
The Cyphers Agency Tapped to Promote New Bay Plate Design
Integrated marketing agency, The Cyphers Agency, will help lead marketing, advertising and public relations to promote Maryland’s newly revealed Chesapeake Bay License Plate. The funds from the specialty plates…
Scott Williams, Newseum President, Presented AAF DC’s 2018 Silver Medal Award
AAF DC, the country’s leading chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF), presented the prestigious 2018 Silver Medal Award to Scott Williams, president…

4A’s President Calls for Balance Between Internal and External Creative Resources
When the Association of National Advertisers issued its latest report about brands taking ad agency services in-house, the 4As didn’t have much…

Maryland News: New ‘Save the Bay’ Plates Created by TM Design; Judges Consolidate Sinclair Lawsuits; Balman Joins Warschawski
A Frederick-area design firm created the new Maryland license plate for the Chesapeake Bay Trust unveiled Oct. 18 at Sandy Point State Park.…

Number of In-House Agencies Rising Rapidly States ANA Report
The number of marketers with in-house agencies has grown substantially over the past five years among members of the ANA (Association of National…

Check Out These ADWKDC 2018 Events
MONDAY, OCTOBER 15 AT 8:30AM Porter Novelli // 1615 L St, Washington, DC 20036 What to expect: Breakfast Lecture RSVP here. As brands and…

Buzz in Baltimore: News from TBC, Vitamin and MGH
TBC President Nichole Baccala Ward was named one of the Baltimore Sun’s Women to Watch in 2018. “We’ve gone beyond working with…

Crosby Promotes Three on Social Media Team
Crosby Marketing Communications announced the promotion of three members on its social media team. Jeff Koslofsky has been promoted to Social Media Supervisor, Ashley…

Lawsuit: WCW Sues Maryland Transit Over Censored Kitten Lab Ads
This summer, Maryland state transit agencies refused to run the White Coat Waste Project ad, above, criticizing the USDA’s taxpayer-funded kitten laboratory…

Hiring Trends for 2019
Capitol Communicator’s Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit last week featured a panel of recruitment experts discussing the latest trends in hiring. The panel was…

Maryland News: imre Acquires LA PR Firm; Jellyfish Acquires App Agency
Hunt Valley based imre has acquired Los Angeles-based JMPR. JMPR will retain its brand as an imre division, and JMPR founder and CEO…

New PETA Campaign Reveals Mistreatment of Cows
A series of new videos from creative agency SmithGifford for its client PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) that are designed to…

“Becoming the Brand Authentic” Focus of ADWKDC, Oct. 15-19
Trust. Authenticity. Fake News. Transparency. These are words that keep marketers, advertisers, copywriters, designers, social media managers, journalists and media planners up at night.…

Digital Ads are Prime Reason U.S. Advertising to Grow Five Percent in 2019
After some promising advertising results this year, expect TV advertising to sink back into a decline in 2019 — as digital advertising continues to soar,…

inVisibleCreatives Working to Fix Gender Ratio in Advertising Industry
The key to have more women in the ad industry is… having more women in the ad industry, states inVisibleCreatives, which is an initiative…

