Tonya Garcia

NEW YORK: Vidicom, a multimedia marketing firm, has hired a number of former On the Scene Productions staff members following that firm's closure.

NEW YORK: Brunswick Group took the top spot in terms of value on the mergermarket League Tables of PR Advisers for Q1-Q3 2009 for what the organization called the worst nine-month period in six years.

The once-dominant broadcast PR industry has faced serious challenges over the past few years.

NEW YORK: KCSA Strategic Communications hired Sharron Silvers as MD for both the PR and IR divisions.

NEW YORK: Kit Digital, an on-demand software solutions provider for Internet protocol-based video assets, has acquired competitor online video communications firm The FeedRoom in an all-stock deal valued at $9.8 million.

NEW YORK: The NewsMarket completed its planned acquisition of Medialink on September 29. Medialink's shareholders had approved the deal a few days earlier.

ATLANTA: Ketchum has launched Ketchum Energy, a specialty group devoted to helping clients promote their brands, products, and positions in the energy sector.

The National Investor Relations Institute president and CEO Jeff Morgan has said before that he thinks of social media as "a bigger microphone" for...

NEW YORK: Jim Moldow, former VP of business development for On the Scene Productions, has joined West Glen Communications as VP, account director.

WILMINGTON, DE: Chase Card Services has introduced a suite of cards, "Ink from Chase," and a marketing campaign targeting small businesses.