EXCLUSIVE: Shannon Barr has stepped down as SVP at Rogers & Cowan and has formed Strategic Public Relations. The newly formed boutique agency will be based in Century City and focus on personal publicity, events, music, literary, lifestyle PR and image management. Barr has worked in the PR arena for 15 years. Her…

A memorial service for Rogers & Cowan chairman Paul Bloch is set for Monday, July 23 at 7 PM at the Paramount Theater on the Paramount lot. Bloch, the iconic publicist whose client list was a who’s who of Hollywood A-listers and rock stars, died at age 78 on May 25 after a long illness. Here are the…

EXCLUSIVE:  As service businesses like talent agencies and management concerns steer directly into content creation, why not publicity firms? One of the oldest, Rogers & Cowan, has launched Clickable Media Group, an in-house studio content development and production arm. Its first project is Click My Closet, a digital…

EXCLUSIVE: Rogers & Cowan has tapped Rob Greenwald as Vice President on their talent team, and he’ll be spearheading a new comedy division at the public relations firm as well as work with their sports and talent clientele. Greenwald, a former Forefront Media executive of six years who rose through the ranks to Vice…

Rogers & Cowan has announced that SVP Craig Greiwe will head its R&C Digital Group. Lauren Jones and Nicole Wool also will serve as VPs after the Jones Social and Windsor McKenna acquisitions are folded into R&C Digitial. "Our digital marketing expansion comes from our continuing effort to build a comprehensive and…

Jonni Hartman Rogers, a veteran public relations executive whose talent roster once included Bob Hope, David Hasselhoff, Forest Whitaker and her daughter Lisa Hartman Black, died of ovarian cancer Tuesday at her home in Franklin, TN. Her death was announced by her husband of 22 years, Ray Rogers, formerly of the…

Abrams Artists Agency has hired Ashwant Venkatram as a digital media agent in its Los Angeles office. He previously founded and ran PeopleTree Legal, a law firm that created business opportunities and negotiated contracts in the digital space. His clients include social media stars Jerry Purpdrank, Jon Paul Piques…

George Goldey, a longtime agent in both publishing and Hollywood who in recent years devoted his time to world travel and international academics, has died. He was 63. Goldey died unexpectedly on March 31 while attending a reception for the opening of the Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam…

Rogers & Cowan has promoted Jeff Raymond to senior veep, and he and senior veep Lindsay Galin will be named co-managers of the talent department. This is a newly created post. The moves were made by co-presidents Alan Nierob and Fran Curtis. Beyond repping their clients, the duo will manage initiatives in digital…

Hollywood PR power Rogers & Cowan has tapped powerhouse veterans Alan Nierob and Fran Curtis as Co-Presidents of Entertainment Worldwide, marking the first time the company has had an executive in the President role since co-founder Warren Cowan was named president in 1950. In another exec move, Richard Davis has been…

PR giant Rogers & Cowan has named former Corbis Entertainment executive Mark Owens as its new CEO. Owens joined Corbis in 2012 when the company acquired the Norm Marshall Group, serving as Chief Revenue Officer. While at Corbis he headed up the company’s media, entertainment and images businesses and helped to create…

EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Lohan has joined Rogers & Cowan as a client, signing with the public relations firm earlier this week. Previously, Lohan's PR was conducted by The Honig Company, which represented her starting in early 2011. Lohan, who has had several run-ins with the law during the past few years, will soon be seen…