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
Archive: April 2005
Report On Ketchum-DoE Contract Is Mixed Bag
April 27th, 2005 by PRNEWSThe 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
Content Keeps Campaign Fresh
April 27th, 2005 by PRNEWSLAW 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
Letter To The Editor
April 20th, 2005 by PRNEWSI 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
A Directory for Diversity…
April 20th, 2005 by PRNEWSDiversity 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
Did you know???
April 20th, 2005 by PRNEWSThat 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
Bagels, Brunch and BusinessWeek…
April 20th, 2005 by PRNEWSAfter 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
Media Metrics
April 20th, 2005 by PRNEWSPoor 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
Measurement: Mind Melding
April 20th, 2005 by PRNEWSIt 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
Internal Communications: Pull Up Your ‘Sox’
April 20th, 2005 by PRNEWSEmployee 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