Archive: April 2005

Fleishman-Hillard last week agreed to pay the city of Los Angeles $5.7 million to settle a lawsuit claiming that the PR firm had defrauded several city agencies by inflating their monthly bills. The bulk of… Continued

The 2003 contract between the U.S. Department of Education (DoE) and Ketchum Public Relations, which sparked a huge controversy in the PR profession when it was revealed earlier this year, did not violate any federal… Continued

LAW FIRM: Foley & Lardner LLP CATEGORY: Overall Excellence in Media Coverage PR AGENCY: Weber Shandwick BUDGET: $150,000 WEB SITE: http://www.foley.com In a bid to highlight their firm’s expertise with the furiously debated Sarbanes-Oxley (Sarbox)… Continued

I read with more than passing interest your March 30, 2005, article by Katie Paine, “Why Can’t PR Pros Follow Their Own Advice? Tackling The Ketchum, Fleishman Scandals.” While I will not attempt to right… Continued

Diversity is one of the biggest problems facing the PR profession, which is still a predominately white — and quite chummy — world despite dramatic changes in the country’s demographics (see PR News, Feb. 9,… Continued

That veteran PR executive Peter Himler (ex-Burson-Marsteller), PR News’ Media Relations Executive of the Year (see PR News, Oct. 4, 2004), is now a free agent after stepping down earlier this month as Edelman’s chief… Continued

After a typically grueling workweek, on the weekends many CEOs like to hit the links to improve their golf game and get a little downtime before heading back to the grind. But now there’s a… Continued

Poor Jack Nicholson. Well, not exactly Jack, but his beloved Los Angeles Lakers, who are missing the NBA playoffs–which tip off this Saturday (April 23)–for the first time since the 1993-94 campaign. But Jack isn’t… Continued

It may not rank up there with the first moon walk or man’s discovery of a polio vaccine, but if you ask Shift Communications, its new “LeadSensor” methodology is the equivalent of one giant leap… Continued

Employee morale — and not cost — may be the biggest threat to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, according to a recent survey. Nearly 100 financial executives responding to the survey said the biggest issue related to SOX… Continued