This article was originally published on The Holmes Report by Aarti Shah. The PR industry is, once again, aflutter with acquisitions. Shift to National PR, W2O to Mountaingate Capital, Pegasus to UDG Healthcare, Rabin Martin to Omnicom and FoodMinds to PadillaCRT are just a few of the recent sales that we’ve reported on. It’s worth…
In one of his many appearances throughout the country to address groups of public relations agency principals, Art Stevens addressed members of the Croft Society recently at their annual meeting in Key West, Florida. The Croft Society is a network of close to thirty independent PR firms located in major…
IF YOU’RE PLANNING TO SELL YOUR FIRM THIS MAY BE THE BEST OFFER YOU RECEIVE We offered Art Stevens’ book “When and How – Selling Your Public Relations Firm” free of charge to any PR agency principal or owner who emailed us with a request. To date we have shipped almost…
THE STEVENS GROUP NAMES DEBORAH RADMAN SENIOR ASSOCIATE March 23, 2016 – The Stevens Group (TSG) has named Deborah Radman Senior Associate. The Stevens Group is headed by Managing Partner Art Stevens and specializes in facilitating mergers and acquisitions in the PR agency industry. Radman is a 40-year veteran of…
A good friend (I’ll call him Dave) owned a public relations agency for about 8 years and on the surface it appeared as if his agency was doing fine. Or so I thought. One day he confided in me. “I love having my own business,” he said. “But I can’t…
I had the good fortune of recently assembling and moderating a panel discussion on behalf of PRSA’s New York Chapter on the subject of “Why Should I Hire You?” The panel consisted of three agency CEOs: Edelman’s Richard Edelman, Finn Partners’ Peter Finn and Peppercomm’s Ed Moed. The panel focused…
New Book Focuses on what PR Agency Owners Need to Know About Selling Their Businesses PR Agency Owners to be Offered Book Free of Charge New York, NY. November, 2015 – “When and How – Selling Your Public Relations Firm” by Art Stevens is now available. Mr. Stevens is managing partner…
PRSA-NY Announcement December 8th Event Features Panel of Top Agency Principals Join us for “So Why Should I Hire You?” on December 8th from 5:30-8:00 PM at Anchin, Block & Anchin. Three agency leaders will chronicle how agencies have changed and what agencies need – and require – of account people today. They…
Here’s a somewhat familiar story. The names here have been changed to prevent awkwardness. Rhett Butler Public Relations, a New York consumer product PR agency earning about $3 million in net fee revenues, was acquired by the Millard Fillmore Group headquartered in San Francisco. Fillmore is an agency on the…
THE STEVENS GROUP NAMES RICH JACHETTI SENIOR PARTNER Oct.7, 2015 – The Stevens Group (TSG) has named Rich Jachetti Senior Partner. The Stevens Group is headed by Managing Partner Art Stevens and specializes in facilitating mergers and acquisitions in the PR agency industry. Jachetti joined the firm as Senior Associate…