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Padilla Speer Names 4 VPs Padilla Speer Beardsley (PSB), Minneapolis, promoted four staffers to vice president: Paul Batz, Kathy Burnham, Steve Sterling and Sandy Swanson. (PSB, 612/871-8877) Ketchum Names Associate Directors Ketchum Public Relations named… Continued

Science enthusiast magazine OMNI, one of the first magazines deciding to abandon print and publish only online, is looking for interview subjects for a new monthly feature on the environment. Authorities, particularly those coming out… Continued

Sink To Helm of Wichita Firm Vaughn Sink, president of ad/PR agency Sullivan Higdon Sink, will become chairman and CEO of the firm. The move comes as a result of the decision by agency founder… Continued

The Counselors Academy of the Public Relations Society of America has planned a seminar addressing human resources management for PR firms. To be held Oct. 15 in Chicago and Oct. 17 in New York, the… Continued

Buffalo Firm Hits 10 Years Crowley Webb & Associates, a Buffalo, N.Y. ad/PR agency, celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. Agency founders Joseph Crowley, CEO and John Webb remain on board as CEO and chairman… Continued

The Issue Management Council, Leesburg, Va., an information clearinghouse on issues management topics, expanded its “Issue Management Bibliography.” It now lists more than 150 articles, books, newsletters and research papers on issues management. The 15-page… Continued

Politis Communications, Sandy, Utah, a marketing PR firm specializing in high-tech and bio-medical accounts, has moved to: 65 E. Wadsworth Park Drive, Suite 102, Draper, UT 84020, 801/523-3730. Integrated marketing communications firm Zynyx Marketing Communications,… Continued

Broadcast distribution firm Medialink, New York, acquired PR Data Systems Inc., Norwalk, Conn., a news release distribution and media coverage analysis firm. Announced on July 26, the move marks Medialink’s first foray into print media… Continued

Wirtz Public Relations, Akron, Ohio, changed its name to Wirtz Integrated Marketing Inc., to reflect the firm’s broader range of services. (Wirtz, 330/376-7115)

Media directory and monitoring firm Burrelle’s Information Services, Livingston, N.J., last month combined with PR software company SpinWare Software Publishing to form a new software company, Public Affairs Technologies LLC, (PAT) Lanham, Md. PAT promptly… Continued