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Mary Ackerly, vice president and director of design services for Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, Chicago, next month will receive the “Woman of the Year” award from Women in Design/Chicago. (Women in Design, 312/648-1874) Sandra Hermanoff,… Continued

The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) named Malcolm Earnshaw as president. Earnshaw is with Mars Inc., London, England. WFA is based in Brussels, Belgium. (WFA, 011-32-2-502-5740; Mars, 011-44-1- 664-410-000)

The Financial Communications section of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) issued a new report, “Communicating Corporate Restructurings.” The $25 report is based on a roundtable conducted last year with executives from ARCO Chemical… Continued

The mid-level staff of PR firms, from which most agency income derives, bill clients for approximately 75 percent of their time on the job, according to a new survey by the Counselors Academy of the… Continued

The board of directors of the Public Relations Society of America named Nancy Wiser to fill the unexpired term of director-at-large Donald Durocher, who died in March. Wiser is vice president for public relations services… Continued

Airline Musical Chairs A minuet of musical chairs in the airline industry…Gus Whitcomb, managing director, public relations at American Airlines, Forth Worth, has moved to America West Airlines, Phoenix, as director of corporate communications. Taking… Continued

Nearly 600 daily and weekly newspapers in the United States have an online edition, according to research conducted by Editor & Publisher (E&P). E&P tallied 368 U.S. daily and 214 weekly newspapers operating online sites,… Continued

As more and more organizations are forced to change the way they operate in order to remain competitive or even stay afloat, those overseeing employee communications also must rethink their function beyond just communicating company… Continued

Finding unclaimed or unregistered names for companies, products and services is getting harder, say marketing and communications executives at U.S. corporations. More than two-thirds of 400 executives responding to a poll by marketing agency Rivkin… Continued

Todd Shapera joined the New York office of public affairs firm Powell Tate as senior vice president. He was a marketing and media relations vice president in the New York office of investment firm Scudder,… Continued