Sachs Media Group, Florida’s dominant public affairs communications firm, today announced that Herbie Thiele has been promoted to the post of Deputy Director of Public Affairs. Thiele will support the activities of the firm’s award-winning public affairs team on behalf of its extensive roster of clients. Thiele’s promotion, which occurs as preparations for the 2014 Florida […]
The Sunshine State is consistently the source of some of the most bizarre news stories you’ve ever heard – often involving oversized reptiles, crazy crimes, stupid criminals and mind-boggling scandals. After gazing into its cloudy crystal ball, Sachs Media Group offers 10 predictions that are just strange enough to be plausible Florida news items in […]
Countless more Floridians will die or be injured unless the Legislature puts the brakes on an ill-advised proposal to raise speed limits on certain Florida highways, three leading safety advocates warned today. Across the country, they pointed out, states that have raised highway speed limits have consistently experienced more crashes as drivers exceed their ability […]
Big news this merry season: Thanks to the efforts of Florida’s government and business leaders, Santa Claus is relocating his entire operation from the North Pole to the Sunshine State. That’s the big reveal in a light-hearted holiday video from Sachs Media Group that focuses on efforts to avert a crisis by luring the season’s […]
Sachs Media Group, Florida’s top integrated marketing and public affairs firm, today announced that one of the state’s most respected and experienced public policy experts – Karen Cyphers – is joining its award-winning public relations team in the role of Senior Policy Counsel. Cyphers brings broad policy and political experience to SMG, which is nationally recognized […]
On this week’s “Florida NewsMakers” program, Nick Wiley, Executive Director of the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, sits down with Sachs Media Group’s Trimmel Gomes. Wiley discusses how scientific data indicates that Florida’s 18-year-old gill net ban should remain in place. “There is clear evidence that the restrictions on gill nets has had a big benefit to our in-shore fisheries […]
This week, Sachs Media Group and the United Way of the Big Bend won an Emmy® Award for the Elect United television public service announcement (PSA) series. Other Sachs Media Group 2013 Emmy® nominations included the 30-minute educational television programs, Viva Florida 500 and Intimate Crimes: The Inside Story of Child Sexual Abuse, and television public […]
We’re proud to announce that Gainesville-born rock legend Tom Petty has been recommended for much-deserved induction into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame (pending formal approval by the Florida Secretary of State). Our nomination helped the State of Florida add Tom Petty to its artist honor roll. Every year, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture […]
Lo-Q plc (AIM:LOQ), the premier technology solutions provider to the attractions and leisure industry, today announced a new corporate identity – accesso®. Effective 12-November, the company will trade on the London Stock Exchange AIM Market as accesso Technology Group plc under the new ticker symbol “ACSO,” and will leverage the upcoming IAAPA Expo in Orlando (Nov. 18-22), the industry’s […]
Media Expert, Ron Sachs, slams TMZ for Jameis Winston story; says “real story” is which FSU/Heisman rival planted the bogus piece?
On this week’s “Florida NewsMakers” program, Amy Baker, coordinator of the state’s Office of Economic and Demographic Research, sits down with Sachs Media Group’s Trimmel Gomes to discuss the potential financial impact of legalizing medical marijuana and expansion of casino gambling in Florida. Floridians could soon be deciding on the hot-button medical marijuana issue and […]
On this week’s “Florida NewsMakers” program, Col. Mike Prendergast, the Executive Director of the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs, sits down with Sachs Media Group’s Trimmel Gomes. The Department is working to connect Florida veterans with benefits they earned through their service, and Prendergast discusses efforts to reduce high unemployment among veterans and a renewed push to provide them with a break on in-state college […]
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