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Symone Sanders, the youngest press secretary for a presidential candidate in history, will deliver the University of Rochester’s Martin Luther King Commemorative Address on Wednesday evening. Sanders, who now works as a political commentator for CNN, was national press secretary ...

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OnCell has acquired New Zealand-based Authentic, a move that will strengthen OnCell’s position as a leader in self-guided tour apps while also increasing its global presence. OnCell, based in Pittsford, provides mobile tour technologies for museums, parks and cultural destinations, ...

The University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business is getting positive response from prospective and accepted students after Simon recently was named the MBA Program of the Year by Poets & Quants, a media company covering business schools. “There’s really ...

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, a leading contender for National Football League most valuable player, will headline the 70th annual Rochester Press-Radio Club Day of Champions Charity Dinner. Mahomes will receive the Coca-Cola Sports Personality of the Year Award ...

Michael Kilian, who read Rochester’s two daily newspapers while growing up in Fairport, has come home to guide news operations for the Democrat and Chronicle. Kilian, 55, was introduced as executive editor of the D&C on Wednesday. He replaces Karen ...

Stuart Boyar has retired as president of the Cooley Group, the Rochester-based brand-enhancement and marketing firm. A graduate of Irondequoit High School, Boyar spent 36 years with Cooley Group, including the past 20 as president. Phil Yawman, a Rochester native, ...

WXXI Broadcasting intends to buy CITY Newspaper, the two media companies announced Wednesday. WXXI has signed a letter of intent to acquire the weekly print publication and its digital presence, a move that came about after CITY’s founders and co-owners, ...

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Mason Marketing LLC, a top-10 marketing communications agency in Penfield, has reached across town boundaries and acquired Pittsford-based Persuasive Communications, with an eye on enhancing services for small businesses. When the merger officially takes place on Dec. 3, Mason Marketing ...

The closing of the Thomson Reuters legal services office in Rochester will leave all 304 employees without jobs by the time the shutdown is complete on Sept. 30. The Toronto-based, multifaceted media and information firm announced last week that Rochester ...

Butler/Till has re-branded its integrated marketing agency to Verdant Brand Communications, a move meant to better reflect its evolution to meet a more diversified set of client challenges. Formerly known as Brand Cool, the new Verdant has expanded beyond the ...

Chris Edwards could have just been known as the advertising genius behind the singing-fish-on-the-wall campaign for McDonald’s. You know the one; “Gim-me that Filet-O-Fish, gim-me that fish.” It’s still annoyingly catchy, isn’t it? “I used to be known for my ...

You might call it Hollywood East. Or the Big Apple North. But the dozens of people who turned out for the grand opening Tuesday call the new building at Rochester Institute of Technology the MAGIC Spell Studios. The 52,000-square-foot, $31 ...

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Jay Advertising and Dixon Schwabl won gold and silver awards in the annual Graphis poster, design and advertising contests. Jay won two gold and two silver awards for the Five Star Bank campaign, Today is Tomorrow in Progress. The agency ...

The agency began with modest goals and an even more modest budget. The three founders of Truth Collective—Bob Bailey, John Roberts and Jeremy Schwartz—were the only three employees, and they were sitting on furniture that screamed budget warehouse. Five years ...

When Becca Delaney Johnson was in high school in suburban Syracuse and contemplating where to attend college, she explored a great many options. At one point she thought she would be a veterinarian. “I love animals,” she said, “but I ...