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Ina McGuinness joined Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, Chicago/New York, as vice president/director of investor relations for Edelman’s Mountain View and San Francisco, Calif., offices. She was a vice president at investor relations firm Pondel Parsons… Continued

Unlike the fan noise that filled St. Louis as the Cardinal’s built up a three-games-to-one lead over Atlanta last week, next month’s assembly meeting of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) may feature more… Continued

Walt & Company Communications Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based technology PR firm, hired Grant Bushee as vice pesident/senior director. He was vice president of marketing and operations at Intellimatch, San Jose, Calif., which operates an… Continued

The Atlanta office of GCI Group, New York, hired two vice presidents. The two are: Lauren Lusik, most recently a senior vice president at New Jersey firm, MCS Inc.; and Sharron Smith, formerly an executive… Continued

Arnold Public Relations, a division of Arnold Communications Inc., Boston, hired Karl Swanson as senior vice president, in charge of the firm’s technology and business-to-business accounts. He was an executive at Mullen Advertising and Public… Continued

Caponigro Public Relations Inc., Southfield, Mich., has launched a home page. The site is at http://www.caponigro.com. In addition to listing information about the firm, the site lists background information about crisis management, public affairs and… Continued

Margaret Tutwiler, president of Direct Impact Communications LLC, Alexandria, Va., is among three candidates for the "PR Woman of the Year" award of Washington Women in Public Relations. Also on the slate with the former… Continued

Continental Communications, a Toronto-based Shandwick firm with six offices in Canada, marked its 50th year on Oct. 3. The firm claims to be Canada’s oldest. (Continental, 416/964-6444)

Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, Chicago/New York, formed a new media unit. Based in its New York office, the firm will focus on serving the growing number of new media companies there, which have led some… Continued

For a company that’s just using PR as a means to get a message out, the message had better be good. It should be clear, easy to understand, but most of all, it must say… Continued