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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

May 13th, 1996 by

Omnicom Group Inc., the parent company of PR firm Porter/Novelli, purchased a 20-percent stake in high-tech PR firm A Plus Group, London. A Plus will oversee Omnicom’s high-tech PR practice in Europe, working closely with… Continued

AGENCY REALIGNMETS

May 13th, 1996 by

Firm Enters Interactive Fray Hadeler Sullivan Ewing (HSE), Dallas, Texas, formed an interactive division–One Zero Interactive. Jesse Collard of Dallas ad agency the Richards Group’s Click Here Division joins Hadeler as director of the new… Continued

NEW VENTURES

May 13th, 1996 by

Robinson, Lerer To Exit Bozell Ken Lerer, Linda Robinson and Ken Montgomery–three of the top executives of the Sawyer Miller/Robinson Lerer Montgomery Group, New York–are leaving the firm. Confirming a May 3 report in The… Continued

CAMERA MAKER FOCUSES ON STUDENTS, PROFESSIONALS

May 13th, 1996 by

Program courts students to start with Canon, pros to switch Companies can look at markets as static entities comprised of groups with whom they would like to gain market share. Or they can look at… Continued

UPCOMING EVENT:

May 13th, 1996 by

May 15: Public Affairs Council, “Coalitions & Partnerships: Strategies for Developing Relationships with Advocacy Groups,” Washington, D.C., 202/872-1790. May 15: Public Relations Society of American, “PR Tactics,” Los Angeles, 212/460-1404. May 15-16: Institute for Crisis… Continued

HONORS:

May 13th, 1996 by

The Minnesota Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America recently named three university public relations students as recipients of “Dr. Willard Thompson” scholarships based on their level of involvement in the Public Relations Student… Continued

CORPORATE GROUP PLANS WEB CLASS

May 13th, 1996 by

The Corporate section of the Public Relations Society of America has planned a full-day seminar on Web page design. The Aug. 2 session is titled “Creating a Business-to-Business Home Page.” The seminar will take place… Continued

NEW VENTURES

May 6th, 1996 by

GPC Opens in Calgary GPC Communications , a Toronto-based PR and public affairs firm, has opened an office in Calgary, Alberta. Heading GPC Communications- Alberta will be Gordon Forstner, who joins as general manager. He… Continued

NEW FIRMS

May 6th, 1996 by

First Data’s Tobin Starts Firm Gary Tobin, senior vice president of communications and government affairs at First Data Corp. launched a new counseling firm, TOBIN Inc. , in New York. The former American Express Co.… Continued

UTILITY CENTERS PRIORITIES AROUND BUSINESS, OPERATING GOALS

May 6th, 1996 by

With their intense involvement in legislative and regulatory developments at the local, state and federal levels, many corporate public affairs departments set their priorities in reaction to the timetables or priorities of governmental and legislative… Continued