New venture for Armanino McKenna.

Armanino McKenna LLP, the largest California-based accounting and business consulting firm, has joined forces with publishing veteran Vintage Foster to form Armanino McKenna Foster (AMF), a media consulting firm offering strategic communications and media services to businesses in California and nationally. AMF will operate as a division of Armanino McKenna.

Foster will direct a team offering a range of media services, from strategic brand development, marketing and advertising, to public relations, media relations, crisis management and expert content services to clients in all areas of media and communications. Foster also will lead a number of other non-media related services such as professional recruitment and workforce diversity consulting.

Foster had been publisher of the Silicon...