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The Public Affairs Foundation, Washington, D.C., published an updated edition of "Public Interest Profiles." Last published in 1992, the book describes more than 200 public interest and public policy organizations, including such well-known names as… Continued

Crisis and corporate communications firm Rowan & Blewitt Inc., Washington, D.C., has promoted Hank Boerner to general manager of the New York office. Boerner retains his title of senior vice president. (Rowan & Blewitt/New York,… Continued

Media reports of business crises increased by 13 percent during the first half of 1996, according to the latest data released by the Institute for Crisis Management (ICM), Louisville, Ky. The fastest growing category of… Continued

New York fashion PR firm KCD was featured in a nearly full-page story in the fashion section of The New York Times on Aug. 6. The article chronicled the history of the well-known firm, which… Continued

Wired Ventures Inc., San Francisco, publisher of the trend-setting monthly, Wired, seeks a director of investor and corporate relations. Based at headquarters in San Francisco, the executive will work to build links with the investment… Continued

Katherine Hutt, formerly director of public affairs for insurance industry coalition, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Washington, D.C., last month launched Nautilus Communications, Vienna, Va. The firm specializes in building links between businesses and… Continued

Women Executives in Public Relations, a group including PR professionals in the New York metropolitan area, selected Valerie DiMaria, president of GCI Group/New York, as president-elect. She will take office next year upon the expiration… Continued

Burson-Marsteller, New York, on Aug. 8 announced that the firm had acquired the exclusive rights in the PR firm market for two investor relations services of Investment Data Corp., Bethesda, Md. One service is QUARRY,… Continued

The Institute for Public Relations Research and Education (IPRRE) formed a study group to address the public relations implications of the Internet–particularly the Web. Don Bates, executive vice president of Sumner Rider & Associates, New… Continued

Maier Advertising Inc., Farmington, Conn., has created a public relations division. The unit at the business-to-business and consumer marketing agency will be headed by Harry McBrien, formerly director of public relations another Connecticut ad/PR firm,… Continued