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Colorado's Casino Towns Gamble on Loose Interpretation of Smoking Ban

by Anne Landman — December 27, 2007 - 1:15pm

As Colorado prepares to extend its state law eliminating secondhand smoke in workplaces to include casinos as of January 1, 2008, the state's mountain gambling towns have been hard at work getting ready for the change.

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Casper, Wyoming Star Tribune, December 27, 2007

Unions to Lehane: You Down with AMPTP?

by Diane Farsetta — December 12, 2007 - 4:17pm

Concerned that public opinion is firmly on the side of striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) members, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) hired a bipartisan stable of new PR consultants.

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Los Angeles Times, December 6, 2007

Studio Owners Try to Seem Reasonable, Like Big Tobacco

by Diane Farsetta — November 28, 2007 - 2:37pm

Reporter Nikki Finke, who has been closely covering the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, reports that the studio owners' group, the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), "during the first days of the strike ... went out and hired Hill and Knowlton, the controversial global public relations and public affairs giant." Finke writes, "Remember that full page ad that ran November 15th in the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times?

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Deadline Hollywood Daily, November 25, 2007

Featured Participatory Project: Recording Your Senators' Votes on Immigration Reform (U.S.)

by Conor Kenny — November 28, 2007 - 8:09am

On Congresspedia we are continuing to profile important votes this year in Congress as a way of building the same kind of "permanent records" for members of Congress that school kids used to get threatened with.

Berman Attacks Teachers

by Sheldon Rampton — November 7, 2007 - 11:08am

Corporate-funded attack dog Rick Berman, who has previously attacke

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Las Vegas Sun, November 3, 2007

A Fine Kettle of Fish for Union-Busting Snack Company

by Diane Farsetta — October 15, 2007 - 4:07pm

"Kettle Foods this week called in Hill & Knowlton to protect its bruised reputation following a widely criticised attempt to dissuade its workers from unionizing," reports PR Week.

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PR Week (UK), October 10, 2007

... And All I Got Was This Green Rubber Wristband

by Diane Farsetta — October 3, 2007 - 2:19pm

Livestrong wristband (Source: Wikimedia Commons)"Having suffered a barrage of negative headlines while battling to shore up its finances and shrink its work force ...

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Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), October 3, 2007

Washington, Will You Be Mine?

by Diane Farsetta — September 18, 2007 - 2:12pm

"The mining industry is confronted with a very challenging environment," said Kraig Naasz, the new head of the U.S. industry lobby group National Mining Association (NMA).

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The Hill (Washington DC), September 18, 2007
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