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BNC was acquired in 2001 by Weber Shandwick Worldwide, which later merged it with PMK to create PMK-BNC.

“I remain hopeful and optimistic and I’m proud of the collective work that has been done by so many people,” said Cindi Berger, chairman at Rogers & Cowan PMK and another of those who had withheld clients from the HFPA.

The cause was pancreatic cancer, according to Michelle Bega, a publicist at the agency Rogers & Cowan PMK in Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, Rogers & Cowan PMK Chairman Cindi Berger, the Chicks’ publicist, could tell this backlash was not going away.

After several years of upheaval — PMK and BNC had a tumultuous merger in 2010, and the blue-chip firm 42West experienced a schism in 2011 — Hollywood’s publicity landscape has recently been relatively stable.