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

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

Who is your client? What are its media goals?

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.