VML

Background VML, formerly known as Wunderman Thompson, is an ad and PR agency under the WPP holding company. Wunderman Thompson was known for its advertising work for Shell.  On October 17, 2023, WPP announced that Wunderman Thompson merged with VMLY&R to create one creative group named VML.1Megan Graham. “WPP Merging VMLY&R With Wunderman Thompson,” The […]

Reform UK

Background Reform UK is a right-wing political party in the United Kingdom, that had its first five MPs elected in the July 2024 general election. The party was set up […]

Aurea Foundation

Aurea Foundation Background The Aurea Foundation was established by Melanie and the late Peter Munk (1927–2018) in 2006 “to undertake initiatives and support qualified institutions and affiliated individuals in the study and development of public policy.” The foundation’s grant program “aims to facilitate exchanges in the […]

Grey Group

Grey Group Background Grey Global Group is an advertising and marketing agency headquartered in New York City, with offices in 86 countries. The agency has a history of providing advertising and marketing services to several fossil fuel companies, including BP, IndianOil, Pan American Energy, […]

Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ramaswamy Profile image by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Credentials Background Vivek Ramaswamy is a venture capitalist who made his fortune in the biotech industry. He is known for writing a book titled Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam, which criticizes the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) […]

GSD&M

Background Formed in 1971, GSD&M is a public relations firm based in Austin, Texas. From 2007 to 2012, it was known as GSD&M’s Idea City. It established itself with relationships with Southwest Airlines2Jenny Rooney. “Video: GSD&M CEO Duff Stewart […]

Vijay Jayaraj

Vijay Jayaraj Credentials Background Vijay Raj Jayaraj is a research associate at the CO2 Coalition, an Arlington, Virginia-based group that describes its mission as “educating thought leaders, policy makers, and the public about the important contribution made by carbon dioxide and fossil fuels to […]

T Brand Studio

Background T Brand Studio is an advertising firm owned by The New York Times and operating within the New York Times’ New York offices. T Brand Studio specializes in native advertising within the New York Times, in which an advertisement mimics the newspaper’s news […]

Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC)

Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) Background The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) was launched by Jordan Peterson in 2023 and includes “public intellectuals” Arthur Brooks, Niall Ferguson, and Bjorn Lomborg among the 30 individuals […]

Burson

Background When Burson Cohn & Wolfe and Hill + Knowlton merged in 2024 to form Burson, they created the largest public relations agency in the world. Burson Cohn & Wolfe […]