If you wanted to attend tonight's sold-out Connecting Communicators event but are unable to be there, we are taking the buzz online, live, via a Social Mash-up.

AXIS Communications has formed an Advisory Board comprised of nationally recognized experts. The board will provide AXIS with insights and perspectives on trends and events that impact the industries in which AXIS serves clients. The Advisory Board includes the following industry leaders:

Qorvis Communications announced new hires to keep pace with business growth. Ten new employees joined Qorvis and the firm continues to seek qualified individuals for additional slots.

Dodge Color and Chrome Imaging have joined forces to become Dodge-Chrome, Inc.

The reason for the partnership? “The joining of Dodge and Chrome is an opportunity for growth we could not pass up,” says

Environics Communications announced that Whitney Van Wyk has joined the agency as an account executive in the firm's D.C. office.

There’s an effort in Congress to address how musical artists are compensated across all forms of radio, he heard from Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora.  According to Westergren, “the system as it stands today is fundamentally unfair

Equals Three Communications, Inc. was the single ad agency participating at the Creative Entrepreneurship, Economic Development, and Education in Cultural Life Conference hosted by the Arts, Entertainment and Media Management Department of Columbia College Chicago. The event took place July 15-18, 2009.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association, the largest regional bar and professional association for in-house lawyers working in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, has appointed Allison & Partners as its new agency of record.

Vocus, Inc., announced financial results for the second quarter, which ended June 30, 2009. &a Read More »

Cable network AMC is promoting the much-anticipated third season of “Mad Men,” the Emmy Award-winning early 60s-era drama set in a Madison Avenue ad agency.  That's the latest way to capture attention? A chance to win& Read More »

Roll Call Group will acquire Congressional Quarterly from the Times Publishing Company. Under the terms of the agreement, Roll Call, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Economist Group, will purchase CQ to form a new company to be known as the CQ-Roll Call Group.

Raul E. Cisneros has been appointed chief of the 2010 Census Publicity Office at the U.S. Census Bureau.   The office manages the development of the 2010 Census paid media campaign in 28 languages and provides support for a $312 million communications contract for advertising services, public relations activities and the implementation of the partnership and Census in Schools programs.

The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) hired Environics Communications to conduct public relations and media outreach for 2009 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition November 8-12 in Los Angeles.

AMA-DC hosted a panel discussion, last week, on Innovation & Technology — How it Affects the Marketing Mix. About 35 people gathered at John Hopkins University’s Krieger School of Arts and Sciences to hear experts

The current advertising slump means more time for public service announcements (PSAs), reports West Glen Communications - and a new WestGlen study shows the increase in available PSA time is dramatic.

Looking for a crash course in social media? Look no further. By popular demand, Vocus presents an exclusive online encore presentation of some of the most popular sessions from its 2009 Conference! Watch the presentations and interact with presenters in live Q&A sessions, scheduled chats and informal virtual breakouts. Right from your desktop!

John Quinn, a 30-year media veteran, creates Public Affairs Marketing campaigns at ABC affiliate WJLA-TV, Washington, D.C., while writing songs in his spare time.  He recently recorded five new songs in Nashville and, to his surprise, they are now featured on WMZQ's "home grown artists" program.

The Advertising Club of Metropolitan Washington is accepting nominations for the 2009 Silver Medal Award.

AXIS Communications reports new clients ... Leading Authorities and Fleishman-Hillard announce a strategic partnership ... PRWeb adds four distribution partners to its press release distribution and syndication network ... and Randy Santos featured Read More »

FotoWeek DC announced that the second annual FotoWeek DC Awards has expanded from a regional competition to an international call for entries of remarkable imagery, both in single and series form, as well as multimedia pieces that combine the strength of still images with video, sound and graphics.

A white paper just issued by BurrellesLuce explains how PR professionals can add a vital dimension to their Twitter activity by regularly conducting interviews on Twitter (Twitterviews), and hosting or attending offline meet-ups of Twitter followers (Tweetups).

Vocus, which provides software for public relations management, will hire 60 new employees by the end of 2009, reports the Washington Business Journal.  The Lanham-based company said the majority of the hires will be local at its headquarters and media research facility in College Park,

The National Association of Broadcasters enlisted the creative talent at Brunner to develop an animated advertisement opposing a "performance tax" on local radio, one of their top legislative initiatives.

Eric Andrade, digital marketing director, Arnold DC, is featured in The Washington Post’s New at the Top.

Fairfax-based Mingle360’s handheld networking tool, MingleStick, has been generating some buzz since it debuted last year, reports MeetingsNet, but its most significant introduction to the meetings industry may be this month at TS2, the trade show about trade shows, when each attendee gets a device to put to the test.

Robin Pence named VP/corporate communications for Gannett; Vanessa Meccarielli joins RMR & Associates as a public relations associate; and < Read More »

MDB Communications was honored to host the International Center for Journalists’ Serbian media delegation, some shown above, on June 11. 

Three board members from the Public Relations Society of America have presented White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs the “PR Professional of the Year” award. According to a release from MIke Smith Public Affairs, the White House meeting in the West Wing was facilitated by Smith, CEO and founder of MSBD and now Mike Smith Public Affairs. MSPA will leverage work Smith did on the campaign trail.

Mike Cherenson, Chair and CEO of PRSA, ... Read More »

Because of the worldwide interest in Michael Jackson's’s memorial, R2integrated has put together a R2i SMASH tribute to Michael Jackson. Tweets and images are streaming in live. You can find it at: http://Mj.r2ismash.com.

Some may already be familiar with R2i’s SMASH technology, but for those who aren’t, SMASH (social mash-up) is a platform that you can use to create a single shared multimedia showcase that incorporates live feeds from multiple channels, including Twitter, Flickr, text messaging, mobile video, Ustream, webcasting and multimedia messaging. Read More »

Design Army is featured prominently in this month's issue of Communication Arts. With over ten pages showcasing 22 pieces from the studio's award-winning portfolio, the article highlights Design Army's rise to prominence since its founding in 2003.