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Crisis and corporate communications firm Rowan & Blewitt Inc., Washington, D.C., has promoted Hank Boerner to general manager of the New York office. Boerner retains his title of senior vice president. (Rowan & Blewitt/New York,… Continued

New York fashion PR firm KCD was featured in a nearly full-page story in the fashion section of The New York Times on Aug. 6. The article chronicled the history of the well-known firm, which… Continued

Katherine Hutt, formerly director of public affairs for insurance industry coalition, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Washington, D.C., last month launched Nautilus Communications, Vienna, Va. The firm specializes in building links between businesses and… Continued

Burson-Marsteller, New York, on Aug. 8 announced that the firm had acquired the exclusive rights in the PR firm market for two investor relations services of Investment Data Corp., Bethesda, Md. One service is QUARRY,… Continued

Maier Advertising Inc., Farmington, Conn., has created a public relations division. The unit at the business-to-business and consumer marketing agency will be headed by Harry McBrien, formerly director of public relations another Connecticut ad/PR firm,… Continued

Young & Rubicam, New York, the global advertising agency which owns number-one PR firm Burson-Marsteller, plans to sell a minority stake to a San Francisco investment banking firm, Hellman & Friedman, according to an Aug.… Continued

Ad/PR agency Poppe Tyson, a unit of Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, disclosed last week that it has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of $50 million. The company has entered a "quiet period,"… Continued

Aug. 21: IEG, "Selling More Sponsorship," Indianapolis, 312/944-1727. Aug. 22-23: Joan Detz, "Basic Speechwriting," Washington, 215/340-9752. Aug. 23: Texas PR Society, "Communicating in a Wired World," Austin, 512/891-7894. Aug. 28-29: Int’l Quality & Productivity Center,… Continued

The Food and Beverage Section of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) rescheduled its annual summer meeting. Originally planned for last month, "Trends in Food and Beverage Marketing and Public Relations" will be held… Continued

After a search which spanned the better part of one year, the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) named as its new executive director Rosemary Graham, an veteran U.K. corporate PR executive. Most recently an independent… Continued