O'Dwyer's PR News

ALT Stagwell appoints Kate Richling as chief brand and communications officer of Stagwell Media. She joins from Monks... Osaic, a provider of wealth management strategies, names Manish Shrivastava CMO. Shrivastava comes to Osaic after more than 12 years as CMO at homebuilding company PulteGroup... The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo brings on Greater Houston Partnership chief marketing and communications officer Clint Pasche as CMO.

ALT New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets seeks a firm to run marketing communications for its more than 50 annual and county fairs.

ALT Media maneuvers: The New York Times added about 420,000 net digital-only subscribers in Q3 2026, a jump of 14.6 percent over Q3 2025... The Committee to Protect Journalists is hosting an online discussion on Nov. 6 at 12pm ET of how the coming changes in Washington may impact press freedom, both in the U.S. and around the world.... The Hispanic Public Relations Association will present the 2026 ¡BRAVO! Journalist of the Year Award, to Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano, at the 12th annual HPRA ¡BRAVO! Awards on Nov. 19 at the Los Angeles River Center & Gardens.

ALT A PR pro would have advised Donald Trump not to post on the White House website an image of him leaning with both hands on the Resolute Desk and glowering into the camera... Mitt Romney gets measure of revenge... Former Members of the New York Jets family battle it out in Arizona.

ALT Wendy’s has turned to Collected Strategies as it rejects what it calls an inadequate, unsolicited and non-binding takeover bid from a group led by Nelson Peltz’s Trian Partners.

ALT PR firm news: BRG Communications, which specializes in health and wellness, acquires We Are HeadStart, a boutique PR shop that serves mission-driven startups... Clario Group launches Content Impact Score....] RED PRfounder/president Julia Labaton is named to Crain’s New York Business Notable Leaders in Communications 2026.

ALT On the move: Terra Security, which develops AI agents for offensive security and continuous penetration testing, appoints Tal Kapulnik as CMO... GainbridgeSM, which sells annuities directly to members, without agents or commissions, names Peter Bishop VP of marketing... Tannenbaum Helpern, a New York-based business law firm, names Damien Cohen chief marketing and business development officer.

ALT Grow the Flow, a Utah-based nonprofit, is seeking a firm to develop a public awareness and engagement campaign to hike understanding of the urgent need to restore the shrinking Great Salt Lake to a healthy level.

ALT Tyler Rudy, a nine-year veteran of Deloitte Consulting, has joined Trailrunner Sports, a joint venture with Legends Global, as VP.

ALT Montreal’s Avenir Global is paying $95M in cash to Next 15 Group for its Outcast, Archetype and Nectar technology firms.

ALT Prepare Now for Congressional Oversight Investigations by Evan Lukaske & David Topping

ALT “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed and we will deserve it,” said Lindsey Graham after he suspended his campaign to run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Better late than never… Marathon Strategies rides the ‘blue wave’ by launching a Congressional investigation unit… Putin strangles to death Russia’s last major independent newspaper.

ALT Hotwire Global appoints Karyn Barr, who most recently led the U.S. technology practice at Zeno Group, as US CEO, effective Nov. 16... Clark Hill, an international law firm with more than 800 attorneys and professionals, brings on Kate Pearch as chief marketing and business development officer... Abnormal AI, a behavioral AI company, appoints Don Jeter as CMO.