(Community Matters) from Mike Allen:
“HILL & KNOWLTON and PUBLIC STRATEGIES to MERGE: International communications firm Hill & Knowlton and business advisory firm Public Strategies, Inc. will merge January 1, 2011 … Jack Martin, founder and chairman of Public Strategies, will become global executive chairman of H&K; Paul Taaffe will remain global CEO; and Dan Bartlett will expand his role to become President and CEO of H&K USA and Chairman and CEO of Public Strategies. … Combined, the entities will have over 2,300 employees and 83 offices in 44 countries. … Each company will retain its brand for the foreseeable future.” Full release http://politi.co/cf5nvZ
–PSI’s Mark McKinnon e-mails: “my deal is: nobody reports to me. i report to nobody. i run the breckenridge office.”