Public Relations

Mixing Private Security With Oil

by Bob Burton — June 16, 2006 - 2:39am

The private security contracting company, ArmorGroup International, has hired former Citigate Dewe Rogerson spinner Patrick Toyne-Sewell as its new communications director.

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PR Week (sub req'd), June 15, 2006

Burson-Marsteller Lands Tuna Account

by Bob Burton — June 9, 2006 - 5:30am

The PR firm Ruder Finn has lost the account working for the U.S. Tuna Foundation to defend human consumption of canned tuna containing high levels of mercury. Burson-Marsteller has landed the account.

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O'Dwyers PR Daily (sub req'd), June 8, 2006

Technorati-Edelman Mashup

by Sheldon Rampton — June 4, 2006 - 12:07am
  • Topics: Internet, Public Relations

    • Technorati, the leading search engine devoted specifically to bloggers, has partnered with the Edelman PR firm. According to Technorati vice president Peter Hirshberg, Edelman is providing support for an "accelerated development effort" to create Technorati offerings in languages including Chinese, Korean, German, Italian and French.

    Know Your Fake Radio News

    by Diane Farsetta — June 2, 2006 - 11:14am

    In its "PR Toolbox" section, PR Week answers the question, "What is the difference between a guaranteed-placement ANR (audio news release) and a traditional one?" According to Maury Tobin of Tobin Communications, "Research indicates that most radio stations do not use

    Main Source: 
    PR Week (sub req'd), May 22, 2006

    The Fork in the Road

    by Sheldon Rampton — June 1, 2006 - 9:01pm

    "How serious is it for PR that the man who runs the foremost center for press and public policy in the US is fundamentally skeptical about our profession?" asks Richard Edelman, CEO of the Edelman PR firm.

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    Edelman.com, May 30, 2006

    Will Philly PR Exec Turned Media Mogul Silence Liberty Bell?

    by Diane Farsetta — May 31, 2006 - 11:36am

    Philadelphia Weekly profiles Brian Tierney, the public relations and advertising executive who will be heading Philadelphia's former Knight-Ridder papers.

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    Philadelphia Weekly, May 31 - June 6, 2006

    Not a PR Job for the Faint of Heart

    by Diane Farsetta — May 31, 2006 - 10:36am

    "APCO Worldwide is supporting Merck's PR efforts for the controversial" -- and deadly -- "arthritis drug Vioxx, which was found to increase heart attack risk in patients," reports O'Dwyer's.

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    O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), May 31, 2006

    Publicis PR Affiliate Seeking to Mute Bad PR?

    by Jonathan Rosenblum — May 30, 2006 - 12:40pm

    Last July, labor activist Junya Lek Yimprasert took up the cause of five women workers dismissed by the Thai subsidiary of the global PR firm Publicis Groupe. She described alleged sexual discrimination and intimidation at the firm's Bangkok office to reporter Stephen Frost of CSR Asia (PDF).

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    Thai Labour Campaign, October 2005
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