PARIS: Havas, parent company of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR and Abernathy MacGregor, saw an 8% decrease in global revenues for the year with North America posting a 4% year-over-year decline.

SAN DIEGO: Heineken USA hired Formula Street, Formula's brand activation division, as AOR for its Western and Central regions product sampling efforts in 2010.

LOS ANGELES: Wonacott Communications added three clients in the online gaming industry: Ndoors Interactive, Meteor Games, and Sleepy Giant.

CHARLOTTE, NC: The National Hispanic Entrepreneurs' Organization (NHEO) is in the midst of a national awareness campaign for the organization, and introduced a team of ambassadors from around the country who will spread the group's message.

I went back to college Friday morning at a social media week event with seven students who have an interest in media and online engagement.

Reporter Kimberly Maul speaks to BET's Matthew Barnhill, SVP of corporate research, and Jeanine Liburd, EVP of communications and public affairs, about the best ways to approach the varied segments of the black community.

CHICAGO: The Chicago White Sox hired The San Jose Group as its Hispanic marketing AOR, working to increase attendance from Chicago-area Latino residents.

WASHINGTON: A coalition led by the Arthritis Foundation launched a three-year, national public awareness campaign to help Americans understand the joint disease and its most common form, osteoarthritis.

Last night I attended a Social Media Week NY event at the NYU Stern School of Business called "Navigating Social Media Technology in Healthcare."

The talk surrounding the 2010 Census has been around multicultural markets, particularly the Hispanic community, but the US Census Bureau is also motivated to increase participation by the LGBT community.