LOCAL BUSINESS BRIEFS
Frances Kirschner, owner of Frantasy Enterprises, Lakewood, a public relations firm, has joined the board of directors of Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey. Read More at Asbury Park Press…
Frances Kirschner, owner of Frantasy Enterprises, Lakewood, a public relations firm, has joined the board of directors of Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey. Read More at Asbury Park Press…
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines–Deviating from the usually tight-lipped military culture, the Philippine Army chief has encouraged his field commanders to ?engage the media? and take a proactive public relations stance. Read More at Philippine Daily Inquirer…
Why Wal-Mart might want to assign an ad exec over the age of 30 to proof their ads Hey, Wal-Mart, c’m’ere. You and me, we need to talk. No, it’ll just be a minute; I promise.Wal-Mart, you’ve had some rough times in the public relations department, not all of it earned. Sure, you said Planet [...]
Marketing-to-Women Specialty Firm Chosen to Support Programs for KN Karen Neuburger
Former Whitfield County EMS director John Hitchens has joined the Greater Chattanooga Area Chapter of the American Red Cross as program services director, and former Dalton resident Claudia Moore is leading the chapter?s marketing and public relations effort. Read More at The Dalton Daily Citizen…
Susan Brimo-Cox was recently appointed director of public relations at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. Read More at Herald Standard…
Gear up, fans of world affairs and history. The latest World Affairs lecture season is under way with a timely look at U.S.-China relations. … Read More at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…
Frances Kirschner, owner of Frantasy Enterprises, Lakewood, a public relations firm, has joined the board of directors of Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey. Read More at Asbury Park Press…
A Taliban constitution for Afghanistan made public recently would ban “un-Islamic thought” and require women to be fully covered, a report says. Read More at UPI…
Dubai-based Media Services Group (MSG) today announced the official launch of A’Sidrah Public Affairs, the region’s first specialist consultancy, exclusively dedicated to providing government-related communications. Read More at AME Info…
A COUNCIL has come under fire for wasting $14,000 reprinting its public relations magazine. Read More at Herald Sun…
WASHINGTON ? A version of “Star Wars” played out at Washington hotels last week as part of the public relations campaigns by two top defense contractors seeking a $40 billion contract to build new Air Force aerial tankers. Read More at St. Louis Post-Dispatch…
US casino operators badly misjudged the British appetite for gambling during the supercasinos controversy and helped fuel public suspicion about them, the world?s biggest casino company said. Read More at Financial Times…
CARBONDALE- A public relations campaign aimed to dispel negative perceptions of Carbondale Elementary School District No. 95 through focus groups and research is in the early stages of planning and school officials are looking for public input. Read More at The Southern Illinoisan…
Canasia Industries Corporation is pleased to announce that it has hired Noble Investment Corporation as an investor relations service provider. Pursuant to the terms of the investor relations agreement concluded between Noble and the Company, Noble will assist with the development and implementation of an investor relations/communications program for purposes of enhancing the public image [...]
Newburgh — The City of Newburgh Police Community Relations Advisory Board is hosting a series of public forums throughout the city in October. The advisory board was created in July and began to draft a plan for residents to communicate with it, said committee Co-Chairman ev. Harry Brown, Jr. Read More at Mid-Hudson News…
WASHINGTON ? Sen. Ted Stevens on Wednesday called relations between the congressional delegation and Gov. Sarah Palin ?frosty? following a series of public incidents that has revealed a growing schism among Alaska?s Republican leadership. Read More at Fairbanks Daily News-Miner…
Cantronic Systems Inc. is pleased to announce the initiation of an investor relations program with the hiring of Gordon Van Boeyen as Investor Relations Consultant. Mr. Van Boeyen is an accomplished investor relations professional who has been involved in the capital markets and junior public resource companies for the past 15 years. Read More at [...]
As classic advertising gives way to memorable, new tactics such as convergence marketing methods, customer-centric strategies, experience economy marketing and advergames, we are left with one of the most pure and most credible disciplines under the marketing umbrella: traditional public relations. True, the PR industry has transitioned beyond our wildest digital dreams with blogs, podcasts, [...]
The Motor Press Guild , America’s largest professional automotive media association, announces that Toyota and Chrysler ranked as having the best overall performance in media relations, according to the organization’s third annual Automotive Public Relations Survey. Read More at PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance…
NEW YORK — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad questioned the official version of the Sept. 11 attacks and defended the right to cast doubt on the Holocaust in a tense appearance Monday at Columbia University, whose president accused the hard-line leader of behaving like “a petty and cruel dictator.” Read More at The Record…
MWW Group , one of the nation’s top ten public relations firms, today announced that it has been retained by Intermedia, the largest provider of hosted Microsoft Exchange services for small and mid-sized businesses . Read More at PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance…
Sandstrom OnTV Company, a new specialty retail franchise outlet, has signed Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Crosby/Wright to assist in public relations and marketing for the company’s national launch and overall brand campaign. Read More at TM Enlists Agency for National Public Relations Campaign …
NBC 15 talks one on one with new superintendent Dr. Roy Nichols, who will take over the largest school system in Alabama in January. NBC 15′s Andrea Ramey tells us… Read More at NBC 15 Mobile…
The Marin County Free Library is getting some expert public relations help for its proposed $135 million library expansion and improvement plan. Read More at Marin Independent Journal…
The Central Regional Board of Education hired Kathleen Szczepanik, former news editor for the Times Beacon weekly newspapers, as its new public relations officer at a salary of $36,900, effective Oct. 1. The district decided it wanted to create the position of public information officer after Marge Fenton of Lacey retired June 30, Superintendent David [...]
After more than three years with O’Fallon, the city’s director of public relations is leaving her post. Read More at O’Fallon Journal…
Airfoil Public Relations, specialists in public relations and marketing communications for both leading and emerging companies, announced its expanded presence on the West coast with the additions of DTT Surveillance and Clarizen. (PRWeb Sep 23, 2007) Read More at PRWeb…
Wilson Public Relations announced today it has been selected by Ivar’s Restaurants & Seafood Bars and Kidd Valley to be its public relations agency of record. Read More at PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance…
HOUSTON, Sept. 24, 2007 — Index Oil and Gas, Inc. today announced that it has extended its engagement with Consulting For Strategic Growth 1 to provide strategic counseling services related to investor and public relations. Read More at PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance…