27 Feb 2004
| by Adam Hill
Gadget promotion is now more about fashion and lifestyle than technology, as Adam Hill discovers.
03 Nov 2000
| by ADAM HILL
The word 'dot.com' may have entered the national lexicon, but
examples of people who are actually making money or improving their
business via the internet are as rare as a sector without a Virgin
company dedicated to it.
However, the sheer breadth of the e-business field is not stopping...
29 Sep 2000
| by ADAM HILL
AOL UK, part of the world's largest internet service provider with 24 million members, has appointed Anne Alexander to the newly-created post of group publishing director.
18 Aug 2000
| by ADAM HILL
CALIFORNIA: Subaru of America has lost 11-year company PR veteran
Richard Marshall to head PR for Silicon Graphics, the company best known
for computing equipment used to create special effects in hit movies
such as Jurassic Park. Marshall joins SG s 15-strong PR staff this week,
assuming the title...
11 Aug 2000
| by ADAM HILL
ISTANBUL: PC giant Compaq s Turkish subsidiary - Compaq Computer
Ticaret AS - has appointed MPR Pazarlama Halkla Iliskiler AS, Istanbul,
as its PR agency. MPR won the account, which was previously handled by
Marjinal Halkla Iliskiler, Istanbul, on a yearly retainer contract, but
fees could not be confirmed....
30 Jun 2000
| by ADAM HILL
Jungle.com, the on-line computer hardware, software and
entertainment retailer, has closed its London press office with the loss
of two PROs.
03 Mar 2000
| by ADAM HILL
Marketeer s survey (see story page two) into business information
leaks is a reminder of the thorny issue of confidentiality. The growing
trend for people working on the move via laptops and mobile phones
increases the potential for confidential information to be overheard in
public places.
11 Feb 2000
| by ADAM HILL
Dell Computer Corporation, the world s largest direct PC
manufacturer, has hired August.One Communications to handle PR and
government affairs in the UK and Ireland, with fees rumoured to be
pounds 500,000.
11 Feb 2000
| by ADAM HILL
Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce has appointed Oxford-based Ian
Nicholson Associates as its first retained PR agency. The agency will
report to the chamber s head of policy and communications, Andrew
Corrigan. The appointment is part of the chamber s new strategy of
increasing media activity to promote...
04 Feb 2000
| by ADAM HILL
Siebel Systems, the world s second-largest applications software
company, has set up a three-way pitch for a new agency to handle its UK
PR.