Stories by PRNEWS

* Fall PR Conference Planned Seeking to go head-to-head with the Public Relations Society of America fall conference, Ragan Communications has planned a two-day “strategic” PR conference for the fall. The Oct. 7-8 conference, the… Continued

The new WOW! consumer online service from CompuServe seeks press materials from companies and PR firms. Information for the adult version of the service should be sent to Kassie Rose, managing editor. Steve Cvengros, managing… Continued

Broadcast monitoring vendors Radio TV Reports and Video Monitoring Services have entered into a limited partnership. Along with sister company Adbank, which archives video clips of advertising, radio and TV monitor Radio TV Reports will… Continued

Responding to our May 27 story (p. 1) on agency searches, marketing consultant Tom Harris wrote to recommend against use of PR executive search firms for the task of identifying and recommending PR agencies. While… Continued

A crisis is something most communications executives prepare for but hopefully never have to face. When a crisis breaks, what is it really like? To bring this to life, Canadian crisis counseling firm Mindszenthy &… Continued

A major study of top corporate executives contains some troubling findings for PR executives. Several hundred top brass–including CEOs–believe their corporations’ communications efforts are having limited effect, according to the research conducted for the American… Continued

The mid-level staff of PR firms, from which most agency income derives, bill clients for approximately 75 percent of their time on the job, according to a new survey by the Counselors Academy of the… Continued

Airline Musical Chairs A minuet of musical chairs in the airline industry…Gus Whitcomb, managing director, public relations at American Airlines, Forth Worth, has moved to America West Airlines, Phoenix, as director of corporate communications. Taking… Continued

As more and more organizations are forced to change the way they operate in order to remain competitive or even stay afloat, those overseeing employee communications also must rethink their function beyond just communicating company… Continued

Todd Shapera joined the New York office of public affairs firm Powell Tate as senior vice president. He was a marketing and media relations vice president in the New York office of investment firm Scudder,… Continued