Archive: September 1996

19960902 BURSON NAMES MARKETING MD September 2, 1996 BURSON NAMES MARKETING MD September 2, 1996 Burson-Marsteller, New York, hired Blythe Reiss as managing director, U.S. marketing practice. He was a senior vice president and account… Continued

19960902 BOSTON FIRM ADS PR LEADER September 2, 1996 BOSTON FIRM ADS PR LEADER September 2, 1996 Ingalls, Quinn & Johnson, a Boston ad/PR agency, hired Barbara Henderson as senior vice president and managing director… Continued

19960902 Y&R NAMES PARKER VP September 2, 1996 Y&R NAMES PARKER VP September 2, 1996 Marketing communications company Hutchins/Y&R, Rochester, N.Y., named Linda Parker vice president/publc relations director. A five-year employee, she was management supervisor… Continued

19960902 RECEPTION MARKS PINNACLE’S 20TH September 2, 1996 RECEPTION MARKS PINNACLE’S 20TH September 2, 1996 Pinnacle Worldwide, Minneapolis, a global network of independent PR firms, will celebrate its 20th anniversary at a reception in New… Continued

19960902 ROHER OPENS VALLEY OFFICE September 2, 1996 ROHER OPENS VALLEY OFFICE September 2, 1996 Roher Public Relations, a New York-based business-to-business firm specializing in consumer technology, has opened a Silicon Valley office. Currently staffed… Continued

19960902 LANGDON SELLS STAKE TO KETCHUM September 2, 1996 LANGDON SELLS STAKE TO KETCHUM September 2, 1996 Ketchum Public Relations Worldwide, a unit of Omnicom Group Inc. [OMC], last month acquired a stake in its… Continued

19960902 GREENSTONE BUYS INTO FLORIDA FIRM September 2, 1996 GREENSTONE BUYS INTO FLORIDA FIRM September 2, 1996 Greenstone Roberts Advertising/Florida, Orlando, on Aug. 22 announced that it had purchased a minority stake in The Gothard… Continued

19960902 MESSAGES ON HOME PAGE MUTED September 2, 1996 MESSAGES ON HOME PAGE MUTED September 2, 1996 On the CompuServe "What’s New" and the WOW! home pages, a brief description of the service was posted,… Continued

19960902 UPCOMING EVENTS: September 2, 1996 UPCOMING EVENTS: September 2, 1996 Sept. 9: Congressional Quarterly, "Understanding Congress," Washington, D.C., 202/887-8620. Sept. 9-11: American Management Ass’n, "PR Strategies for Success," Washington, 800/262-9699. Sept. 9-12: International Data… Continued

19960902 TELECOMMUTING CONSIDERED BY PR DEPARTMENTS, EMBRACED BY AGENCIES September 2, 1996 TELECOMMUTING CONSIDERED BY PR DEPARTMENTS, EMBRACED BY AGENCIES September 2, 1996 With its heavy use of computers, phones and faxes, the public relations… Continued