Media purveyor Gannett Co. has engaged Sard Verbinnen & Co. to shore up its PR defense as activist investor Carl Icahn threatens a proxy fight over the company's plans to separate its publishing interests from its TV and digital operations.
R&R Partners, which was founded by legendary Republican ad man Sig Rogich, has lined up a $900K one-year contract with South Sudan to raise the Washington awareness of the landlocked nation.
Warner Bros worked with Glover Park Group to cultivate military interest in the release of "American Sniper," the blockbuster film based on the memoir of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle.
The Williamsburg Area Destination Marketing Committee is looking for a PR firm to promote overnight visits and position the Virginia region as having more tourism attractions than just the Colonial Williamsburg restoration.
ASGK Public Strategies has opened a Miami outpost, its fourth US office, with the appointment of government and agency pro Kelly Penton Chacon as director.
Ogilvy Government Relations has signed on as DC representative for MoneyGram International, a leading financial services company targeting the un-and under-banked market.
Hurricane Katrina will be remembered for the death and destruction it left behind. But it also changed the way we as an agency think about crisis — or disaster — communications.
Since Hampton libraries show no interest so far in exhibiting the mountain of legal filings on the eruv that is terrorizing homeowners and costing them huge amounts, as well as tarring and feathering them as “bigots,” we have compiled our own electronic exhibit.
Larry Hincker, the associate VP for university relations who helped "brand" Virginia Tech and led the institution's PR through a 2007 campus shooting, will retire this year after 25 years in Blacksburg.
Facebook claims it's responsible for stimulating $227B in economic activity and creating 4.5M jobs for the year ended October, according to an analysis produced by Deloitte.
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Media purveyor Gannett Co. has engaged Sard Verbinnen & Co. to shore up its PR defense as activist investor Carl Icahn threatens a proxy fight over the company's plans to separate its publishing interests from its TV and digital operations.
R&R Partners, which was founded by legendary Republican ad man Sig Rogich, has lined up a $900K one-year contract with South Sudan to raise the Washington awareness of the landlocked nation.
Ben Finzel, who served in the Clinton Administration's Dept. of Energy, has launched RenewPR, an energy and environmental PR firm.
Warner Bros worked with Glover Park Group to cultivate military interest in the release of "American Sniper," the blockbuster film based on the memoir of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle.
Finn Partners is acquiring Nashville's DVL Public Relations & Advertising and Seigenthaler PR, which merged to create an $11M entity.
The Williamsburg Area Destination Marketing Committee is looking for a PR firm to promote overnight visits and position the Virginia region as having more tourism attractions than just the Colonial Williamsburg restoration.
With the Republicans firmly in control of the Senate and the House, the billionaire Koch Brothers are feeling pretty good these days.
ASGK Public Strategies has opened a Miami outpost, its fourth US office, with the appointment of government and agency pro Kelly Penton Chacon as director.
Ogilvy Government Relations has signed on as DC representative for MoneyGram International, a leading financial services company targeting the un-and under-banked market.
Hurricane Katrina will be remembered for the death and destruction it left behind. But it also changed the way we as an agency think about crisis — or disaster — communications.
Corporate Europe Observatory PR watchdog issues 64-page report that raps 'ethical tunnel vision' of firms repping repressive regimes.
Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Tim Griffin has joined Washington's Purple Strategies as a senior advisor while holding the state position.
Since Hampton libraries show no interest so far in exhibiting the mountain of legal filings on the eruv that is terrorizing homeowners and costing them huge amounts, as well as tarring and feathering them as “bigots,” we have compiled our own electronic exhibit.
Pete Pedersen, former Edelman global tech chair, has resigned the CEO slot at Grayling, Huntsworth's global flagship.
Larry Hincker, the associate VP for university relations who helped "brand" Virginia Tech and led the institution's PR through a 2007 campus shooting, will retire this year after 25 years in Blacksburg.
The Aloha State has launched a review of its six-figure tourism PR account with an open competition through mid-February.
Facebook claims it's responsible for stimulating $227B in economic activity and creating 4.5M jobs for the year ended October, according to an analysis produced by Deloitte.
17 of Top 25 PR Firms Grew in Double Digits in 2013
