Exclusive: Aloft Strategic Communications has hired Rebecca Taylor as a partner. The boutique firm was founded by veteran publicist Michael Donkis in April.
Taylor was most recently VP, Talent at Jonesworks, and before that, a VP at Rogers & Cowan Pmk, working with Robert Downey Jr., Patty Jenkins and Christopher McQuarrie, among others. The move is a reunion of sorts for Taylor and Donkis, as both worked closely together at Prime, a boutique firm run by Donkis and Joy Fehily, which was absorbed by Pmk-bnc in 2016.
“Rebecca is one of the smartest, hardest working, ethical and caring publicists I’ve worked alongside,” Donkis tells Deadline. “She has a sterling reputation and is a perfect fit for Aloft. While I’ve enjoyed calling her ‘friend’ for some time, I’m very excited to now call her ‘partner’ as well.”
Taylor’s impressive client roster of showrunners, filmmakers, talent and authors includes Jac Schaeffer,...
Taylor was most recently VP, Talent at Jonesworks, and before that, a VP at Rogers & Cowan Pmk, working with Robert Downey Jr., Patty Jenkins and Christopher McQuarrie, among others. The move is a reunion of sorts for Taylor and Donkis, as both worked closely together at Prime, a boutique firm run by Donkis and Joy Fehily, which was absorbed by Pmk-bnc in 2016.
“Rebecca is one of the smartest, hardest working, ethical and caring publicists I’ve worked alongside,” Donkis tells Deadline. “She has a sterling reputation and is a perfect fit for Aloft. While I’ve enjoyed calling her ‘friend’ for some time, I’m very excited to now call her ‘partner’ as well.”
Taylor’s impressive client roster of showrunners, filmmakers, talent and authors includes Jac Schaeffer,...
- 7/28/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Veteran Hollywood publicist Michael Donkis, most recently Co-President of Entertainment Strategies at Rogers & Cowan Pmk, has launched Aloft Strategic Communications, a boutique entertainment publicity firm headquartered in Los Angeles. Joining Donkis at Aloft are publicists Amy Zack and Stephanie Baum, both directors at Rogers & Cowan Pmk.
Donkis has spent the last 21 years in entertainment. For eight years, he headed communications for pre-wme Endeavor talent agency. He then launched a new PR company, Prime, with good friend and colleague Joy Fehily, which was absorbed by Pmk-bnc five years ago last week. Donkis transitioned to Pmk-bnc which in late 2019 merged with Rogers & Cowan. He served as Co-President of Entertainment Strategies at the combined entity, Rogers & Cowan Pmk, part of the Ipg family, for five years, until leaving recently to launch Aloft. Prior to Endeavor, Donkis did stints at The Washington Post, in addition to international trade and nonprofit work.
As a personal publicist,...
Donkis has spent the last 21 years in entertainment. For eight years, he headed communications for pre-wme Endeavor talent agency. He then launched a new PR company, Prime, with good friend and colleague Joy Fehily, which was absorbed by Pmk-bnc five years ago last week. Donkis transitioned to Pmk-bnc which in late 2019 merged with Rogers & Cowan. He served as Co-President of Entertainment Strategies at the combined entity, Rogers & Cowan Pmk, part of the Ipg family, for five years, until leaving recently to launch Aloft. Prior to Endeavor, Donkis did stints at The Washington Post, in addition to international trade and nonprofit work.
As a personal publicist,...
- 4/13/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Rogers & Cowan/Pmk has promoted Lindsay Galin, Jeff Raymond, Dennis Dembia, Michael Donkis, and Marian Koltai-Levine to executive positions in its entertainment division.
Galin and Raymond have been named co-presidents of talent. Dembia and Donkis have been promoted to co-presidents of entertainment and business strategy, and Koltai-Levine will serve as president of film, content and marketing. The five will each lead their respective departments, and report directly to Alan Nierob, entertainment division chairman.
Brad Cafarelli and Fran Curtis remain vice chairman of the entertainment division. In addition, Curtis will oversee R&c/Pmk’s music department led by executive vice president, Maureen O’Connor.
The promotions come four months after the merger of Rogers & Cowan and Pmk, two of Hollywood’s leading media relations and brand marketing firms.
“Lindsay, Jeff, Dennis, Michael, and Marian are five of the brightest and most well-connected leaders in Entertainment, and are a key reason...
Galin and Raymond have been named co-presidents of talent. Dembia and Donkis have been promoted to co-presidents of entertainment and business strategy, and Koltai-Levine will serve as president of film, content and marketing. The five will each lead their respective departments, and report directly to Alan Nierob, entertainment division chairman.
Brad Cafarelli and Fran Curtis remain vice chairman of the entertainment division. In addition, Curtis will oversee R&c/Pmk’s music department led by executive vice president, Maureen O’Connor.
The promotions come four months after the merger of Rogers & Cowan and Pmk, two of Hollywood’s leading media relations and brand marketing firms.
“Lindsay, Jeff, Dennis, Michael, and Marian are five of the brightest and most well-connected leaders in Entertainment, and are a key reason...
- 11/12/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Rogers & Cowan/Pmk has elevated Lindsay Galin, Jeff Raymond, Dennis Dembia, Michael Donkis, and Marian Koltai-Levine to executive leadership positions in the agency’s Entertainment Division. Galin and Raymond have been named Co-Presidents, Talent; Dembia and Donkis have been promoted to Co-Presidents, Entertainment & Business Strategy; and Marian Koltai-Levine will serve as President, Film, Content & Marketing. The five senior executives will each lead their respective departments, and report directly to Alan Nierob, Entertainment Division Chairman, Rogers & Cowan/Pmk.
Brad Cafarelli and Fran Curtis remain Vice Chairman of Rogers & Cowan/Pmk’s entertainment division. In addition, Curtis will oversee R&c/Pmk’s music department led by Executive Vice President, Maureen O’Connor.
The promotion of Galin, Raymond, Dembia, Donkis, and Koltai-Levine, follows the merger in July of Rogers & Cowan and Pmk, which mashed the clients and braintrust of the two largest media relations and brand marketing firms in Hollywood.
“Lindsay, Jeff,...
Brad Cafarelli and Fran Curtis remain Vice Chairman of Rogers & Cowan/Pmk’s entertainment division. In addition, Curtis will oversee R&c/Pmk’s music department led by Executive Vice President, Maureen O’Connor.
The promotion of Galin, Raymond, Dembia, Donkis, and Koltai-Levine, follows the merger in July of Rogers & Cowan and Pmk, which mashed the clients and braintrust of the two largest media relations and brand marketing firms in Hollywood.
“Lindsay, Jeff,...
- 11/12/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Joy Fehily is reportedly leaving PR firm Pmk-bnc.
Her previous firm Prime PR was acquired by Pmk-bnc in 2016. Fehily’s partner of that firm, Michael Donkis, will remain at Pmk-bnc, but publicist Cassy Brewer is coming with her.
Fehily will segue to managing client Seth MacFarlane, his production label Fuzzy Door and his charitable foundation. She’ll also be consulting with Pmk-Bnc on 40 accounts that will stay at the agency.
Those clients that Prime PR brought to Pmk-bnc are Robert Downey Jr., producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, scribes Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, Dustin Lance Black, James Gunn, Marti Noxon, Joel Silver and Graham King.
Variety first reported the news.
Her previous firm Prime PR was acquired by Pmk-bnc in 2016. Fehily’s partner of that firm, Michael Donkis, will remain at Pmk-bnc, but publicist Cassy Brewer is coming with her.
Fehily will segue to managing client Seth MacFarlane, his production label Fuzzy Door and his charitable foundation. She’ll also be consulting with Pmk-Bnc on 40 accounts that will stay at the agency.
Those clients that Prime PR brought to Pmk-bnc are Robert Downey Jr., producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, scribes Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, Dustin Lance Black, James Gunn, Marti Noxon, Joel Silver and Graham King.
Variety first reported the news.
- 6/20/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Top Hollywood publicist and executive Joy Fehily has resigned from her post at public relations firm Pmk-Bnc, individuals familiar with the move told Variety.
Fehily steps down in the midst of a five-year deal with the show business institution, insiders said, which reps A-list actors and below-the-line talent as well as huge brands like American Express. She will move into a consulting role with as many as 40 accounts that will remain at the agency — and become a manager for longtime client and “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, his production company Fuzzy Door and his charitable foundation.
Fehily, who will remain at the company the company through the end of July, and Pmk-bnc chairman and CEO Cindi Berger confirmed the news but did not comment further.
Fehily and her partner Michael Donkis joined Pmk in 2016, when the publicly traded firm absorbed their company Prime PR. Among the starry clients...
Fehily steps down in the midst of a five-year deal with the show business institution, insiders said, which reps A-list actors and below-the-line talent as well as huge brands like American Express. She will move into a consulting role with as many as 40 accounts that will remain at the agency — and become a manager for longtime client and “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, his production company Fuzzy Door and his charitable foundation.
Fehily, who will remain at the company the company through the end of July, and Pmk-bnc chairman and CEO Cindi Berger confirmed the news but did not comment further.
Fehily and her partner Michael Donkis joined Pmk in 2016, when the publicly traded firm absorbed their company Prime PR. Among the starry clients...
- 6/20/2019
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Jennifer Abel, Maria Herrera, Rachael Reiss, Rebecca Taylor and Cassandra Vargas have been promoted to VP Entertainment Strategies at Pmk•Bnc. The entertainment PR powerhouse also upped Lee Meltzer and Natasha Desai to director roles in the division, which reps actors, filmmakers, creators, production companies, musicians, authors and nonprofit organizations. The news was just announced internally at the company.
Herrera, Reiss, Taylor and Vargas all worked at Prime Public Relations prior to that outfit, run by Michael Donkis and Joy Fehily, joining Pmk•Bnc in 2016. Abel has been a publicist at Pmk•Bnc for more than a decade.
“I’m so proud to promote these deserving young strategists who I look at as our next generation of leaders,” said Cindi Berger, Pmk•Bnc’s chairman and CEO. “This is an incredible place to build your career. I started out here 35 years ago as the New York office receptionist, and...
Herrera, Reiss, Taylor and Vargas all worked at Prime Public Relations prior to that outfit, run by Michael Donkis and Joy Fehily, joining Pmk•Bnc in 2016. Abel has been a publicist at Pmk•Bnc for more than a decade.
“I’m so proud to promote these deserving young strategists who I look at as our next generation of leaders,” said Cindi Berger, Pmk•Bnc’s chairman and CEO. “This is an incredible place to build your career. I started out here 35 years ago as the New York office receptionist, and...
- 3/11/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
There's movement in the Hollywood publicity world. Academy of Motion Arts & Sciences publicity executive Christina Kounelias moves over to Participant Media, run by Participant founder and chairman Jeff Skoll and new CEO David Linde, to whom Kounelias will report as of March 28. And veteran publicists Joy Fehily and Michael Donkis are bringing their Prime PR staff over to Pmk-bnc, reporting to Co-Chairman and CEO Cindi Berger. Fehily left Pmk in 2009 to launch Prime, while Donkis left corporate PR at talent agency Endeavor. Leaving behind an Academy embattled by diversity issues, Kounelias will head to smoother waters as Participant's new executive vice president, Worldwide Marketing and Communications. Kounelias will lead their global marketing strategy for all films and media, helping to coordinate Participant’s pro-social narrative. She leaves her stint as the first chief marketing officer at AMPAS, where she oversaw all marketing, communications and...
- 3/10/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Pmk-bnc has absorbed the principles and support staff of Prime PR, led by long-time publicists Joy Fehily and Michael Donkis. The duo will join the mega-agency as Executive Vice Presidents and report to CEO and co-chairman Cindi Berger. They bring a star roster of clients that includes Robert Downey Jr., Seth MacFarlane, Olivia Wilde, Aaron Sorkin and directors Brad Peyton (“San Andreas”), Phil Lord and Chris Miller (“The Lego Movie”) and Marti Noxon (“UnREAL”). Before launching Prime in 2009, Fehily spent roughly a decade at Pmk-bnc and Donkis headed communications at Endeavor (now Wme). They will service a new department at the agency to stand alongside.
- 3/10/2016
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Publicists Joy Fehily and Michael Donkis are folding their Prime PR shingle and with their staff are joining Pmk•Bnc as Executive Vice Presidents. They bring a big boost to that praisery, establishing a new Entertainment Strategy and Development department for the firm. Fehily worked nine years at Pmk and Donkis spent eight spearheading communications for the talent agency Endeavor, before they formed Prime in 2009. They will bring with them publicists including Rachael…...
- 3/10/2016
- Deadline TV
Publicists Joy Fehily and Michael Donkis are folding their Prime PR shingle and with their staff are joining Pmk•Bnc as Executive Vice Presidents. They bring a big boost to that praisery, establishing a new Entertainment Strategy and Development department for the firm. Fehily worked nine years at Pmk and Donkis spent eight spearheading communications for the talent agency Endeavor, before they formed Prime in 2009. They will bring with them publicists including Rachael…...
- 3/10/2016
- Deadline
Plus: Erik Lomis exits TWC, joins Annapurna; and more…
San Francisco’s Golden Gate 3D will produce the large format film Cuba (working title) in association with BBC Earth, which will support marketing and promotion. Giant Screen Films will distribute globally.
Neil Nightingale (Walking With Dinosaurs, One Life, Tiny Giants, Wild Africa) is on board as executive producer. Production is currently underway with a release target of early 2017.
Erik Lomis has become the latest high-ranking executive to leave The Weinstein Company, where he served five years as head of domestic distribution. Lomis has joined Annapurna Pictures in an unspecified role. A spokesperson confirmed Lomis had joined Megan Ellison’s company but did not elaborate. Reports speculated Ellison is launching a distribution arm.The Orchard has acquired all North American rights from Submarine Entertainment to Michal Marczak’s documentary All These Sleepless Nights. The film from Endorfina Studio and Pulse Films earned the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Directing Award in...
San Francisco’s Golden Gate 3D will produce the large format film Cuba (working title) in association with BBC Earth, which will support marketing and promotion. Giant Screen Films will distribute globally.
Neil Nightingale (Walking With Dinosaurs, One Life, Tiny Giants, Wild Africa) is on board as executive producer. Production is currently underway with a release target of early 2017.
Erik Lomis has become the latest high-ranking executive to leave The Weinstein Company, where he served five years as head of domestic distribution. Lomis has joined Annapurna Pictures in an unspecified role. A spokesperson confirmed Lomis had joined Megan Ellison’s company but did not elaborate. Reports speculated Ellison is launching a distribution arm.The Orchard has acquired all North American rights from Submarine Entertainment to Michal Marczak’s documentary All These Sleepless Nights. The film from Endorfina Studio and Pulse Films earned the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Directing Award in...
- 3/10/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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