- Manning, Selvage & Lee jumps into the investor relations market with the acquisition of the L.A.-based corporate relations firm Pondel/Wilkinson Group. The New York-
based firm also signs on Richard Simonelli, former managing director at the New York Stock Exchange, as a senior vice president in the agency's global corporate practice.
- Former Burson-Marstellar CEO Joe Fisher to is now CEO of Internet broadcasting service Streampipe.com. Streampipe board member Kurt Kraus assumes the role of
chairman.
- Lehman Brothers announces Anthony B. Zehnder, formerly director of communications for UBS Warburg, as global head of public relations, marketing and advertising.
- Waggener Edstrom gets into the wireless craze by acquiring pr.com, a Kirkland, Wash.-based PR agency focusing on the mobile communications market.