6,339
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Ties to the Democratic Party: update "LATINovations" paragraph
DSG, which has historically worked extensively with Democrats, has routinely partnered with [[Feather Larson & Synhorst DCI]], a Republican-leaning lobbying firm.<ref name="WaPo">Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3731-2004Sep7.html Lobbyists Take Leave to Advise Kerry Campaign], ''Washington Post'', September 8, 2004.</ref> In 2003, DSG merged its international operations with London-based [[Morgan Allen Moore]].<ref>Dewey Square Group, [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Dewey+Square+Group+Expands+Services+Into+Europe%3b+Merges+International...-a0108012250 Dewey Square Group Expands Services Into Europe; Merges International Operations with UK-based Morgan Allen Moore], PR firm press release, September 22, 2003.</ref> The Washington DC-based newspaper ''Roll Call'' has called DSG "the powerhouse public affairs firm with close ties to just about every important Democratic politician in the country."<ref>Josh Kurtz, [http://www.rollcall.com/issues/48_59/-528-1.html Go West, Young Firm], ''Roll Call'', February 13, 2003.</ref>
In 2007, the firm launched "DSG LATINovations," led by former [[Democratic National Committee]] Communications Director [[Maria Cardona]] and former Congressional Hispanic Caucus Executive Director [[Maria Robles Meier]], along with [[Cynthia Jasso Rotunno]] and [[Carissa Fana]]. In a press release, the firm said that DSG LATINovations would "help the public and private sectors build relationships with, navigate and successfully tap into the distinct and growing communities throughout" the U.S. Hispanic population.<ref>Dewey Square Group, [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-02-2007/0004674223&EDATE= Dewey Square Group Launches DSG LATINovations], PR firm press release, October 2, 2007.</ref> In 2012, the firm's website explained, "Latinovations has deep and lasting relationships among the nation's Hispanic communities that come from almost two decades of work and cooperative efforts on many issues important to the community's leaders. . . . Latinovations also produces one of the fastest growing blogs about Latino political news, [http://blog.latinovations.com/ La Plaza]."<ref>Dewey Square Group, [http://web.archive.org/web/20120605084210/http://www.deweysquare.com/latinovations/ LATINovations], firm website, archived by WayBack Machine June 5, 2012.</ref>
===Kerry Campaign 2004===
