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If you are looking for ways to handle a corporate crisis–or better yet, prevent it–you may find insights in a new book from amacom. In “Corporate Self Defense,” Steve Albrecht describes a number of well-known… Continued

* Fall PR Conference Planned Seeking to go head-to-head with the Public Relations Society of America fall conference, Ragan Communications has planned a two-day “strategic” PR conference for the fall. The Oct. 7-8 conference, the… Continued

With the PR agency business booming, many firm owners are deciding that the time is right to sell. While buyers often are looking at a purchase as a way to add new capabilities or snag… Continued

The new WOW! consumer online service from CompuServe seeks press materials from companies and PR firms. Information for the adult version of the service should be sent to Kassie Rose, managing editor. Steve Cvengros, managing… Continued

David MacKay was appointed a senior managing director in Hill and Knowlton’s Washington, D.C. office. He was a vice president and group leader in Ketchum Public Relations’ D.C. office. In the same office, Linda Taira,… Continued

Broadcast monitoring vendors Radio TV Reports and Video Monitoring Services have entered into a limited partnership. Along with sister company Adbank, which archives video clips of advertising, radio and TV monitor Radio TV Reports will… Continued

Thomas Buckmaster left Fleishman-Hillard’s (F-H) Washington, D.C. office to become the new general manager of Hill and Knowlton’s (H&K) Washington office. Buckmaster also takes the title of chairman of public affairs for H&K. Buckmaster was… Continued

Responding to our May 27 story (p. 1) on agency searches, marketing consultant Tom Harris wrote to recommend against use of PR executive search firms for the task of identifying and recommending PR agencies. While… Continued

Richard Funess joined Ruder Finn, New York, as managing director of Ruder Finn/Americas. Prior to joining Ruder–ranked among the world’s 15 largest firms–he was president of the Americas unit of top-ten global PR firm Manning… Continued

A crisis is something most communications executives prepare for but hopefully never have to face. When a crisis breaks, what is it really like? To bring this to life, Canadian crisis counseling firm Mindszenthy &… Continued