Grand Rapids Business Journal

Grand Rapids-based Lambert & Co., a private equity public relations and investor relations firm, has promoted Mike Houston to become a partner of the firm.

Holland-based creative agency Next Creative Co. merged with Grand Rapids-based AUXILIARY to operate under the Next Creative Co. name.

The Experience Grand Rapids board of directors elected new officers and members to lead the organization for the next two years.

Lambert & Co. welcomed Angela Klinske to serve as the senior director and leader of the firm’s health care and biotech practice.

Grand Valley State University’s student-run public relations firm, GrandPR, was awarded its fourth National Affiliation recognition.

A local restaurant company promoted its marketing manager to director of marketing.

1 Bold Step, a Grand Rapids-based marketing agency, welcomed April Stevens, who will serve as the firm’s digital content producer.

In partnership with illumiNations, an alliance of the world’s leading Bible translation organizations, a Grand Haven-based advertising agency rolled out the “I Want to Know” campaign.

MUNISING — After 125 years, a weekly newspaper in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is preparing its final edition.

Lambert & Co. founder and CEO Jeff Lambert joined the advisory board of Xtreme Fighting Championships, the only publicly traded mixed martial arts organization in the world.

Experience Grand Rapids is partnering with Kent County-area hotels to provide staycation deals to revive the tourism and hospitality sector of the local economy that suffered under the COVID-19 pandemic.

A pair of nonprofit resource providers are merging to expand their reach across the U.S.

Calvin University will begin its new Master of Arts in media and strategic communication program this fall.

Grand Rapids-based marketing agency 1 Bold Step expanded its staff in hiring Rob Costie and Kort Rantala, almost doubling the agency’s size.

WZZM TV 13 announced Jay Plyburn will be a morning anchor on weekdays, joining Meredith TerHaar and Laura Hartman.

DYS Media, a Holland-based digital public relations firm, opened a new location at 2424 Burton St. SE in Grand Rapids.

Grand Rapids-based Lambert & Co., a public relations, investor relations and marketing firm, named Walter Ward III its chief of staff.

A government sales and marketing firm has chosen a leader to oversee client services.

Downtown Holland will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday with a virtual community event that will examine diversity, equity and inclusion issues in the lakeshore town.

Discover Kalamazoo, the destination marketing organization for Kalamazoo County, named Jane Ghosh as its new president and CEO.

Deb Kalsbeek has channeled her love for seeing other entrepreneurs thrive into a business that offers support for women-owned enterprises in Michigan and across the U.S.

The Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce and Greater Muskegon Economic Development are cobranding their organizations to create a larger impact along the Muskegon lakeshore.

Pringles will return as an advertiser in 2021 during the biggest snacking day of the year — the Super Bowl.

Grand Rapids-based Lambert & Co. entered into a joint venture and co-investment with 9thWonder, a Hispanic-owned marketing and brand strategy firm that has offices in Houston, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Argentina and Vietnam.

Award-winning journalist and public relations specialist Tim Dye recently founded a PR and communications firm, Dye Communications LLC.