Edelman Announces Small Round of Layoffs

Edelman has laid off at least four senior executives, including Bill Keegan, EVP & director of US crisis and issues management. “This was not financially driven…but in this environment, we have been doing an ongoing analysis of our staffing needs,” said Matthew Harrington, president/CEO of Edelman US to PRWeek‘s Aarti Shah, who first confirmed the news.

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