Archive: July 2001

William Jearies, editor of Auto Weekly, is leaving the publication – and taking the mag’s machismo with him. CEO David Pecker, American Media Inc claims he will give Auto Weekly a much more feminine spin.… Continued

PRN’s sister pub, min’s New Media Report, debuts a new look next month. The biweekly sharpens its focus on news and strategies about online publishing. Coverage will include features on leveraging and managing Web site… Continued

Time Inc. also is enhancing its teen offerings with what spokespeople call a “soft redesign” of popular People spinoff, Teen People. The refined design includes an expanded Now section with more celebrity movie reviews and… Continued

By this fall, pitching editors at Primedia will cover all your adolescent bases, from tweens to teens. With the purchase of emap USA, the publisher of Seventeen acquires Teen magazine as well. The deal is… Continued

Porter Novelli takes on a high profile client with the family of missing intern, Chandra Levy. PN counselors engineered the much-publicized interview with Levy’s aunt, Linda Zamsky, who revealed her niece’s alleged involvement with Rep.… Continued

Public Relations Manager Established internet marketing services company in far west Chicago suburb is seeking a public relations manager with proven experience in planning and implementing strategic PR campaigns. Position will develop strategic PR campaigns,… Continued

Panache Communications is making its debut as a PR agency devoted to Asian-related tech companies in Silicon Valley. According to company founder, President Sharon Sim-Krause, Asian entrepreneurs and companies increasingly look to the Valley for… Continued

PR Newswire customers will have access to a variety of new international reporters through the wire service’s new $5.5 million stake in Pers Support, a news release distribution division of the Dutch national news agency.… Continued

Your press kit would really pack a punch if you sprang for that die-cut folder. That annual report would feel so much swankier with a foil-stamped cover. Beautiful design can be seductive and has been… Continued

Corporate citizenship is a top consideration for Americans making investment or purchasing decisions, according to a new study from Hill and Knowlton and Harris Interactive. But U.S. corporations aren’t scoring well in the citizenship category.… Continued