Public Relations

Medialink Worldwide Sinks Further Into the Red

by Bob Burton — May 16, 2009 - 5:03am

The financial woes of Medialink Worldwide, the largest producer of fake news products such as video news releases (VNRs) and audio news releases (ANRs), continue to get worse.

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Medialink Worldwide Media Release, May 15, 2009

Millions for Marriage -- and Schubert Flint

by Diane Farsetta — April 28, 2009 - 10:22am

The National Organization for Marriage's (NOM's) $1.5 million television ad campaign -- with spots featuring "ominous clouds over several people warning against same-sex marriage" -- is bringing one public relations firm to the national stage. The Sacramento, California firm Schubert Flint Public Affairs "played a key role in torpedoing same-sex marriage in California," reports O'Dwyer's.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), April 17, 2009

Industry Says Green Is Bad for the Environment

by Diane Farsetta — April 28, 2009 - 10:02am

We must destroy the environment in order to save it, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's new campaign against government oversight and what it calls "green tape." "We cannot mandate excessive reductions in greenhouse gases, fuel our future and apply green technologies if we don't address the green tape, excessive permitting requirements, and activist opposition," complained Chamber vice-president for environment, technology and regulator affairs William Kovacs.

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Platts Inside Energy, April 16, 2009

Toxic Sludge Is Still Good for You!

by John Stauber — April 28, 2009 - 7:36am

In our 1995 book Toxic Sludge Is Good for You, we examined how the Environmental Protection Agency and the sewage industry turned toxic sewage sludge into a "safe" fertilizer through PR, political bullying and weakened government regulations.

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Mother Jones, May/June 2009

Nasdaq Sets Deadline for Medialink Delisting

by Bob Burton — April 27, 2009 - 5:14am

Medialink Worldwide, the largest producer of fake news products such as video news releases (VNRs) and audio news releases (ANRs), reported that on April 20 it was notified by the Nasdaq Stock Market that shareholder equity in the company at the end of December

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Medialink Worldwide Media Release, April 24, 2009

AIG Told to 'Fess Up About Its PR

by Diane Farsetta — April 15, 2009 - 12:15pm

"House Democrats are investigating American International Group Inc.'s role in a campaign to discredit its former chairman and chief executive officer, Maurice 'Hank' Greenberg, in the wake of federal bailouts to the insurance company totaling $182.5 billion," reports Bloomberg.

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Bloomberg, April 14, 2009

Republicans in Demand

by Bob Burton — April 15, 2009 - 6:37am

Former White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush Dana Perino has been appointed as Chief Issues Counselor in the U.S. for the PR firm Burson-Marsteller.

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Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2009

AIG Tight-Lipped About the Cost of Spin

by Bob Burton — April 13, 2009 - 6:36am

AIG spokesman Nick Ashooh has defended the company -- which received $180 billion in U.S. taxpayer funds -- over criticism of its hiring of four PR firms. Michael Weisskopf reports that Sard Verbinnen & Co.

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Time, April 10, 2009

Free Ride for Greenwashers

by Bob Burton — April 8, 2009 - 5:32am

Speaking at a conference on greenwashing, the campaign director at Corporate Ethics International, Kenny Bruno, criticized the Sierra Club for its deal with the chemical company, Clorox.

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New York Times, April 6, 2009
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