling the combined company to pursue a digital transformation as the media industry grapples with...
Around D.C.: Weber Shandwick, Nahigian Strategies and Glen Echo Group Capitol Communicator August 5, 2019 Agency, Top Center SponsoredUSAA hired Weber Shandwick as its lead corporate communications agency, reports PRWeek, which added that the IPG firm "will bolster USAA’s overall brand and lines of business by providing "strategic,...
