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Firm Exec Carries Torch Sharon Weiner, president and CEO of Stryker Weiner Associates, Honolulu, Hawaii, carried the Olympic torch on May 5 in Newport Beach, Calif. The 5,500 runners selected to complete the cross-country run… Continued

APCO Starts Multimedia Group APCO Associates Inc., Washington, D.C., the public affairs and lobbying wing of the GCI Group, launched APCO Technology Services. The new unit will offer consulting and product development services that employ… Continued

Blockbuster Entertainment Group, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., named Jonathan Baskin as senior vice president, corporate relations. He was director of communications for The Limited Inc.. Meredith Clements was named director of public relations at Philips Media… Continued

Corporate public relations budgets are up in the New York metropolitan area, a survey by the New York chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) shows. The survey of more than 800 executives… Continued

Limiting the damage for a crisis–or better yet preventing one, is the thrust of a new book by training executive and former police officer Steve Albrecht. In “Corporate Self-Defense: How to Protect your Organization in… Continued

It may not be the world’s longest press release, but a 42-page epic by Greg Jarboe of Ziff-Davis Publishing must be among the weightiest ever produced. According to PR NEWS’ sister newsletter, min, the tome… Continued

Cynthia Hudson joined Burson-Marsteller, Washington, D.C., as managing director in the firm’s public affairs group. She was a principal at the Sawyer Miller/Robinson Lerer Montgomery Group, Washington. Wendy Nichols was promoted to manager of consumer… Continued

ADI Press Track. http://www.presstrac.com Provides information about its news and media content analysis; company directory, a search mechanism and links to USA Today. Agenda Online . http://www.agendaonline.com Provides users with information about event planning including… Continued

Ad/PR agency Ira Thomas Associates Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, has a new phone number: 330/793-3000.

The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), Washington, D.C., recently handed out 13 awards of excellence for association government relations programs. The winners, by category, are: — Overall program management/federal level legislative–National Rehabilitation Association, Alexandria,… Continued