Publicity Wars: R&CPMK Accuses Ex-CEO of Stealing Clients and Employees to Launch Rival Firm
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variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Some partnerships are not built to last. In 2019, Cindi Berger and Mark Owens merged Hollywood’s two largest publicity firms, PMK*BNC and Rogers & Cowan, forming a marketing colossus with Berger as chairman and Owens as CEO.
Owens has since been fired, and the combined entity — now known as R&CPMK — is accusing him of stealing employees, clients and confidential information to launch 2pm Sharp, a rival publicity firm.
In lawsuits filed in New York on Tuesday night and in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning, R&CPMK accuses Owens of secretly organizing an employee exodus.
Lindsay Galin and Jeff Raymond, co-presidents of talent, were first to leave on Oct. 1, followed by 11 others over the next two days.
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