PRWeek US News

VALLEY FORGE, PA: AmerisourceBergen, a pharmaceutical services company, promoted Barbara Brungess to VP of corporate and investor relations.

CHICAGO: In an effort to devote additional attention and resources to its well-performing craft and import beer category, MillerCoors launched an independent corporate division dubbed Tenth and Blake Beer Company.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ: Accountancy firm Marcum hired MWW Group to lead an integrated PR campaign.

NEW YORK: A license agreement announced today changes the way customers of media-monitoring service BurrellesLuce access Financial Times articles.

BOCA RATON, FL: Made in USA Certified Inc. hired TransMedia Group to publicize the "Made in USA" seal as a way to build jobs and help the economy.

RALEIGH, NC: Longistics, which provides global logistics solutions, hired MMI PR as AOR.

PORT-AU-PRINCE: The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, an organization created to oversee Haiti's recovery and reconstruction following the January 12 earthquake, hired Burson-Marsteller to handle communications.

SAN FRANCISCO: MySpace hired Rosabel Tao as SVP of corporate communications, effective August 30.

BOONTON, NJ: Online money management service ActFinancially.com picked advertising and PR shop S3 as its AOR.

Organic cotton textile and apparel maker Coyuchi hired Arieff Communications as its PR AOR to spearhead brand awareness with strategic counsel, social media consulting and media relations.

LOS ANGELES: JS² Communications has been named AOR for the National Council of Jewish Women Los Angeles, following a competitive pitch process.

CHICAGO: Gagen MacDonald hired Sheila Kindig and Helen Paczkowski as strategy execution consultants.

NEW YORK: Ruder Finn appointed Cliff Berman SVP of its New York-based consumer & technology group. In this role, he will lead consumer client programs and new consumer business opportunities.

MIAMI: Aeromexico, a Mexico-based transcontinental airline, hired Newlink Communications as its US AOR.

NEW YORK: Nonprofit charity: water is using video outreach and word of mouth around its annual September Campaign, kicking off on August 16.

Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd resigned from his post on August 6 amid allegations of possible sexual harassment and falsified expenses.

NEW YORK: PR spending in the US will rebound from 2009 and grow at an annualized rate of 5.6% over the next four years as companies reestablish customer relationships in the wake of the recession, says an industry report.

WASHINGTON: The government of Bahrain hired Qorvis Communications to provide PR counsel in the US, according to a federal filing.

PHILADELPHIA: Hill & Knowlton's Gene Reineke is leading communications at health insurer Cigna, including the company's post-health reform PR strategy, until the health insurer hires a chief communications officer.

NEW YORK: Major League Soccer promoted Dan Courtemanche to EVP of communications.