BOSTON: Omnicom siblings Porter Novelli and Copithorne & Bellows have made their long-rumored alliance official, with the firms announcing last week that C&B will become PN’s hi-tech division.

BOSTON: Omnicom siblings Porter Novelli and Copithorne & Bellows

have made their long-rumored alliance official, with the firms

announcing last week that C&B will become PN’s hi-tech division.



The path for the announcement was cleared by Brodeur Worldwide’s

decision to operate independently and drop Porter Novelli from its name

(PRWeek, Nov. 8). Rather than co-brand the agencies (as PN once ...