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The founding partners of Slate PR have dissolved the publicity firm after 15 years, but are staying in business together with the launch of new venture, Apex Public Relations.

Run by Slate PR leaders Stephen Huvane, Robin Baum, Simon Halls and Andy Gelb, the new version of their company, which has “existed through several iterations for more than 30 years,” is open for business with fully staffed offices in Los Angeles and New York City. Fellow Slate PR partner Ina Treciokas is splitting from the rest of the group and will soon announce her next moves.

Per Apex, “the entirety of the partners’ clients will join them in the new venture” as will the “vast majority of the Slate employee team.”

Existing clients from the Slate PR portfolio include Jennifer Aniston, Ryan Gosling, Zendaya, Chris Hemsworth, Ryan Murphy, Julianne Moore, Emily Blunt, Lana Del Rey, Brendan Fraser, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, George Clooney,...

Exclusive: Former Slate PR founding partners, Stephen Huvane, Robin Baum, Simon Halls and Andy Gelb have formed a new concern, Apex Public Relations. The full-service public relations and communications agency begins immediately, and follows a partnership dissolution that occurred earlier this morning at Slate. Fully staffed with outposts in Los Angeles and Manhattan, Apex continues the partnership that has existed through several iterations for more than 30 years.

“We are excited to continue this amazing and longstanding partnership as we launch Apex,” the braintrust said in a statement. “We feel like we struck gold when we first joined forces way back when, with all of our individual strengths combining to make an extraordinarily cohesive and successful team. We are very much looking forward to continuing that in this next, exciting venture.”

The partners have also unveiled a new board of managing partners, comprised of company vets Guido Gotz, Lindsay Maguire, Scott Newman,...

In a surprising move, the partners at Slate PR — one of Hollywood’s highest-profile publicity firms that represents a long list of A-list stars, creators, talent and events — are dissolving the company.

The development was confirmed Thursday morning in a brief statement sharing that after 15 years together, the partners Stephen Huvane, Simon Halls, Robin Baum, Ina Treciokas and Andy Gelb have all “decided to move forward on separate paths.” The statement added that Treciokas will soon announce her next venture while the others, Huvane, Halls, Baum and Gelb, will “do the same.”

“The partners depart with mutual respect and appreciation for their joint accomplishments at Slate PR,” per a statement received by The Hollywood Reporter. “The partners sincerely thank their clients, colleagues and industry peers for their support throughout the years. They remain committed to providing thoughtful and strategic communications guidance in their new ventures.”

That announcement of a new...

Exclusive: Slate PR, the full-scale entertainment public relations firm based in Hollywood and New York, has promoted 10 staffers, including Shawn Purdy to Evp status and four others to VP.

Purdy, who has been with the company founded by Robin Baum, Andy Gelb, Simon Halls, Stephen Huvane and Ina Treciokas since its 2010 inception, becomes Evp Events and Brands. She will work with Gelb on the Tony Awards, National Board of Review, The Vulture Festival and The Angel Ball. Lindsey Brown becomes a VP in the division, working with clients including amfAR, Bally Brands, Christian Siriano and Aspca.

Also upped to VP status: Chelsea Hayes, based in New York, who works with Halls on clients including Neil Patrick Harris, Billy Crudup, and the Tonys, as well as her own clients Andrew Lincoln and Sutton Foster; Laurina Spencer, who works with Baum for clients including Teresa Palmer, Naomi Watts and James Franco and her own clients Christian Navarro,...