Fleishman-Hillard cofounder Robert Hillard dies at 82 in Caledonia, Mo.
Hillard launched the agency in 1946 and retired in 1974.
A cornerstone for PR: The city of Chicago renames a street, "Daniel J.
Edelman Way" in honor of Edelman PR's namesake founder.
As the election year heats up, AARP, AOL and MCI WorldCom aim to win "good
citizen" stars and stripes with the collaborative launch of BeAVoter.org,
a Web site and campaign geared toward increasing civic involvement and voter
turnout.
With Australia's Olympic festivities six months away, Sydney officials
struggle to regain public trust in the wake of a fiasco involving tickets
reserved for corporate bigwigs. Meanwhile, the city's transit and emergency
workers are considering strikes during the games - a threat that IOC director
general Francois Carrad downplayed last week as a ploy to gain exposure for
their cause, AP reports.
Ketchum establishes an entertainment marketing division with offices in
New York and L.A...Fleishman-Hillard restructures its HR team and forms a
talent development group to focus on recruitment and retention.
Mindbridge.com plans to blow part of its ad budget on philanthropic PR.
In April, the company will donate $100,000 to buy computers for disadvantaged
students who enter its essay contest, "What I Would Do With a New Computer."
