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Communications Rises In CEOs’ Priorities

September 25th, 2000 by

Canadian CEOs devote half of their time (49%) to public relations and communications, to both internal and external audiences, a new study finds. Almost all of the CEOs interviewed (94%) feel that PR today is… Continued

People Moves

September 25th, 2000 by

Corporate/Association Moves Lisa Kitei leaves post as VP of marketing and communications for the theatrical division at The Walt Disney Co. to join Cahners Business Information as SVP corporate communications and PR in New York.… Continued

PR Boosts e-Charity Campaign

September 25th, 2000 by

The Case At its founding in 1997, iGive.com was one of the pioneers of electronic philanthropy, uniting online retailers and customers who wanted to contribute to charity. The premise of the Evanston, Ill.-based service was… Continued

Media Insight

September 25th, 2000 by

Sports Afield 11650 Riverside Dr. North Hollywood, CA 91602 818/763-9221 http://www.SportsAfield.com By the end of 1999, Hearst Corp. was relieved to divest itself of Sports Afield, a title the media giant viewed as old and… Continued

Media Experts Offering Exclusives Play with Fire, Risk Getting Burned

September 25th, 2000 by

When HotJobs.com secured Samuel L. Jackson as the voice-over talent for its 2000 Super Bowl spot, the online firm’s agency, Burson-Marsteller, offered the dish as an exclusive to USA Today. “It wasn’t front page news,… Continued

Say What?

September 25th, 2000 by

Who needs databases like ProfNet and SourceNet when you’ve got QCircuit.com, “the inventory of human experience”? The QCircuit press release promised us access to “one of the only living survivors of a commercial jet crash… Continued

Media Moves

September 25th, 2000 by

Bloomberg News reporter Heather Phillips leaves to join the San Jose Mercury News. Send news pertaining to legislative and regulatory issues affecting telecom, TV and Internet industries to reporter Jonathan Cox at jcox2@bloomberg.net…>Boston Globe arts… Continued

Editorial Calendar Alert

September 25th, 2000 by

Politics of Tech. Election day won’t signal the end of the political debate at Infoworld. A Nov. 6 article on office politics will explore how politics affect the morale of technical staff, how managers can… Continued

Media Moves

September 18th, 2000 by

Steve Joynt joins the Mobile (Ala.) Register as an assistant city editor. SWJoynt@aol.com… Anna Rohleder joins Forbes.com as staff writer. arohleder@forbes.net… Mark Robinson joins Industry Standard as senior editor overseeing in-depth reports. 415/733-5400… Gregory Osberg… Continued

Holiday Calendar Alert

September 18th, 2000 by

The Gift List for Holiday 2000 is a media list of editorial contacts at new organizations that are planning “great gift ideas” stories for the December holidays. Following is a sampling of entries from the… Continued