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NEW ADDRESSES/PHONES
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSAd/PR agency Ira Thomas Associates Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, has a new phone number: 330/793-3000.
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
AGENCY MISCELLANY
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSWitherspoon & Associates, Fort Worth, Texas, is marking its fiftieth anniversary. Founded in 1946 as a PR firm, the company since has added advertising and marketing services. (Witherspoon, 817/335- 1373)
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON STATES
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSDecreasing federal budgets and a push for deregulation are leading to expanding influence of state legislatures. This, in turn, is leading to increased focus on state government relations activities by corporations. Given the increasing importance… 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
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
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
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
UPCOMING EVENT:
May 13th, 1996 by PRNEWSMay 15: Public Affairs Council, “Coalitions & Partnerships: Strategies for Developing Relationships with Advocacy Groups,” Washington, D.C., 202/872-1790. May 15: Public Relations Society of American, “PR Tactics,” Los Angeles, 212/460-1404. May 15-16: Institute for Crisis… Continued