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A NYT Radio Station PR Nightmare

April 8th, 2008 by

The classical New York Times-owned radio station WQXR has rejected an ad by a prominent New York Jewish group. The American Jewish Committee (AJC) claims that the station pulled a 60-second commentary about bombings carried… Continued

Bayer Awards Grant to Science Education Program

April 7th, 2008 by

The Bayer USA Foundation recentlly announced that it has awarded a $135,000 grant to ASSET Inc. (Achieving Student Success through Excellence in Teaching), the science education reform program Bayer helped to create in Southwest Pennsylvania… Continued

The CRO Offers Members Enhanced Access to Corporate Responsibility Reports

March 31st, 2008 by

CRO (Corporate Responsibility Officer), a unit of business media publisher Crossing Media, has begun providing enhanced access to CRO member companies’ corporate responsibility and sustainability reports through a content partnership with the U.K.’s CorporateRegister.com, which… Continued

Tip Sheet: Optimizing Speaking Engagements: 7 Ways to Build a Corporate Speakers Bureau

March 31st, 2008 by

By Lori Zetlin & Jeanne Tee Ask any VP of corporate communications what she/he is doing to secure executive speaking opportunities, and the overwhelming response will be "not enough." A savvy communications executive knows the… Continued

Online Video Book Reviews By Kids A PR Triple Threat

March 28th, 2008 by

StoryTubes invites 1st-6th graders to post video book reviews for nationwide competition to offer an exciting way for kids to talk about their favorite books. This is a PR win-win-win: A great way for the… Continued

Digital Content for Women: A Different Story?

March 28th, 2008 by

Yet another digital media conference took place this morning in New York discussing how to create digital content and how to monetize that content. But this conference had an interesting twist: the focus was specifically… Continued

Google, Yahoo and MySpace Create OpenSocial Foundation

March 28th, 2008 by

The Yahoo, MySpace, Google have announced that they plan to form the OpenSocial Foundation to ensure the neutrality of OpenSocial as an open, community-governed specification for building social applications across the web. The OpenSocial Foundation… Continued

Chew On This: Online Video Platforms Are The New Watercooler

March 26th, 2008 by

If you thought primetime television fell between the evening hours of 7 and 10, think again. Judging from the "video snacking" trend that’s sweeping through offices across the country, lunchtime is the new primetime, so… Continued

They Don’t Call It A “Crackberry” For Nothin’

March 24th, 2008 by

Every businessperson out there thanks (and curses) the gods of e-mail for enabling instant communication with employees and clients. Every businessperson out there has probably also taken advantage of technological advances and checked e-mail during… Continued

BASF Presents Its First Carbon Balance

March 24th, 2008 by

BASF is the world’s first company of its kind to present a comprehensive carbon balance for its operations. The results show that BASF products can save three times more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire… Continued