Kevin McCauley

1 week ago | odwyerpr.com | Kevin McCauley

•DHHS Calls for ‘Bold, Edgy’ MessagingThu., Jun. 19, 2025The Department of Health and Human Services wants “a series of bold, edgy national campaigns with innovative messaging” to empower Americans to reclaim control over their health, according to its RFP. •CA's Orange Co. Needs Road Work PRTue., Jun. 17, 2025The Orange County Transportation Authority is gathering proposals for public outreach for its State Route 57 improvement project. •Abingdon (VA) Wants Cultural Tourism PlanMon., Jun.

1 week ago | odwyerpr.com | Kevin McCauley

Gladstone Place Partners represents QXO Inc. as the nation’s biggest publicly traded distributor of specialty building products launches a $5B takeover offer for Gypsum Management & Supply, which uses Joele Frank for strategic communications matters. QXO says its $95.20 per-share offer represents a 27 percent premium over GMS's 60-day average trading price. The all-cash offer delivers an immediate and certain value to GMS shareholders at a meaningful premium, said Brad Jacobs, CEO of QXO.

1 week ago | odwyerpr.com | Kevin McCauley

Elon Musk’s X has hired Rosemarie Esposito as media strategy lead based in New York. She joins X from Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket company, where Esposito was senior PR manager during a three year stint. Esposito also worked at Mediadata Solutions as director of corporate communications & growth marketing. She was also a PR staffer at IBM, senior program director for IT and & software at Hotwire PR, and account supervisor at both Dukas PR and 5WPR.

1 week ago | odwyerpr.com | Kevin McCauley

What’s the fuss? The media provided lots of coverage to the memo from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy saying that increased use of AI is going to cut the size of the retailer’s corporate workforce. Duh! What do you expect? The World Economic Forum released a report in March saying that AI may be responsible for a decrease in wages and job availability, and that automation tools could displace millions of jobs, especially administrative ones.

1 week ago | odwyerpr.com | Kevin McCauley

•CA's Orange Co. Needs Road Work PRTue., Jun. 17, 2025The Orange County Transportation Authority is gathering proposals for public outreach for its State Route 57 improvement project. •Abingdon (VA) Wants Cultural Tourism PlanMon., Jun. 16, 2025Abingdon, which is in southwest Virginia, is looking for a firm to put together a cultural heritage tourism strategic plan. •CT Transit District Looks for PR FirmFri., Jun.