BETHPAGE, NY: Cablevision Systems, which agreed to purchase Newsday from the Tribune Co. on May 12, is working with Sloane & Co. and Sard Verbinnen & Co. for PR related to the acquisition, the three parties told PRWeek.

NEW YORK: Fortune's Most Admired Companies and 100 Best Companies to Work For rankings are the most prized lists for corporations, a survey conducted this year by Burson-Marsteller showed.

At a time when layoffs and buyouts at major metropolitan daily newspapers and national magazines are the status quo, NBC is enhancing its coverage of the New York area market.

As many veteran journalists accept buyouts or leave the profession for other reasons, there is a younger generation ready to take on the challenges of reporting in a new age.

Human resources consultant

While the pundits debate the current state of the economy and whether it fits the formal definition of a recession, we continue to see high gas prices, consumer spending is sluggish, the dollar is weak, healthcare costs are skyrocketing, and the housing crisis is affecting everyone from Bear Stearns to the average citizen.

Why do many CCOs I meet lately express frustration that the people at their companies are viewed as tacticians, not strategists?

NEW YORK: Dillard University, a historically black university in New Orleans, hired Hill & Knowlton to oversee a major rebranding campaign.

Incisor Communications, created so that Bite Communications could take on the Sybase account without dropping any existing clients (PRWeek, April 28), is a tenuous conflict solution.

MD of HR, Ogilvy PR Worldwide