Archive: July 2000

September 6-9 Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development’s Rediscovering the Magic in Healthcare conference. Orlando. 312/422-3888, http://www.stratsociety.org. September 8-10 BioConferences International’s Natural Pharmacy 2000 conference. Palm Springs, Calif. 914/834-3100, http://www.bioconfer-ences.com. September 13-14 American Obesity… Continued

The Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health (ICAH) is blasting the affiliation that 20 Chicago public schools have with Pure Love Alliance (PLA), a group that promotes abstinence-only sex education with controversial religious undertones. The connection… Continued

For the next six months a simple but pointed message urging domestic violence victims to get help by calling a hotline will be plastered on billboards throughout Georgia, adding a broad consumer layer to an… Continued

While it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the seemingly endless pitching opportunities on the Web, hold fast to traditional PR tactics. More often than not the strategies used to win over offline reporters are the… Continued

Paper Magazine http://www.papermag.com 365 Broadway New York, NY 10013 212/226-4405 Founded in 1984 by partners David Hershkovits and Kim Hastreiter, who continue as joint owners/editors/publishers, Paper magazine is a good place for dish about what’s… Continued

It’s a well-known fact that the Dutch government is more tolerant than the U.S. and Canada in the regulation of certain unnamed substances. We’d love to know what the PR types in Amsterdam were smoking… Continued

Peter Svensson replaces David Kalish as business writer at AP, covering gadgets, large business deals, and consumers’ impact on technology. [email protected]. Kalish now writes for the National desk…Senior writer Susan Kuchinskas leaves Business 2.0 to… Continued

Read ‘Em, But Don’t Weep. Despite recent reports that newspaper readership is on the decline, papers are still no medium to sneeze at. America’s 1,483 dailies now boast a collective circulation of 56 million (the… Continued

Good Medicine. Modern Physician plans to increase its frequency from monthly to biweekly, starting in January 2001, to keep pace with rapid changes in healthcare and to better serve its readership of 32,000 “physician executives.”… Continued

Watching and Waiting. WiNK magazine hit newsstands in New York last week, touting itself as the “nation’s first truly multicultural fashion and beauty magazine.” The big secret, however (wink, wink) is that the print title… Continued