
Politico in Talks Regarding Investment or Sale
Politico, the Washington news site popular with Beltway power brokers, is seeking as much as $1 billion in a potential deal with the German publishing giant Axel Springer, reports The…
The Stagwell Group Reports Formal Combination of Stagwell Marketing Group Holdings LLC and MDC Partners Inc.
The Stagwell Group, based in D.C., reports the formal combination of Stagwell Marketing Group Holdings LLC and MDC Partners Inc. The combined company…

The Hatcher Group Announces Acquisition of Horne Creative
The Hatcher Group, a full-service communications and marketing firm based in Bethesda, announced it has acquired the Horne Creative Group. According to the…

Tech-Powered Media Company BuzzFeed to Merge with 890 5th Avenue Partners
BuzzFeed, a tech-powered media company for digital content and commerce for millennial and Gen Z audiences, will merge with 890 5th Avenue Partners,…

McDonald to Notre Dame of Maryland University; Cadmium Acquires EventRebels; News from Warschawski and JHU
Notre Dame of Maryland University has named Damita McDonald, in photo, as the new senior director for university communications & public relations. A versatile…

GovExec Acquires Government Marketing University
GovExec, an information services company for government leaders and contractors, acquired Government Marketing University, (GMarkU) a training, skills development and career growth community platform…

Baltimore’s V360 Fundraising Sold to Chief Operating Officer Joe Casalino
Maryland-based V360 Fundraising, specializing in creating fundraising programs for military nonprofits nationwide, announced that founder and CEO Mike DeMos has sold the company…

Core Strategic Group to Acquire Washington Media Group
Core Strategic Group will acquire Washington Media Group, a D.C.-based communications, advocacy, advertising and research firm. The transaction is expected to close…

WYPR to Acquire WTMD
Public service broadcaster Your Public Radio (WYPR) 88.1FM announced plans to acquire WTMD 89.7 FM from Towson University. WTMD has been operated…

Columbia’s ADG Creative, LLC Acquired by Proximas Group
ADG Creative, LLC, the Columbia-based strategic communications and creative services firm, has been acquired by Proximas Group. ADG will continue to serve its…

Higher Logic Acquires Vanilla to Expand Engagement Solutions for Customers
Together the two will serve the global association and corporate markets with unmatched community solutions. Higher Logic, the industry-leading engagement platform, announced its…

Dutch Startup MessageBird Acquires Columbia-based SparkPost for $600 Million
MessageBird, the world’s leading global omnichannel communication platform, will acquire SparkPost, the world’s largest, first and only predictive email intelligence platform. According…

Dateline Philadelphia: Gregory FCA Expands Technology and Healthcare Practices With Acquisition of New York’s Affect
Philadelphia PR firm Gregory FCA has made a move into the New York City market with the acquisition of Affect, a B2B public relations…

Whong Community Media Acquires OutLook by the Bay
Whong Community Media LLC, a Columbia-based media company, has acquired OutLook by the Bay magazine from OutLook By The Bay, LLC and Tecla…

Ironmark Acquires Spectrum Printing & Graphics
Ironmark, based in Annapolis Junction, MD, has acquired Spectrum Printing & Graphics, a full-service commercial printing company based in Rockville, MD, that provides…

