Frank Washkuch

 
 

Recent Articles

Radio, recording groups conduct dueling efforts over proposed music fee

July 01, 2009

WASHINGTON: Coalitions representing the radio and recording industries are urging legislators to reject and pass, respectively, the Performance Rights Act.

Leadership transition comms requires broader strategy in current economy

July 01, 2009

With the economic downturn on the minds of consumers, shareholders, and other corporate stakeholder groups, it's important for companies to communicate stability.

'People' places Children's Hospitals of Minnesota at neonatal forefront

July 01, 2009

Who is your client? What are its media goals?

Journalist Q&A: Ben Popken, The Consumerist

July 01, 2009

Ben Popken saw The Consumerist ads a few years ago, and took swipes at them on his blog.

Jim Beam gives consumers control of building the brand's social media buzz

July 01, 2009

Beam Global Spirits & Wine, best known as the maker of Jim Beam bourbon, has a distilling tradition older than 200 years.

MWW gets new CFO

June 30, 2009

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ: MWW Group has appointed David Bosses CFO, according to the company's Web site.

ViaNovo names former Mexico ambassador Garza partner

June 30, 2009

MEXICO CITY: Management and communications consultancy ViaNovo appointed Antonio Garza partner on June 23.

Black Duck Software conducts social media-focused brand awareness effort

June 29, 2009

WALTHAM, MA: Black Duck Software, maker of management solutions for open source software, is conducting a brand awareness effort to increase its visibility within the tech sector and its reputation as a thought leader.

Former Ketchum VP Andrews launches social media agency

June 29, 2009

ATLANTA: James Andrews, former VP and director of interactive at Ketchum, has left the agency to launch Everywhere, a social media-focused practice.

Metro's comms team navigates crash crisis with aplomb

June 25, 2009

As information trickled into the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority on June 23 about what would become the deadliest train crash in its history, the organization, known to locals as the Metro, coordinated an outreach effort focused on reaching metropolitan-area residents via local media.