NEW YORK: Porter Novelli recently laid off about a dozen senior executives, according to industry sources.

The departures include senior members of Porter's digital team, Brad McCormick, EVP of digital media, and John Havens, EVP of social media.

Porter CEO Gary Stockman said the firm laid off executives in New York and Chicago a few weeks ago but declined to name them. “It was to align our teams against clients,” he said. Stockman would not confirm the number of those laid ...