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,...
Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Jim Lansbury, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of RP3 Agency Capitol Communicator August 1, 2019 Profiles, Top Center Sponsored, Up Close and Personal Capitol Communicator is running “Up Close and Personal” profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this profile we feature Jim Lansbury. Photography for the series is by...
Edelman Drops Account After Employees Object to Contract Capitol Communicator July 31, 2019 Agency, PR, Top Center SponsoredExecutives from the giant public relations firm Edelman went to Florida in May to pitch a potential client: a private prisons company with contracts from the Trump administration to run immigrant detention...
“We Are Baltimore” Website Launched After President Trump’s Criticism of City Capitol Communicator July 29, 2019 Advertising, B to C, Top Center SponsoredBaltimore boosters have launched “We Are Baltimore”, a website that, they say, will emphasize positive news about the city after President Donald Trump derided the municipality as a “rat and rodent...
