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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. will be stung if the blackout of its 171 televisions stations by DirecTV lingers too long, according to the latest Moody’s Credit Outlook report. All Nexstar stations were removed from DirecTV on July 4, including WROC ...

Now more than ever, John Clayton says, companies need to know what lies ahead. You can guess, or even presume, how the market will respond to your product. You can use past experience to guide where to spend your marketing ...

Launch Team, a Rochester-based marketing firm specializing in advanced technology industries, will be moving to a new location to accommodate growth. The firm, founded in 1986, will relocate from 19 Prince St. to 2280 East Ave. on Sept. 1. As industries ...

Adapting to trends and providing innovative services are critical for any advertising and communications agency, but when it comes to its own name, Martino Flynn is going back to the future. The Pittsford-based firm is now simply Flynn. The rebranding campaign, ...

McDougall Communications won Best of Show honors for a pair of product campaigns in the annual PRism Awards presented by the Rochester chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). McDougall was honored in the corporate category for “Educate & ...

  Full-service hotels, especially those in small markets, don’t normally get adventurous with their restaurants. But the Ramada Plaza in Geneva, which changed hands in October 2017, has set out to do just that with the hiring of Finger Lakes culinary star ...

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There’s not much left of the original Rochester Knighthawks, despite a 25-year run in the city. The players are gone. So, too, are the team colors and the logo. Even the championship banners presumably are headed to the team’s new home ...

After being ranked the country’s 52nd fastest-growing private company on the Inc. 5000 list last summer, it seems quite appropriate that The Digital Hyve outgrew its own space. As well as the initial plans for a new space. So when the company ...

The folks with the PGA of America know golf and know how to run tournaments. For 103 years, the organization has worked to grow the game while also providing a platform for great play. But one thing the PGA of ...

When Marc Iacona first suggested that CGI Communications Inc. become the title sponsor of the Rochester International Jazz Festival, his idea was met with a definite maybe probably. “Pencil me in,” Iacona, the executive director of the Jazz Fest, was ...

First American Equipment Finance and Monroe Community College were named Marketers of the Year at the annual American Marketing Association Rochester Pinnacle Awards Ceremony. First American Equipment Finance won Market of the Year in the for-profit category while MCC won ...

Monroe County is suing Normal Communications and the advertising agency’s principal partner, claiming there is a past-due balance of $564,000 from ad sales at the Greater Rochester International Airport. The papers were filed Monday morning in state Supreme Court in ...

Two public relations initiatives spearheaded by McDougall Communications have been recognized by the Public Relations Society of America Bronze Anvil Awards. CooperVision received a Bronze Anvil in the Research/Evaluation category for Eye Opening Insights Spark Optometrists to Act. The work ...

Call it a $3.5 million parting gift. A student who earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising photography last year and his MBA last weekend, has made — with his family — the largest single gift ever to Rochester Institute of ...

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Rena Montedoro, vice president of sales and marketing for New York’s Crunch Time Apple Growers, is featured in the annual “Women in Produce” issue of The Packer, a national trade publication for the produce industry.

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