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FT global comms director Gilpin-Jacobs to step down

Sarah Shearman June 19, 2013

LONDON: Emma Gilpin-Jacobs will step down from her role as global director of communications at the Financial Times next month after nearly seven years at the company.

Carnival hires former American comms exec

Brittaney Kiefer June 19, 2013

MIAMI: Carnival has brought on former American Airlines executive Roger Frizzell to lead corporate communications after facing numerous crisis situations in the past 18 months.

Popeyes pauses consumer PR agency search

Lindsay Stein June 19, 2013

ATLANTA: Fast-food chain Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen has put its consumer PR agency RFP on hold in the midst of a communications executive shift.

Bloomberg expands terminal for IR professionals

Brittaney Kiefer June 19, 2013

NEW YORK: Bloomberg LP has released additional tools and analytics for investor relations professionals in an expansion of the company's financial data platform.

Fahlgren Mortine goes west with Boise office launch

Virgil Dickson June 18, 2013

BOISE, ID: Fahlgren Mortine will open its first office in the western US next month in Boise, ID. The location will open its doors July 8.

Golin names Emanate's Morgan NY consumer leader

Lindsay Stein June 18, 2013

NEW YORK: GolinHarris has appointed Andrea Morgan, former MD at Emanate, to serve as executive director and head of the agency's consumer marketing practice in New York.

Millennial moms feel 'overlooked' by marketing

Sarah Shearman June 18, 2013

NEW YORK: Millennial generation mothers are highly influential and connected, spending more than 17 hours per week on social networks, but they consider themselves "overlooked" by marketing, according to research from Weber Shandwick.

Toyota affiliates come together for Aspen Ideas

Lindsay Stein June 18, 2013

NEW YORK: Toyota, a first-time sponsor and an underwriter of the 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival, is bringing together affiliates and departments to tell its story using the event.

Panel: Marketers must hang out with difficult customers

Campaign India Team June 18, 2013

CANNES, FRANCE: Tata Communications' Julie Woods-Moss and Georgia Pacific's Douwe Bergsma spoke on the topic "How CMOs find and foster the best talent," moderated by MSLGroup North America president Renee Wilson.

Deloitte set to kick off PR agency review process

Brittaney Kiefer June 18, 2013

NEW YORK: Deloitte is in the early stages of a PR agency review, making it the latest in a string of professional services firms to evaluate their communications rosters.

Agencies point finger at procurement for drawn-out pitch processes

Lindsay Stein June 14, 2013

PR executives are taking note of the increasing commonality of large pitch processes involving 10 or more firms, fingering procurement as a driving factor.

Merged marcomms groups demand a willingness to learn, collaborate

Virgil Dickson June 07, 2013

Key job requirements for today's communications executives are a willingness to learn other marketing skills such as paid media and an eagerness to partner with other business units.

French pharma industry turns to comms to help rebuild trust

Virgil Dickson June 01, 2013

Pharmaceutical companies and their PR partners are working hard to increase positive perceptions of the industry in France, one of the most populous countries in Europe, following a scandal that shattered trust in the industry.