June 5: Congressional Quarterly, "Using Internet to Find Free or Low-Cost Federal Info," Washington, D.C., 202/887-8620. June 6: Congressional Quarterly, "Working With Congressional Staffs," Washington, D.C., 202/887-8620. June 6-7: Bureau of Business & Technology, "Understanding…
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Mary Ackerly, vice president and director of design services for Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, Chicago, next month will receive the "Woman of the Year" award from Women in Design/Chicago. (Women in Design, 312/648-1874) Sandra Hermanoff,…
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The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) named Malcolm Earnshaw as president. Earnshaw is with Mars Inc., London, England. WFA is based in Brussels, Belgium. (WFA, 011-32-2-502-5740; Mars, 011-44-1- 664-410-000)
The Financial Communications section of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) issued a new report, "Communicating Corporate Restructurings." The $25 report is based on a roundtable conducted last year with executives from ARCO Chemical…
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The board of directors of the Public Relations Society of America named Nancy Wiser to fill the unexpired term of director-at-large Donald Durocher, who died in March. Wiser is vice president for public relations services…
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Nearly 600 daily and weekly newspapers in the United States have an online edition, according to research conducted by Editor & Publisher (E&P). E&P tallied 368 U.S. daily and 214 weekly newspapers operating online sites,…
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Finding unclaimed or unregistered names for companies, products and services is getting harder, say marketing and communications executives at U.S. corporations. More than two-thirds of 400 executives responding to a poll by marketing agency Rivkin…
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Can you conduct successful sales transactions on the Internet? Internet users seem to think so. ActivMedia, an online research firm found that 30 percent of its commercial respondents reported financially successful Internet sites, with sales…
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The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi filed a motion May 20 to compel sworn testimony by John Scanlon, a New York PR consultant retained by tobacco company Brown & Williamson (B&W) to distribute…
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While PR programs have grown more complex and expensive, all too often agency searches are based on referrals alone or clients' personal experience with certain individuals or firms. In the advertising industry, use of professional…
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