29 Dec 2006
| by Keith O'Brien
Redmond, VA: With the Vista OS consumer launch less than a month away, Microsoft and PR firm Edelman began a program which involved gifting Vista-loaded PCs to select bloggers.
29 Dec 2006
| by Marc Longpre
WASHINGTON: Scientists with the Food and Drug Administration spent much of yesterday making themselves available to the press in the hopes they could alleviate any fears the public may have about the declaration that meat from cloned animals is safe to eat.
28 Dec 2006
| by Keith O'Brien
REDMOND. WA: With the Vista OS consumer launch a month away, Microsoft and PR firm Edelman reportedly embarked upon a program which involved gifting Vista-loaded PCs to select bloggers.
21 Dec 2006
| by Tonya Garcia
In this season of sharing, PRWeek.com asked a number of PR pros working in different parts of the industry to share their thoughts about what made an impact in '06 and what will come in '07.
18 Dec 2006
| by Randi Schmelzer
NEW YORK: The National Council of La Raza, Scholastic Corporation, and Verizon Foundation have launched an interactive Web site designed to foster literacy among Hispanic American preschoolers around the country.
18 Dec 2006
It was a year of scandals and spies, blogs and flogs, backdating and Borat, and welcoming "Macaca" to America. PRWeek 's editorial team picks - and picks on - the year's heroes and halfwits, in PR and beyond
18 Dec 2006
| by Michael Bush and Erica Iacono
RACINE, WI: SC Johnson & Sons has named Edelman its new global AOR, ending nearly two years of work with GolinHarris.
15 Dec 2006
| by Michael Bush
ATLANTA: Newell Rubbermaid (NR) has selected Fleishman-Hillard as the first global corporate AOR in the company's history.
14 Dec 2006
| by Tonya Garcia
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ: The Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority (ACCVA) has selected Lou Hammond & Associates as AOR, ending a three-year relationship it had with Weber Shandwick. The two-year contract is worth $150,000 per year.
14 Dec 2006
| by Lisa LaMotta
Lyric Jeans hired People's Revolution to help launch its new brand, Lyric Culture, designed by company president Hanna Rochelle Schmieder, a singer/songwriter who goes by the stage name Hanna. The firm is working closely with Schmieder to establish the high-end consumer brand as a fashion-denim staple.