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IABC Offers Elite Membership

January 15th, 2001 by

Following last month’s resignation of IABC president and CEO Elizabeth Allen, the organization has established a new class of membership in an effort to solve its financial woes. (Many blame the group’s cash-guzzling Web venture,… Continued

Tchotchkes in Heaven

January 15th, 2001 by

PR agencies may collectively represent a $4 billion industry (and growing) but they don’t hold a candle to the promotional products business when it comes to bowling for client dollars. According to the Advertising Specialty… Continued

The CEO Must Die…Long Live Hillary

January 15th, 2001 by

We’ll leave the question of what women want to Mel Gibson. But we can tell you what women communicators want: An end to the glass ceiling in the PR industry. According to an annual survey… Continued

Media Insight: FamilyPC

January 8th, 2001 by

28 East 28th Street New York, NY 10016-7930 212/503-3500 Families are among the fastest-growing markets for all things digital, and FamilyPC magazine is leading the trend. Launched by Ziff-Davis in 1994, FamilyPC guides busy parents… Continued

Media Moves

January 8th, 2001 by

Jeanie Stokes vacates post as business writer with the Rocky Mountain News to join Broadband Week as senior editor, covering broadband communications networks, application service providers, technology developers, and broadband business trends. jstokes@cahners.com …Tim Wilson… Continued

On the Record

January 8th, 2001 by

If you’re gonna be late for the media party, don’t bother showing up. Anne-Marie Borrego, assistant editor at the D.C.-based Chronicle of Higher Education, recalls a phone call she once received from a publicist touting… Continued

New Features

January 8th, 2001 by

Fit to Print. Fitness is shaping up its content with a squad of new features in its February issue. Among other things, look for a renewed focus on healthy eating, beauty, and travel. Editor-in-Chief Emily… Continued

Hotline

January 8th, 2001 by

Bye Bye Baby. SmartMoney has announced plans to abandon its Offspring. The fledgling title devoted to child-rearing was spawned back in March as a joint venture between Hearst Corp. and Dow Jones (PRN, April 3,… Continued

New Blood

January 8th, 2001 by

PR NEWS is pleased to introduce Shane McLaughlin as editor. He returns to his native DC after a five-year post-college stint in Boston, where he wrote for Inc. magazine and served on the launch team… Continued

This Just In…

January 8th, 2001 by

Ogilvy PR Worldwide acquires the California public affairs shop Deen + Black (with offices in Sacramento, San Francisco, San Diego and L.A.), which will now operate under the Ogilvy name. Terms of the deal were… Continued