The continuing nationwide trend toward corporate downsizing has resulted in a healthy shift for independent PR professionals and agencies seeing more special project work sent their way, according to two recent surveys. The recent American… Continued
Subscription Content
DRUG MANUFACTURER’S CRISIS PLAN FOCUSES ON TOUTING SAFER, NEW DRUG
January 20th, 1997 by PRNEWSHoechst Marion Rousell, the Kansas City, Mo.-based manufacturer of the controversial drug Seldane which the Food & Drug Administration said Jan. 13 should be pulled off the market, hit on one of the key facets… Continued
NEW APPOINTMENTS & HIRES
January 20th, 1997 by PRNEWSPinkham Named to Succeed Hoewing as PAC CEO Douglas G. Pinkham, now executive director of communications at the American Gas Association, Arlington, Va., will become president of the Public Affairs Council (PAC), Washington D.C., and… Continued
PR AGENCY INVITES ONLINE USERS TO CHOOSE SITE DESIGN
January 13th, 1997 by PRNEWSIF YOU CAN’T decide what kind of graphics to put on your Web site, let your target audience make up your mind for you. After nine years in the PR and marketing business, that’s just… Continued
MEDIA INSIGHT: AP ALL NEWS RADIO
January 13th, 1997 by PRNEWSEDITOR’S NOTE: Anyone with any media insight knows that the Associated Press is the source for a lot of the daily news Americans read, but it’s likely some PR execs and communicators forget that AP… Continued
PR PEOPLE: NEW HIRES, PROMOTIONS
January 13th, 1997 by PRNEWSFormer legislative clinton staffer joins ketchum Jim Weber, most recently special assistant for legislative affairs and special associate counsel to President Clinton, joined Ketchum PR Jan. 2 as senior vice president in its Washington, D.C.… Continued
MARK THESE DATES: PR NEWS
January 13th, 1997 by PRNEWSJanuary 14: New York Women in Communications Inc., "Nothing is Wasted: Changing Streams in Mid-Career," New York, 212/661-4737. January 15-16: International Quality & Productivity Center, "Restructuring Internal Communication to Drive Radical Change," San Francisco, 800/420-2145.… Continued
FORMER KETCHUM VPS OPEN D.C., GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
January 13th, 1997 by PRNEWSAs the theater of players trying to influence public policy continues to grow, three PR executives – all former executives with Bailey & Robinson which was acquired by Ketchum Public Relations nearly five years ago… Continued
MILLSPORTS INKS FOUR-YEAR DEAL: WITH USA TRACK & FIELD
January 13th, 1997 by PRNEWSIn the realm of long-term agreements, Millsport L.L.C., a sports marketing agency based in Stamford, Conn., has hit a winner. Last month, Millsports was retained by USA Track & Field sports organization to provide sponsorship… Continued
BW CONNECT HELPS PR PROS: PLACING RELEASES ONLINE
January 13th, 1997 by PRNEWSIn the long line of recent technology-enhanced job tools making PR practitioners’ lives a tad bit easier, comes this: At the close of last year, Business Wire unveiled its BW Connect, a software system which… Continued