WASHINGTON - Thomas Lauria, the voice of the tobacco industry during the 1990s, has been selected as the public affairs representative for Afghanistan's interim government.
NEW YORK: PR firms and law firms often disagree about communications, with PR people arguing for more talk, and attorneys for more silence. But workplace law firm Jackson Lewis is talking to Ketchum about a possible alliance, Chris Atkins, partner/director of Ketchum's global corporate...
WASHINGTON: Thomas Lauria, the voice of the tobacco industry during the 1990s, has been selected as the public affairs representative for Afghanistan's interim government. Lauria signed with the Northern Alliance - or as he and the Afghans prefer, the United Front - as a volunteer media...
NEW YORK: Yahoo! has hired the Abernathy MacGregor Group for help it in its 436 million unsolicited bid for the career website HotJobs.com. The mega-portal is working to beat an offer made this June from the parent company of rival career site Monster.com. Abernathy is tight-lipped...
NEW YORK: Next year, companies in crisis may be able to reassure the public by paying for advice from New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who late last week revealed his intent to found his own high-end consulting firm. The new venture, which has no name, but is expected to feature Giuliani's...
WASHINGTON: The Department of Defense (DoD) took major steps forward last week in its continuing struggle to provide what it calls "maximum coverage, minimum hassle" to members of the American press in Afghanistan. New measures were put in place following reporters' complaints that they...
DOVER, DE: In the latest attempt to resolve its perpetual identity crisis, the state of Delaware has hired local PR shop Reese, Tomases 600,000-a-year campaign, scheduled to run for up to five years. RT 75,000 and above, living within two to three hours' driving distance of the state....
NEW YORK: The fourth installment in Weber Shandwick's Mood of America series reports that Americans are receiving mixed signals on terrorism, security, and the economy. Since the attacks on September 11, there have been isolated anthrax incidents and three high-alert warnings by the government....
NEW YORK: Vivendi Universal Net USA (VU Net), the new internet and technology branch of the entertainment conglomerate, has appointed Laurie Rubenstein SVP of PR. The appointment puts Rubenstein at the head of a new PR department charged with creating a unified image for Vivendi's most...
WHIPPANY, NJ: The Idea Network, an 18-month-old, two-person media and PR boutique, has been hired to sweat the details of Richard Simmons' public image. The fuzzy-haired fitness coach is the first celebrity client to retain the full-time services of the firm, which is operated by founder and...
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