In 1998, a California-based consumer activist by the name of Mark Kasky filed a lawsuit against Nike.

Power in the PR industry has typically been defined by the relative prominence and profiles of the client, company, or brands themselves, not always the communicator individually.

One recent morning I accidentally left my PDA at home, so during my daily train ride, I was forced to focus exclusive attention on the two newspapers that I have delivered each morning at my house, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

The Edelman New Media Academic Summit took place this week in Washington DC, with some 120 professors in attendance.

A cherished convention in the industry is the journalist panel, an event where PR people pay good money to listen to a bunch of reporters tell them how much they dislike working with PR people.

Welcome to the new monthly print edition of PRWeek. Together with our online daily and weekly editions, this magazine aims to provide our readers with a universe of news and insight, reflecting the complexity of this vibrant industry.

Last week I introduced the topic of great clients, and I'll be focusing on various aspects of that theme over the next several issues.

Bill Margaritis, VP of global communications and IR at FedEx, makes a point of publicly thanking Ketchum, the company's long-running AOR, for its work.

At a recent PRWeek event, a group of in-house and agency leaders discussed the challenges of responding to negative online comments.

That tortured squeal you've been hearing for the last two quarters is the sound of PR agencies - along with their other marketing brethren - being squeezed to cut fees or renegotiate terms by their clients.