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Dalton Agency, Kilgannon merge

Lindsay Stein February 03, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, FL: Advertising and PR firm the Dalton Agency has merged with Atlanta-based advertising agency Kilgannon.

McConnell joins Englander Knabe & Allen

Virgil Dickson February 02, 2012

LOS ANGELES: Jeff McConnell, president of McConnell Government Relations, has joined Englander Knabe & Allen (EKA) as SVP and merged his firm into EKA.

WPP merges PBN into Hill+Knowlton Strategies

Danielle Drolet January 23, 2012

NEW YORK: WPP Group has acquired a greater stake in Russian agency The PBN Company and merged it into Hill+Knowlton Strategies.

MZ, MVL unite to form @titude Global

Danielle Drolet October 27, 2011

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL: MZ Group, an international IR and corporate agency, has merged with Brazil-based MVL Communications to form @titude Global.

Huntsworth merges Dutko, Grayling in the US

Danielle Drolet October 20, 2011

WASHINGTON: Huntsworth, the parent company of Grayling, has relaunched Dutko Worldwide as Dutko Grayling, a US-based integrated public affairs offering.

Mercury, Clark & Weinstock merge DC operations

Danielle Drolet October 18, 2011

WASHINGTON: Public affairs firms Mercury and Clark & Weinstock have merged their DC operations under the brand Mercury/Clark & Weinstock, effective immediately.

Wireless carriers square up for court battles

Chris Daniels September 16, 2011

WASHINGTON: The fight over the legality of AT&T's $39-billion bid to acquire T-Mobile USA has just begun. But the battle lines from a communications perspective have already been drawn.

Erwin Penland moves to NYC and ramps up PR

Lindsay Stein September 15, 2011

GREENVILLE, SC: Full-service marketing firm Erwin Penland is moving into advertising agency Hill Holliday's New York City office and expanding its PR efforts.

WPP agencies merge to form RLM Finsbury

Danielle Drolet July 19, 2011

NEW YORK: WPP agencies Finsbury Group and Robinson Lerer & Montgomery (RLM) have merged to form RLM Finsbury, a new worldwide strategic corporate, financial, and crisis communications agency.

United Continental branding update leaves room for imagination

Alexandra Bruell February 28, 2011

Little by little, the new United Continental Holdings is creeping out from behind the airlines' merger.

Huffington to take growth strategy to AOL

Lindsey Siegriest February 07, 2011

Arianna Huffington took to her blog to provide an outline of how the Huffington Post-AOL merger came about and how it relates back to achieving the vision of growth she set for the news site at the start of the year.

Comet Branding and Hanson Dodge to merge

Lindsey Siegriest December 16, 2010

MILWAUKEE: Comet Branding & PR and Hanson Dodge Creative will merge effective January 1.

Hill & Knowlton to merge with Public Strategies

Steve Barrett November 15, 2010

PRWeek can exclusively reveal that Hill & Knowlton is merging with sister WPP agency Public Strategies, with former George W. Bush adviser Dan Bartlett becoming president and CEO of H&K USA.

Continental and United finalize post-merger comms leadership

Alexandra Bruell July 27, 2010

HOUSTON: Continental Airlines and United Airlines announced the expected leadership team of the combined airline, including Nene Foxhall, who is expected to oversee communications and government affairs.

Two Canadian firms to merge

Kimberly Maul June 02, 2010

TORONTO: Communications MECA and Palette PR will merge as of July 1 to become Energi PR, which will focus on PR, social media, digital, and corporate communications.

United and Continental announce merger via various comms tools

Alexandra Bruell May 03, 2010

CHICAGO: United Airlines and Continental Airlines have confirmed the merger that the media had reported was in the works.

PRSA's merger of multicutural division causes rift

Erica Morris December 28, 2009

NEW YORK: Some members are disputing the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) decision to integrate its Multicultural Communications Section (MCS) into its Diversity Committee. Last week, PRSA said it would combine the units due to a failure of the multicultural section to meet financial and other benchmarks.

Merger of BNC and PMK/HBH not an IPG mandate

Kimberly Maul December 08, 2009

LOS ANGELES: BNC and PMK/HBH, two entertainment PR agencies under the Interpublic Group, are merging, a source close to the situation confirmed to PRWeek.

BNC and PMK/HBH to merge

Kimberly Maul December 08, 2009

LOS ANGELES: BNC and PMK/HBH, two entertainment PR agencies under the Interpublic Group, are merging, a source close to the situation confirmed to PRWeek.

Merger creates Vegas-based Langdon Flynn Communications

Alexandra Bruell November 03, 2009

LAS VEGAS: Ken Langdon's Heat Communications and Stephen Flynn's Stephen Flynn Enterprises have merged to create Las Vegas-based communications agency Langdon Flynn Communications.