O'Dwyer's Public Relations News

Emily Lenzner, who did a five-year stint as executive VP-global comms at Motion Picture Association, has signed on as senior advisor at Trident DMG https://odwpr.us/3MRYwpA

News of firms: Burson launches?Decipher Health, a cognitive AI offering designed to optimize communications impact and stakeholder engagement across patient, advocate, healthcare provider, health decision makers and analyst communities...?DGA Group?acquires?EH&A Consulting, a Paris-based crisis management firm...?Memo?is presenting a Sept. 25 webinar at 1 p.m., based on its 2nd annual Evolving Role of Communications report https://odwpr.us/4edRHun

More Americans are getting their news from social media platforms than ever, with TikTok emerging as a small but increasingly popular source, according to findings by Pew Research Center https://odwpr.us/3TwFlFe

Accounts in transit: Padilla is named AOR for the Florida Department of Citrus’ consumer mktg. & issues mgmt. programs... Allison Worldwide is named PR AOR for EBONY Media, the Black-owned media co. & platform... Kaplow is selected to represent baby-gear & car seat brand Joie and children’s swim accessory & sunglasses brand Bling2o https://odwpr.us/4d9le79

Public Policy Holding Company reported that first-half revenues grew 8 percent to $71.1M, while net income rose 4 percent to $13.2M https://odwpr.us/3MNih1k

Blue Matter, New York life sciences consulting firm, has acquired Sam Brown Healthcare Communications, which has more than 50 staffers and $12.4M in 2023 fee income https://odwpr.us/3Zt3dgQ

Acceleration Community of Companies (ACC) has acquired a majority stake in New York-based DKC, the full-service communications shop launched by Dan Klores in 1991 https://odwpr.us/4eskkUh

More than a quarter of PR pros today said they're using generative artificial intelligence to create press releases, and nearly half said they plan to do so in the future, according to a PR Newswire survey https://odwpr.us/47xwBEB

Skyline Capitol has signed a $200K pact to provide government relations services to Turkey, and to work create a positive image of the country and its people in the US https://odwpr.us/3BaScqv

On the move: Andrew Dimitriou, who was EMEA CEO at WPP's VMLY&R (MA), has joined DEPT?, a digital mktg. shop backed by The Carlyle Group... Relevance International, which works with clients in the luxury lifestyle, real estate, tech, hospitality and design sectors, promotes Dane Wisher to SVP.... Parse Biosciences brings on Kaitie Kramer as VP of mktg. https://odwpr.us/4elJ9Ba