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WEB PAGE FOCUSES ON ARS
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSCato Communications Inc., publishers of Sid Cato’s Newsletter on Annual Reports, has unveiled a Web site with information on annual reports. Included on the site, located at http://www.sidcato.com, is a quiz on annual reports, with… Continued
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSOmnicom Group Inc., the parent company of PR firm Porter/Novelli, purchased a 20-percent stake in high-tech PR firm A Plus Group, London. A Plus will oversee Omnicom’s high-tech PR practice in Europe, working closely with… Continued
PR BUDGETS UP IN N.Y. AREA
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSCorporate public relations budgets are up in the New York metropolitan area, a survey by the New York chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) shows. The survey of more than 800 executives… Continued
AGENCY REALIGNMETS
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSFirm Enters Interactive Fray Hadeler Sullivan Ewing (HSE), Dallas, Texas, formed an interactive division–One Zero Interactive. Jesse Collard of Dallas ad agency the Richards Group’s Click Here Division joins Hadeler as director of the new… Continued
LONGEST PRESS RELEASE?
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSIt may not be the world’s longest press release, but a 42-page epic by Greg Jarboe of Ziff-Davis Publishing must be among the weightiest ever produced. According to PR NEWS’ sister newsletter, min, the tome… Continued
NEW VENTURES
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSRobinson, Lerer To Exit Bozell Ken Lerer, Linda Robinson and Ken Montgomery–three of the top executives of the Sawyer Miller/Robinson Lerer Montgomery Group, New York–are leaving the firm. Confirming a May 3 report in The… Continued
SITE INSPECTION: FINDING PR ON THE WEB
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSADI Press Track. http://www.presstrac.com Provides information about its news and media content analysis; company directory, a search mechanism and links to USA Today. Agenda Online . http://www.agendaonline.com Provides users with information about event planning including… Continued
CAMERA MAKER FOCUSES ON STUDENTS, PROFESSIONALS
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSProgram courts students to start with Canon, pros to switch Companies can look at markets as static entities comprised of groups with whom they would like to gain market share. Or they can look at… Continued
ASSOCIATIONS RECEIVE AWARDS FOR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PROGRAMS
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSThe American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), Washington, D.C., recently handed out 13 awards of excellence for association government relations programs. The winners, by category, are: — Overall program management/federal level legislative–National Rehabilitation Association, Alexandria,… Continued