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GAVIN ANDERSON & CO. ACQUIRES MCDONOUGH & ASSOCIATES

January 13th, 1997 by

Gavin Anderson & Company, the U.S. subsidiary of corporate and financial comunications consulting firm Gavin Anderson & Company Worldwide Inc., recently acquired McDonough & Associates. Both firms are based in New York City. As part… Continued

BOHLE COMPANY OPENS SATELLITE OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO

January 13th, 1997 by

On Jan. 7, The Bohle Company, a technology PR firm headquartered in Los Angeles, opened a satellite office in San Francisco. The new business, at 545 Sansom St., Suite 800, will work with clients in… Continued

TOY COMPANY REENTERS MARKET WITH STRONG MEDIA CAMPAIGN

January 13th, 1997 by

After a prolonged absence from the kids’ toy market, Meccano, Inc., makers of Erector Set construction toys, had a public relations task with an unusual urgency. The Paris-based company had been absent from the U.S… Continued

MEDIA RELATIONS STILL A SHARP THORN IN INDUSTRY’S SIDE

January 13th, 1997 by

In the ongoing war between PR and the press lie the everyday battles that set media relations efforts back a notch. Take, for example, the case of Associated Press radio news reporter Margie Szaroleta, who… Continued

PR AGENCY INVITES ONLINE USERS TO CHOOSE SITE DESIGN

January 13th, 1997 by

IF YOU CAN’T decide what kind of graphics to put on your Web site, let your target audience make up your mind for you. After nine years in the PR and marketing business, that’s just… Continued

MEDIA INSIGHT: AP ALL NEWS RADIO

January 13th, 1997 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Anyone with any media insight knows that the Associated Press is the source for a lot of the daily news Americans read, but it’s likely some PR execs and communicators forget that AP… Continued

PR PEOPLE: NEW HIRES, PROMOTIONS

January 13th, 1997 by

Former legislative clinton staffer joins ketchum Jim Weber, most recently special assistant for legislative affairs and special associate counsel to President Clinton, joined Ketchum PR Jan. 2 as senior vice president in its Washington, D.C.… Continued

MARK THESE DATES: PR NEWS

January 13th, 1997 by

January 14: New York Women in Communications Inc., "Nothing is Wasted: Changing Streams in Mid-Career," New York, 212/661-4737. January 15-16: International Quality & Productivity Center, "Restructuring Internal Communication to Drive Radical Change," San Francisco, 800/420-2145.… Continued

FORMER KETCHUM VPS OPEN D.C., GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE

January 13th, 1997 by

As the theater of players trying to influence public policy continues to grow, three PR executives – all former executives with Bailey & Robinson which was acquired by Ketchum Public Relations nearly five years ago… Continued

HOSPITAL APOLOGIZES TO OLYMPIAN

January 9th, 1997 by

A Denver hospital PR department retracted its critical press relaese of Olympic swimmer Amy Van Dyken for backing out of an appearance at a $150-a-plate charity dinner. Van Dyken, who was named as Sports Woman… Continued