Entertainment industry public relations and brand marketing powerhouse agencies Rogers & Cowan and Pmk*Bnc have announced they will operate as one entity. They are pooling a collective client roster that exceeds 30 corporate brands and 500 individual clients that include Denzel Washington, Brie Larson, Robert Redford, Felicity Jones, Elton John, Sly Stallone, Steph Curry, Robert Zemeckis, Trisha Yearwood, Michael B. Jordan, The Rolling Stones, Sean Combs, Vince Vaughn, Miles Teller, Ray Romano, Mel Gibson, Katy Perry and Nascar driver Jimmy Johnson.
The agency will be steered by chairman Cindi Berger, CEO Mark Owens and Chairman of the Entertainment Division Alan Nierob. Shirley Hughes will be President of its Brand Marketing division, Fran Curtis and Brad Cafarelli will be Vice-Chairman of the Entertainment Division and Bill Rosenthal its COO/CFO.
The move bucks a recent trend in the entertainment industry where clusters of publicists have peeled away from bigger agencies with their clients to form boutiques.
The agency will be steered by chairman Cindi Berger, CEO Mark Owens and Chairman of the Entertainment Division Alan Nierob. Shirley Hughes will be President of its Brand Marketing division, Fran Curtis and Brad Cafarelli will be Vice-Chairman of the Entertainment Division and Bill Rosenthal its COO/CFO.
The move bucks a recent trend in the entertainment industry where clusters of publicists have peeled away from bigger agencies with their clients to form boutiques.
- 7/30/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Lois Smith, who died last weekend from complications due to a fall, helped to define modern PR. Back in 1971, she founded, along with Pat Kingsley (who handled Tom Cruise for years), New York's Pickwick Public Relations, and went on to pursue production at Marble Arch and United Artists before returning to her first love. In 1980, Kingsley's Pickwick merged with Michael Maslansky and Neil Koenigsberg's La press agency Maslansky/Koenigsberg, to become the mighty P/M/K, which ruled Hollywood PR in the 90s under Kingsley, the returned Smith and Leslee Dart. New York uber-publicist Peggy Siegal (see her tribute below) was nurtured and mentored by Smith, and worked with her at Pickwick, Smith & Siegal and P/M/K before launching her own praisery (as Variety would call it). Smith was a class act with a booming bonhomie who did not stoop to conquer. She was maternal and generous with her knowledge,...
- 10/9/2012
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Part I of a series
Media coverage of the midterm elections has painted a picture of two parties, irreconcilable in nearly all respects. But are they? Together maslansky luntz + partners, and Roy Morgan Research selected a handful of Democratic and Republican campaign ads from across the country, and tested them for the second-to-second, gut reactions of 560 American voters.
We wanted to take these campaign ads directly to the people and get unaided reactions to the messages and imagery. We wanted to focus on individual ads not the overall race, so we showed voters ads from a range of contests around the country. We used technology to tap into voters' emotional responses to understand exactly how voters feel when they see these ads and hear these messages. And as far as we know, no one has ever tested campaign ads in this way before with so many voters.
What did we learn?...
Media coverage of the midterm elections has painted a picture of two parties, irreconcilable in nearly all respects. But are they? Together maslansky luntz + partners, and Roy Morgan Research selected a handful of Democratic and Republican campaign ads from across the country, and tested them for the second-to-second, gut reactions of 560 American voters.
We wanted to take these campaign ads directly to the people and get unaided reactions to the messages and imagery. We wanted to focus on individual ads not the overall race, so we showed voters ads from a range of contests around the country. We used technology to tap into voters' emotional responses to understand exactly how voters feel when they see these ads and hear these messages. And as far as we know, no one has ever tested campaign ads in this way before with so many voters.
What did we learn?...
- 10/11/2010
- by Michael Maslansky
- Fast Company
Uber-entertainment publicist Pat Kingsley is stepping down as CEO of PMK/HBH, a company she helped make into one of the biggest firms in entertainment PR. Moving into that position are partners Cindi Berger and Simon Halls, who will act as co-CEOs. The firm's exec vp brands and events Nate Schreiber will be elevated to president.
Kingsley, 75, will remain with the company, assuming the new title of nonexecutive chairman. The position will allow her to keep working with her clients such as Michael Mann, Jodie Foster and Sally Field, but leave running the company to others.
"I'm going to be coming to work, but you won't see a balance sheet in front of me," Kingsley told The Reporter. "I won't have to do any administration work. I can do creative work with clients, which is the part that I think I do best."
Kingsley founded the company in 1980 along with the late Michael Maslansky and Neil Koeningsberg, now a manager and producer.
Kingsley, 75, will remain with the company, assuming the new title of nonexecutive chairman. The position will allow her to keep working with her clients such as Michael Mann, Jodie Foster and Sally Field, but leave running the company to others.
"I'm going to be coming to work, but you won't see a balance sheet in front of me," Kingsley told The Reporter. "I won't have to do any administration work. I can do creative work with clients, which is the part that I think I do best."
Kingsley founded the company in 1980 along with the late Michael Maslansky and Neil Koeningsberg, now a manager and producer.
- 9/27/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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