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The European Commission’s Tacis Programme – a $3.5 million awareness-raising and communications endeavor targeting the former countries of the Soviet Union – has chosen Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart, Brussels, to head the PR facet of… Continued

Bozell Worldwide, New York, acquired Kamstra Communications, a $35 million advertising and marcom agency in St. Paul, Minn., for an undisclosed amount. Kamstra will be renamed Bozell Kamstra and will become the business-to-business unit of… Continued

An increasing number of senior-level managers are taking crisis management to a new level, assigning daily responsibilities for staving off potential crises and implementing a sort of triage of well-defined PR and marketing roles in… Continued

On Feb. 14, New York-headquartered Ruder-Finn Inc. and New York-based Zemi Investments LP established a new division, Ruder-Finn Stoga to provide Latin American and international companies in Latin America guidance on global PR, corporate affairs… Continued

The Council of Public Relations Networks, the first association of international PR affiliates, was recently formed to promote the benefits of, as well as promote, PR networks. The organization’s four charter members are Pinnacle Worldwide,… Continued

Alexander Communications Inc., with offices in Atlanta, San Francisco and Denver, was named 1997 Public Relations Agency of the Year by Marketing Computers magazine, New York, which called the company "an industry voice." Alexander Communications… Continued

When Orlando hoteliers Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort Lake Buena Vista and Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Main Gate East approached Orlando, Fla., PR firm Curley & Pynn in September 1995 to help them promote Kidsuites,… Continued

AWARDS Frankowiak Receives Lifetime Achievement Award James Frankowiak, president of Public Communications Inc., Tampa, Fla., received the 1996 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Public Relations Society of America’s Tampa Chapter. Frankowiak was recognized for his… Continued

251 W. 57th StreetNew York, N.Y. 10019-1894 Phone 212/445-4000 Editor’s Note: You’re probably not a true PR veteran or a shoot-for-the-top PR practitioner if you don’t try the occasional pitch to those in the top… Continued

In the world of banking, there appears to be room for better PR as banks struggle against the likes of insurance companies, brokers and others luring those with money into their ranks. Case in point:… Continued