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. Entertainment reporter Nikki Finke broke the story on her Deadline Hollywood blog on December 7.
While details, including any staff changes and the name of the new company, are still being decided, a source said they hope to launch the new company at the beginning of 2010 and that it "was not an IPG mandate."
The agencies "have ...