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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

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

May 7-10: Center for Corporate Community Relations, “The Institute on Corporate Community Relations,” Boston, 617/552-2555. May 8: Congressional Quarterly, “Using Internet to Find Free or Low-Cost Federal Info,” Washington, D.C., 202/887-8620. May 8: Ragan Communications,… Continued

Gary Grates, president and CEO of Boxenbaum Grates Inc. , New York, was named the 1995/96 “Outstanding Alumnus” of the journalism and public relations department at Utica College of Syracuse University. Grates also initiated the… Continued

MERCOMM Inc. , Ossining, N.Y., issued a call for entries for its yearly corporate annual report contest. The entry deadline is May 10. Winners will be announced at a ceremony in New York on July… Continued

The annual “Creativity in Public Relations Awards” will be announced next week at a dinner reception May 14 in New York at the Plaza Hotel, beginning with cocktails at 6:00 p.m. The annual recognition event… Continued

MediaMap , Cambridge, Mass., a provider of media relations databases and software, announced a new database covering the business and financial media. The database covers more than 1,500 editors and reporters at newspapers, magazines and… Continued

News/Broadcast Network (N/BN) , a video and radio producer and distributor serving the public relations market, announced two new digital radio services. A premium service, the Audio B-Roll Package, includes a 30-second voice track plus… Continued

Next month PR NEWS will send subscribers an exclusive bonus–the “PR NEWS Guide to Media Relations Services.” Included in the guide will be listings of scores of products and services that PR executives rely on… Continued

Luis Morales, president of the Public Relations Society of America, has retired as director of marketing and communication at Robert Morris Associates, a banking industry trade group in Philadelphia. Morales will continue to serve out… Continued