LOS ANGELES: Universal Pictures communications SVP Paul Pflug has left his corporate role to form a new agency, Principal Communications Group (PCG), officially launching on May 1.

Cofounding the firm is LA entertainment pro Melissa Zukerman, who as well as having had several in-house entertainment roles, most recently ran her own corporate communications firm.

Pflug's departure does not end his relationship with Universal, as PCG has signed Universal Pictures as an initial client, though the details of that relationship were not immediately ...