Combination Brings EMA to New York City SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Eric Mower + Associates, one of the largest U.S. independent marketing agencies, is combining with Middleton & Gendron, a public relations and brand communications agency in New York City. The parties were introduced by SGP Worldwide. This combination continues EMA’s growth…
ART STEVENS ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF THE STEVENS GROUP Art Stevens, co-managing partner of SGP Worldwide (StevensGouldPincus) has announced the formation of The Stevens Group. Serving as its founder and managing partner, Stevens will provide such services to PR agencies and organizations as mergers and acquisitions facilitation, consulting, personal asset management,…
In Spring 2008, Art Stevens, an alumnus of CCNY, created the Art Stevens CCNY PRSA-NY Scholarship, a $5,000 award to be given annually in the Spring for an outstanding Ad/PR student. This scholarship is awarded each year at the Communications Alumni Dinner. Click here learn more about CCNY and their…
As published in PRSA Public Relations Tactics By Art Stevens, APR, Fellow PRSA Mergers and acquisitions are a constant fact of life for PR agencies. Have you thought about starting your own firm, and wondered about an exit strategy? Or do you manage your own agency and wonder what it…
As published in O’Dwyer’s Daily By Art Stevens, APR, Fellow PRSA To parallel the famous Rolling Stones song, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” PR firms may also not be able to sell when they want. During my ten years’ experience in consulting with PR agencies of various sizes…
As published in PRSA Public Relations Tactics By Art Stevens, APR, Fellow PRSA Mergers and acquisitions are a constant fact of life for PR agencies. Have you thought about starting your own firm, and wondered about an exit strategy? Or do you manage your own agency and wonder what it…
As published in PRSA Public Relations Tactics In this third installment of my yearlong series on selling your PR agency, I’m going to share a number of common mistakes that could cause a prospective buyer to walk away. We already covered the need to run your agency like the true…
As published in PRSA Public Relations Tactics In my first post on the subject “So You Own a PR Agency? Where Do You Go from There?” from Jan. 8, we covered the necessity of running a PR agency like a business, we focused on growth and profitability, and we raised…
As published in PRSA Public Relations Tactics Mergers and acquisitions are a constant fact of life for PR agencies. Have you thought about starting your own firm, and wondered about an exit strategy? Or do you manage your own agency and wonder what it would take to sell it? PRSA…
Famed TV news anchor Dan Rather (right) is introduced to an audience of close to 400 public relations professionals by Art Stevens. The occasion was the annual Big Apple Awards honoring the best public relations campaigns of the year. Rather was the keynote speaker of this event, which took place on May 24 at the…
