Going global: Ketchum CEO David Drobis won't be resting when he completes his term as chairman of the Council of PR Firms in October. He's on deck to replace Jean-
Leopold Schuybroek as president of ICO, the international trade association of PR firms.
U S West CEO Solomon Trujillo receives the IABC Excellence in Communication award for spearheading the transformation of an old-line phone company into a new economy
telecom giant.
Working Woman ranks PR firms Waggener Edstrom and Cunningham Communication among its "Top 500 Women-Owned Businesses."
Jason Roth, who last month was named among PR NEWS' "15 to Watch" young stars of PR, leaves his post at Spin magazine to become director of corporate
communications for the soon-to-be-launched media buzz site inside.com. Apparently people were watching.
WPP Group agrees to buy Young & Rubicam in a $4.7 billion stock deal that would create the world's largest advertising and marketing agency. Y&R partner companies
include Burson-Marsteller, Cohn & Wolf and the healthcare communications firm Sudler & Hennessey...GCI Group acquires Russell-Welsh, Inc., a biotechnology communications
firm based in San Mateo, Calif.
