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In the realm of long-term agreements, Millsport L.L.C., a sports marketing agency based in Stamford, Conn., has hit a winner. Last month, Millsports was retained by USA Track & Field sports organization to provide sponsorship… Continued

In the long line of recent technology-enhanced job tools making PR practitioners’ lives a tad bit easier, comes this: At the close of last year, Business Wire unveiled its BW Connect, a software system which… Continued

As quality-of-life issues become more prevalent in the workforce, one marcom company is looking at holidays in 1997 in a new way: Stamford, Conn.-based Marquardt & Roche is allowing its employees to select what 11… Continued

Boston’s Cone Communications is increasing its cause-related marketing practice by appointing a senior director, Mark Feldman, and an account manager, Risa Sherman. The team was created to help Cone expand its expertise and capabilities as… Continued

Gavin Anderson & Company, the U.S. subsidiary of corporate and financial comunications consulting firm Gavin Anderson & Company Worldwide Inc., recently acquired McDonough & Associates. Both firms are based in New York City. As part… Continued

On Jan. 7, The Bohle Company, a technology PR firm headquartered in Los Angeles, opened a satellite office in San Francisco. The new business, at 545 Sansom St., Suite 800, will work with clients in… Continued

After a prolonged absence from the kids’ toy market, Meccano, Inc., makers of Erector Set construction toys, had a public relations task with an unusual urgency. The Paris-based company had been absent from the U.S… Continued

In the ongoing war between PR and the press lie the everyday battles that set media relations efforts back a notch. Take, for example, the case of Associated Press radio news reporter Margie Szaroleta, who… Continued

IF YOU CAN’T decide what kind of graphics to put on your Web site, let your target audience make up your mind for you. After nine years in the PR and marketing business, that’s just… Continued

EDITOR’S NOTE: Anyone with any media insight knows that the Associated Press is the source for a lot of the daily news Americans read, but it’s likely some PR execs and communicators forget that AP… Continued