Lynn Harris Medcalf, executive VP and co-founder of News Generation, stresses that PR execs need strong pitches to take advantage of the trends in radio newsrooms. “A lot of people think radio is easy to… Continued
Subscription Content
Battle is Brewing Among Media Measurement Vendors
June 2nd, 2003 by PRNEWSThe race is on. A number of leading media-measurement firms have in recent months struck up strategic partnerships meant to expand the depth and breadth of their services. These new alliances signal a heating up… Continued
How to Salvage Reputations When Celebrities Stumble & Fall
June 2nd, 2003 by PRNEWSAny ambitions former U.S. drug czar and Education Secretary William Bennett had for high office went up in smoke along with a reported $8 million be blew in Las Vegas in the past decade. Bennett,… Continued
PR NEWS Poll Finds Young PR Pros Underwhelmed With IABC, PRSA
May 26th, 2003 by PRNEWSIn April 2003, PR NEWS and YoungPRPros partnered to conduct a survey on perceptions of professional organizations, specifically those held among junior public relations professionals. Members of YoungPRPros.com and several other online forums, including PRSA’s… Continued
Catching Up
May 26th, 2003 by PRNEWSHere’s a rundown of what some of last year’s 15-to-Watch winners have been working on: Ben Conrad, Senior Account Executive, Schwartz Communications bconrad@schwartz-pr.com >>Conrad is still plugging away in the West Coast office of Schwartz… Continued
PR NEWS’ 2003 15-to-Watch: An Eclectic Mix, Blazing New Trails
May 26th, 2003 by PRNEWSThis year’s 15-to-Watch list features an eclectic mix of young PR pros working in every facet of communications and public relations. Rest assured, it wasn’t easy to whittle down dozens of respectable nominees to just… Continued
A [PR] Mess at Microsoft…
May 19th, 2003 by PRNEWSSeems like the PR team at Microsoft has crashed over iLoo, an Internet-enabled portable toilet the software giant had been apparently developing. First the company told news agencies last week that an April 30 press… Continued
Ruder Finn resigns from Council
May 19th, 2003 by PRNEWSIn a related story, Ruder Finn has not renewed its Council membership because it disagrees with the way the Council has handled the aforementioned release of the revenue figures. “We’re hoping there won’t be any… Continued
PR firms scramble to respond to Sarbanes-Oxley…
May 19th, 2003 by PRNEWSThe Council of Public Relations Firms put out a press release the other day that, to us, didn’t feel like much of a release at all. The release was distributed by the Council to announce… Continued