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PR Newswire introduced “Company News on-Call Plus,” an upgraded version of its news release database, stored online for access by journalists. The product now leaves three information sections open for companies to store quarterly report… Continued

Ad/PR agency Ira Thomas Associates Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, has a new phone number: 330/793-3000.

The Weber Group , Cambridge, Mass., hired James Finlaw as senior vice president. He was a director at Cunningham Communications, Cambridge. Lisa Lindgren was appointed director of the San Diego HyperMedia Center, a unit of… Continued

News/Broadcast Network (N/BN) , a video and radio producer and distributor serving the public relations market, announced two new digital radio services. A premium service, the Audio B-Roll Package, includes a 30-second voice track plus… Continued

H&K’s Berard to Fleishman John Berard, executive managing director and head of the advanced technology unit at Hill and Knowlton’s New York office, is joining Fleishman-Hillard as general manager of the firm’s San Francisco office.… Continued

Luis Morales, president of the Public Relations Society of America, has retired as director of marketing and communication at Robert Morris Associates, a banking industry trade group in Philadelphia. Morales will continue to serve out… Continued

Politis & Associates Inc. , Sandy, Utah, changed its name to Politis Communications . According to agency founder David Politis, the change reflects the firm’s expansion of services beyond public relations to direct mail, trade… Continued

The American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As) and the American Advertising Federation announced an effort to focus public attention on negative political advertising. As part of a “Political Advertising Repair” initiative, the groups have asked… Continued

GPC Opens in Calgary GPC Communications , a Toronto-based PR and public affairs firm, has opened an office in Calgary, Alberta. Heading GPC Communications- Alberta will be Gordon Forstner, who joins as general manager. He… Continued

Developing and disseminating information about public relations research and effective public relations approaches has been the charter of the Institute for Public Relations Research & Education since the group broke away from the Public Relations… Continued