Harold Burson Heads Home to Memphis
Wed, Jul. 17, 2019
By Kevin McCauley
Harold Burson, 98-year-old founding chairman of Burson-Marsteller, will move from New York to Memphis on July 23. (1 reader comment)
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Harold Burson, 98-year-old founding chairman of Burson-Marsteller, will move from New York to Memphis on July 23. (1 reader comment)
Top PR pros analyzed the seismic shifts reshaping the marketing communications business during a panel discussion presented by Public Relations Society of America's New York chapter on April 17 that was held by Makovsky & Co.
Federal lobbying powerhouse Ballard Partners, which has close ties with the Trump administration, has opened a strategic communications unit led by White House aide who handled PR for Brett Kavanaugh confirmation.
My life changed forever when my sister, Lucille, met Jack O’Dwyer in 1963. I became a big fan of Jack and his first employee. (1 reader comment)
2018 was a tumultuous year for PR as Donald Trump once again dominated the media landscape. WPP, Weber Shandwick’s win of IBM, Jamal Khashoggi and a string of major acquisitions did grab PR headlines. The year ended on a sad note with the passing of Jack O’Dwyer. (2 reader comments)
Let's sort out the White House's PR mess. In order of “PR terribleness,” these are the five worst Trump communications non-professionals. (1 reader comment)
The latest groundswell for diversity in the U.S. marketing sector seems more genuine and ambitious than previous industry inclusivity efforts. (4 reader comments)
Economic stats, including lowest unemployment since 2000, rising incomes, and a stock market that is setting records, offset negatives of the Trump Administration. (3 reader comments)
CooperKatz is committed to the term “PR” as the best descriptor of what its practitioners do, saying that the meaning of the term is evolving. (3 reader comments)
Carl Byoir & Assocs., third largest PR firm that vanished in the maw of WPP, was not the only casualty of a new ad industry-dominated culture. Nine PR media and 16 New York PR groups bit the dust. (1 reader comment)
Michael Morris gets legal and cybersecurity duties at Rasky Partners; Moyra Knight, Karl Uhlendorf and Andrew Lewis move up at pharmaceutical house Astellas; and Laura Braam shifts to Sheridan PR of Franklin, TN.
Beth Casteel, a veteran journalist of the Associated Press, joined The Reis Group as senior counselor.
The Museum of PR, in putting the spotlight on PR founder Ivy Lee, is also putting the spotlight on the need for a thorough history of PR. (2 reader comments)
PR founder Ivy Lee came out of journalism and believed PR should “shine the light” while founder Edward Bernays believed in using social psychology to influence public opinion for private purposes.
Donald Trump bypassed media and PR to win the presidency; “Cell” movie showed how cellphones control minds as well as inform them...
Public relations executive and advertising account manager were named in a CareerCast report as some of the most "overrated jobs" in 2016.
Tennessee Titans VP of communications Jimmy Stanton has resigned after the NFL's first week of games and following his second tenure with the team.
Auritt Communications Group and A. Larry Ross Communications are promoting the newly opened Noah's Ark replica theme park, drawing national media attention from its Williamstown, Ky., locale.
The Albany Capital Center, the 82,000-square-foot convention center slated to open next March, has engaged Baker PR as AOR, following an RFP process.
GYMR PR, the respected independent, Washington, D.C.-based PR firm focused on healthcare, has disbanded after an 18-year run.
Mark Hass, a former CEO for Edelman and MSLGroup, has been appointed a professor of Arizona State University's business and journalism schools.
The Wi-Fi Now 2016 conference April 19-21 in Tysons Corner, Va., after giving O’Dwyer’s press credentials, has withdrawn them after being told O’Dwyer’s would raise health issues related to Wi-Fi, cellphones and other radiation sources. (3 reader comments)
A bogus press release purportedly from Pfizer that fooled the Washington Post on March 31 led to a retraction by the paper and legal threat by the drugmaker.
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