The Data Advantage: How your CRM becomes a growth engine
For years, CRMs were treated like digital filing cabinets — a static repository for customer names, emails, and purchase history. But as loyalty has evolved from transactional…

Six Washington Post journalists join ESPN
ESPN adds six journalists who had been working at The Washington Post, which eliminated more than 300 jobs in early February, including a significant portion of…

Capitol Communicators: Profile of Aliza Bran, Director of Media Relations, International Spy Museum
Capitol Communicators is a profile series spotlighting the people shaping the present and future of advertising, digital, marketing and public relations in the Mid-Atlantic. This…

Animated Washington Capitals NHL game to air on April 5
ESPN will air an animated version of a live NHL game on Sunday, April 5, with animated NHL players and characters from Pixar’s “Inside Out”…

AAF DC celebrates creative excellence at the 2026 American Advertising Awards
Avoq Takes Home Best of Show for “Viewers Like Me” Campaign for PBS American Advertising Awards – James Minichello Photography jamesminichello.smugmug.com The American Advertising Federation…

Owner of two D.C.-area radio stations files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Cumulus Media reached a restructuring agreement with a group of lenders that will eliminate substantially all of the company’s remaining debt, reducing its obligations by…

Precision Strategies LLC announced acquisition of Firehouse Strategies LLC
Precision Strategies LLC, an integrated strategy and marketing agency based in D.C. and New York, announced the acquisition of Firehouse Strategies LLC, a public affairs…

IAB Public Policy and Legal Summit to be held in D.C. on March 31
Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the leading trade association for the digital advertising industry, will host the 2026 IAB Public Policy and Legal Summit on March 31…

Insight: Religion now most-programmed radio format
For more than two decades, states Inside Radio, “country, news/talk and religion have been the top-three formats based on total stations, with religion a…

Broderick named to Baltimore Development Corporation leadership team; MGH announces new clients
The Baltimore Development Corporation named Roy Broderick Jr. as Senior Vice President, Chief Business Development Officer and Executive Director of Made In Baltimore — a role that…

PCDC marks 20 years of collaboration, progressive impact
Progressive Communicators of DC (PCDC) cheers in 20 years as an influential collaborative hub for progressive communication professionals in and around the nation’s capital. What…

Agencies and people in the news: Stratacomm, Better Together Agency and Spotted MP
Stratacomm announced a new executive leadership structure designed to further enhance the agency’s strategic focus and strengthen how teams deliver integrated marketing communications solutions for…

Ad industry facing crisis “hiding in plain sight,” states post on Mediapost
The advertising industry is facing an existential crisis hiding in plain sight, states a post on Mediapost. Across the globe, continues the post, “agencies are producing…

DC offers funding opportunities for marketing, design and communications firms
Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) announced the launch of applications for the Fiscal Year 2026…

Axel Springer acquires B2B media and events company Bisnow and establishes Brew Media Group
Axel Springer has acquired Bisnow, a leading commercial real estate media and events business. Since 2005, Bisnow has built a deeply engaged, global commercial real estate…

