Stories by PRNEWS

By Kurt Genden And Brian Williams Driven by dynamic industry growth, today’s consumer-electronics news environment is moving forward at a pace unimagined five years ago. U.S. sales growth of consumer electronics rose more than 11%… Continued

A recent survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that e-mail users are receiving slightly more spam (junk e-mail) than before, but they are minding it less. While more than half of… Continued

Amid last month’s crowning of new “American Idol” Carrie Underwood was a reminder that, as part of her various prizes, Underwood would get her very own Marquis Jet Card. The card, which caters to individuals… Continued

There’s one at nearly every PR-related conference: a session devoted to how crucial it is that the profession build a more diverse workforce if it wants to be able to respond to dramatic and ongoing… Continued

After years of getting short shrift from financially stressed clients and marketers, PR services are on the upswing, according to the third annual “Public Relations Generally Accepted Practices Study.” The study, published by the USC… Continued

“The business is out there for PR professionals to get,” says Mike Schultz, publisher of RainToday.com, an online magazine that focuses on marketing, PR and selling for professional services firms. “But it’s not like the… Continued

CLIENT: Crohn’s & Colitus Foundation of America PR AGENCY: PFS Marketwyse TIMEFRAME: January 2005 It all began when Roger Koman’s 13- and 10-year-old children started enthusing about the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s “Wear Yellow Live Strong”… Continued

It’s been ugly for some time now. Your clients’ adversaries aren’t just trying to win a lawsuit here or recall a product there. They’ve developed an ever-more-interconnected skein of interest groups, public advocates and lawyers… Continued

Good news for hugh swaths of Canadian forest, but (more) bad news for newspaper publishers (and PR execs conditioned to working with print): A recent survey from JupiterResearch shows that the number of online adults… Continued

Just when you think you assume you’re doing everything right, it’s amazing how many things can go wrong. Take Newsweek, whose editors thought they had a solid source on an upcoming report about prisoner abuses… Continued