Stories by PRNEWS

Stackig Advertising & PR, McLean, Va., opened an office in Malvern, Pa. Feb. 21. Heading the fledgling operation are account supervisors Nicole Vignec and Karen Higgins. The address is: 7 Great Valley Parkway, Second Floor,… Continued

On Feb. 22, U.S. News & World Report launched a news and feature service which allows broadcasters to record and report stories adapted from the weekly. The Internet service, RadioSpace, and the telephone service, NewsDirect,… Continued

New York media giant PR Newswire, a subsidiary of U.K.-based international and media information group United News & Media PLC, acquired last month Southwest Press Relations Wire. Terms of the acquisition weren’t disclosed. (PR Newswire,… Continued

Boston-based Press Access, which provides editorial and analyst information for PR practitioners working in the high-tech field, is selling its International Computer Press Database for $1,195 for either a Windows or Macintosh environ- ment. The… Continued

Marquardt & Roche, Stamford, Conn., has changed its name to Marquardt & Roche/Meditz & Hackett and moved from 600 Summer Street to new offices at 999 Summer Street. (M&R, 203/352-0134)

PR firms looking for ways to promote their companies should remember what one Atlanta, Ga.-headquartered PR house did: Duffey Communications hit a PR goldmine when it recently teamed up with Georgia’s National Public Radio Network… Continued

The Minnesota Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and Minneapolis-based PR house Padilla Speer Beardsley each donated – on Feb. 20 – $500 to the Neighborhood Involvement Program in Minneapolis. NIP is a… Continued

It’s no surprise that political correctness has become part of what drives the economic engine of corporate America. But as marketplace competition gets stiffer, PR professionals are finding out that managing public perception will become… Continued

On Feb. 14, New York-headquartered Ruder-Finn Inc. and New York-based Zemi Investments LP established a new division, Ruder-Finn Stoga to provide Latin American and international companies in Latin America guidance on global PR, corporate affairs… Continued

The Council of Public Relations Networks, the first association of international PR affiliates, was recently formed to promote the benefits of, as well as promote, PR networks. The organization’s four charter members are Pinnacle Worldwide,… Continued