The merging of lobbying into a much more encompassing collection of strategies and approaches is illustrated by the conglomeration of lobbying and other influence specialties under one corporate roof. The premier example of this can be found at WPP, a worldwide advertising, marketing and public affairs company, with 350 subsidiaries. The list of WPP’s Washington firms keeps getting longer and includes Blue State Digital, Benenson Strategy Group, Burson-Marsteller, Direct Impact, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Dewey Square Group, Penn Schoen Berland, PBN Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Prime Policy Group, QGA Public Affairs, Palisades Media Ventures, the Glover Park Group and Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates. When lobbying is merged into a behemoth of this … Continue reading Thomas B. Edsall