RICHMOND, VA: CRT/Tanaka said it acquired social media firm Livingston Communications, its second acquisition in 2009.

The Richmond, VA-based agency announced in March that it would acquire Lewis & Neale, a food and nutrition communications firm. Both acquisitions are the result of a long-term strategy, said Mark Raper, CEO and chairman of the firm.

“Unlike other independent firms that look at things one year at a time, we have been taking a long view for many ...