Blockbuster Entertainment Group, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., named Jonathan Baskin as senior vice president, corporate relations. He was director of communications for The Limited Inc.. Meredith Clements was named director of public relations at Philips Media… Continued
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UNDERSTAND CRISIS DYNAMICS, PUT PLANS IN PLACE
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSLimiting the damage for a crisis–or better yet preventing one, is the thrust of a new book by training executive and former police officer Steve Albrecht. In “Corporate Self-Defense: How to Protect your Organization in… Continued
NEW HIRES/PROMOTIONS
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSCynthia Hudson joined Burson-Marsteller, Washington, D.C., as managing director in the firm’s public affairs group. She was a principal at the Sawyer Miller/Robinson Lerer Montgomery Group, Washington. Wendy Nichols was promoted to manager of consumer… Continued
NEW ADDRESSES/PHONES
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSAd/PR agency Ira Thomas Associates Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, has a new phone number: 330/793-3000.
AGENCY MISCELLANY
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSWitherspoon & Associates, Fort Worth, Texas, is marking its fiftieth anniversary. Founded in 1946 as a PR firm, the company since has added advertising and marketing services. (Witherspoon, 817/335- 1373)
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSOmnicom Group Inc., the parent company of PR firm Porter/Novelli, purchased a 20-percent stake in high-tech PR firm A Plus Group, London. A Plus will oversee Omnicom’s high-tech PR practice in Europe, working closely with… Continued
AGENCY REALIGNMETS
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSFirm Enters Interactive Fray Hadeler Sullivan Ewing (HSE), Dallas, Texas, formed an interactive division–One Zero Interactive. Jesse Collard of Dallas ad agency the Richards Group’s Click Here Division joins Hadeler as director of the new… Continued
NEW VENTURES
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSRobinson, Lerer To Exit Bozell Ken Lerer, Linda Robinson and Ken Montgomery–three of the top executives of the Sawyer Miller/Robinson Lerer Montgomery Group, New York–are leaving the firm. Confirming a May 3 report in The… Continued
CAMERA MAKER FOCUSES ON STUDENTS, PROFESSIONALS
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSProgram courts students to start with Canon, pros to switch Companies can look at markets as static entities comprised of groups with whom they would like to gain market share. Or they can look at… Continued
UPCOMING EVENT:
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSMay 15: Public Affairs Council, “Coalitions & Partnerships: Strategies for Developing Relationships with Advocacy Groups,” Washington, D.C., 202/872-1790. May 15: Public Relations Society of American, “PR Tactics,” Los Angeles, 212/460-1404. May 15-16: Institute for Crisis… Continued