Archive: July 2000

Allison Bass, writer for the Living section at the Boston Globe, leaves to become senior editor at CIO, 508/872-8200. Contact Fiona Luis, Living editor, at 617/929- 2800…Tom Cekay, former interactive news editor for the Chicago… Continued

Windows Opening. The Sept. 4 issue of Information Week will be the third Windows 2000 Quarterly, with in-depth features on the new Windows operating system. Topics include troubleshooting guides, how-to’s, and other helpful updates (submission… Continued

Girls go surfing. Teen magazine will publish GO! The Girls Guide to Everything on the Internet, a 16-page detachable insert to help its readers better understand the Internet and find sites on trends, celebrities, fashion… Continued

Time marches on. Time Inc. tops a new list of the leading magazine media companies while eight of the publishing house’s magazines rank among the top 30 magazines. Time Inc. has estimated magazine-related revenues of… Continued

Compaq Computer Corp. appoints Douglas Fox senior VP of marketing and strategy and William Fasig VP of corporate communications. Fox joins the company from International Paper Co. where he was senior VP of marketing. Fasig… Continued

Bloomingdales: Director of National Media The store, “like no other in the world”, seeks a seasoned, innovative individual to direct Bloomingdale’s National Media Relations. Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President of Public Relations, while… Continued

A confession from the editors at PR NEWS: In our spare time, when we’re not furthering the depths of our knowledge by scouring the pages of the Harvard Business Review, Atlantic Monthly or classics such… Continued

Ad agency conglomerates have been gobbling up PR firms in an effort to widen the girth of their communications expertise. As such, we were happy to see the tables turned this week. Edelman Worldwide announced… Continued

SAN FRANCISCO – In a forum that threw tech execs, journalists and producers in the same room with high-priced public relations practitioners, BUZZ 2000, a one-day conference held July 11, lay bare several sacred topics.… Continued

In his profile, agency principal Doug Spong tells PR NEWS that the press can be very forgiving…but we’re not so sure. An excerpt from the July 6 issue of our sister publication CableFAX: “Hark, do… Continued