NEW YORK: The NewsMarket announced it plans to acquire Medialink Worldwide.

NEW YORK: MS&L is accepting applications for the 2009 Be:Cause Community Connected Award, which offers $100,000 in PR and social media support to a New York metro area nonprofit that focuses on youth and young adults.

ALBANY, NY: Marketing firm Media Logic has launched Zeitgeist & Coffee, a social media management tool.

NEW YORK: In its continuing efforts to build awareness about climate change, Deutsche Bank unveiled The Carbon Counter, a 70-foot high digital billboard located near New York's Madison Square Garden that tracks the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases in real time.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a series of rule amendments that would make it easier for shareholders to nominate directors to corporate boards.

Concertgoers hummed a happy tune June 1. On that day, Live Nation announced "No service fee Wednesdays."

On June 4, Sysomos, a company that has been quietly operating in Toronto since 2005, launched Sysomos Media Analysis Platform (MAP) and Sysomos Heartbeat.

OSLO: Kreab Gavin Anderson will acquire Norway's 20/20 Communications.

BLOOMINGTON, IL: State Farm Insurance has selected Weber Shandwick as its lead agency. The company discussed its plans to conduct a selective review in November 2008.

PHOENIX: The Inventure Group, a specialty snack food manufacturer, has hired Lambert, Edwards & Associates (LE&A) for IR and PR services.