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The Case When Heinz decided it would turn ketchup green, the 131-year-old food company knew it was sitting on a product with inherent news value. But what they weren’t quite expecting was to be scooped… Continued

Redband Broadcasting 343 Sansome St., Suite 505 San Francisco, CA 94104 415/277-6640 http://www.redband.com Inc.com laid off 37 of its 53 staffers last week, abandoning hopes of going public and making money on a grand portal… Continued

Did you know that Feb. 12-19 is National Specialty Coffee Week? Neither did we. So we called the number on the press release and talked to Mike Ferguson, who does PR for the Specialty Coffee… Continued

Last week, when reporting on U.S. Newswire’s content deal with Yahoo! Inc., we implied that U.S. Newswire spokesman Michael Asen said his site tracks verbal gaffes made by President George W. Bush. In fact, the… Continued

Every morning from 6 a.m. to 10a.m., nearly half of the entire country is listening to the radio (in some clogged metropolitan areas, the concentration of listeners is higher as people sit trapped in their… Continued

Women on the Web Unite Women’s site iVillage is buying out its top competitor in a stock deal, Women.com. The transaction is due to close next quarter, according to iVillage vice-president of communications Carl Fischer.… Continued

Manning, Selvage & Lee jumps into the investor relations market with the acquisition of the L.A.-based corporate relations firm Pondel/Wilkinson Group. The New York- based firm also signs on Richard Simonelli, former managing director at… Continued

Forty years ago this month, Ted Pincus launched the Chicago-based Financial Relations Board (FRB), the first-ever public relations firm dedicated to helping companies cultivate a more open and prosperous relationship with their investors. The Financial… Continued

International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), with headquarters in San Francisco, is seeking a President for this multi-service, 13,700-member not- for-profit organization and global network of more than 100 chapters. IABC provides products, services, leadership… Continued

Just because a press release becomes yesterday’s news doesn’t mean you should dump it in the recycle bin. Herbert H. Rozoff, TK and founder of Herbert H. Rozoff Public Relations in Northbrook Illinois, cranks releases… Continued