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# Maryland News: Trembling Giant and MBD Merge; Podcast Village Launches MCE Podcast Series; NOVA Selects MGH
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/maryland-news-trembling-giant-and-mbd-merge-podcast-village-launches-mce-podcast-series-nova-selects-mgh/
- Published: 2016-06-27T10:52:59.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-15T15:01:19.000Z
- Author: Jeffrey Davis
- Tags: Media, Agency, Broadcasting, #Import 2026-10-08 18:47

**Trembling Giant Marketing LLC and MBD Maryland** announced that the two businesses have merged into one full service public relations and marketing consulting agency based in Sykesville. Trembling Giant, headed by **Rich Austin**, is a branding, marketing services and public relations agency. MBD Maryland, owned by **Amy Giannakoulias**, currently produces business–to-consumer direct mail advertising directories for Frederick, Carroll and Howard counties.

**Gaithersburg-based podcasting company** [**Podcast Village**](http://podcastvillage.com/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), a Capitol Communicator sponsor, completed a series of podcasts for the Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship (MCE). Each episode of Unique Assets features an in-depth interview by **Charlie Birney** with a founder of a start-up based in Howard County at the MCE along with insights from experts counseling the firms, including MCE’s **Peter Ettinger**.

**Baltimore’s MGH** will handle media planning and buying for Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) for its 2016-2017 enrollment campaign, which kicks off this fall. MGH will develop a media strategy to drive enrollment for all of NOVA’s six campuses in Virginia. A campaign for the institution will include print, radio and outdoor advertising elements. NOVA is the largest public educational institution in Virginia and the second-largest community college in the United States, with more than 75,000 students.