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November 16, 1998 Issue of PRWeek

Bulletin opens a branch in the US

NEW YORK: UK-based firm Bulletin International has expanded to the United States.

APCO's Krause gets award

WASHINGTON DC: Margery Kraus, president and CEO of APCO Associates, was awarded the 'Excellence in Business' award by WJLA-TV as part of its fourth annual ...

Changes for Cone in NY and Boston

BOSTON: Cone Communications has announced personnel moves in its New York and Boston offices. In New York, Shelly Bates has been promoted from senior account ...

DuPont and others move to GCI

NEW YORK: GCI Group has announced the winning of five new accounts, which will total more than $2 million in annual fee billings.

PR pros at ABC walk out on Election eve

NEW YORK: Around 15 ABC PR staff were involved in a wildcat strike Monday, November 2, leaving senior colleagues at the broadcast network answering a ...

McGinn plans Weber crisis & litigation center in DC

BOSTON: Weber Public Relations Worldwide has appointed Dan McGinn as deputy chairman, a role in which he will help the agency expand its global public ...

Jacobson moves to Encore Media

DENVER: Sen. Bob Dole's former spokesperson, Paul Jacobson, has landed the role of vice president of corporate communications at Denver-based Encore Media Group, where he ...

Fleishman Hillard senior staff await outcome of equity offer talks

NEW YORK: Omnicom bosses are investigating ways of giving an equity stake in the group to senior staff at Fleishman Hillard.

Reintroduction of Thalidomide is a PR success

WARREN, NJ: Drug manufacturer Celgene and PR firm Makovsky & Co. this week reported success in their efforts to reintroduce Thalidomide to the US market.

Weber expands with flood of hi-tech work

BOSTON: Weber Worldwide has announced it is opening two new offices to serve the burgeoning hi-tech sector.

Prominent PR pros form alliance

WASHINGTON: Some prominent consultants in advertising, marketing, PR and media have formed an alliance, The Communications Center. It will share business leads while providing clients ...

Mega movie PR agency results from Parver sale

ATLANTA: Advertising specialist Fahlgren has acquired PR agency Michael Parver Associates (MPA), creating the largest motion picture advertising and PR firm in the southeast.

New firm assists media relations

COLUMBUS, OH: Industry veteran Bill Patterson last week announced the formation of Reputation Management Associates. The new firm will specialize in reputation management issues, including ...

Eisner Petrou on the lookout for another agency

WASHINGTON DC: Eisner Petrou and Associates, a 13 year old public relations firm with offices in Washington DC and Baltimore, is shopping for another agency.

Love Canal developer addresses its image

NIAGARA FALLS CITY: The developer of the first homes to be built on the Love Canal landfill site since it was declared contaminated 20 years ...

Bruce Harrison joins law practice

WASHINGTON DC: Veteran public relations executive E. Bruce Harrison, APR, has joined O'Connor & Hannan, a Washington DC-based law firm, as a special advisor.

Medela counters TV show about breast-feeding

MCHENRY, IL: Breast-pump manufacturer Medela implemented its first-ever crisis PR exercise last week. The company acted after learning that the award-winning TV show, Chicago Hope, ...

International news- Rowland grows worldwide with trio of partners

NEW YORK: Rowland Worldwide this week added Canadian, Chinese and Indian agencies to its existing global network of 46 offices.

International news - who welcomes new PR director

GENEVA: United Nations agency the World Health Organization has appointed former journalist Vaiju Naravane as its director of PR.

International news- McD's serves Middle East PR to BM affiliate

DUBAI: McDonald's Middle East Development Company has appointed Burson-Marsteller affiliate Intermarkets PR to handle its corporate and consumer PR throughout the Middle East.

International news - BA reviews public affairs account after just six months of Brunswick

LONDON: British Airways is reviewing its public affairs account, six months after awarding it to Brunswick, and two months after Robert Webb QC joined the ...

International news- PricewaterhouseCoopers considers single worldwide agency

NEW YORK: The world's largest management services company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) is considering appointing a single agency worldwide, as part of a radical review of its ...

International news - 60 PR agencies fight it out for EC olive oil contract

BRUSSELS: The European Commission has received tenders from 60 agencies bidding to handle consumer and healthcare PR for olive oil.

RayGun closes in on editor for new women's launch

SANTA MONICA: Six-year-old Santa Monica-based RayGun Publishing is about to appoint a launch editor for its new women's lifestyle mag, Nylon.

NBC targets male youth culture with Gravity Games

NEW YORK: In an attempt to reconnect with male youth culture, NBC Sports has created a new event, titled The Gravity Games, which will air ...

LA Times to cut staff as ad revenues drop

LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Times is to implement a severe cost-cutting program in response to a difficult newspaper advertising market. The news organization is ...

E! seeks communications VP

E!Entertainment, the Hollywood gossip channel, is looking to replace its vice president of corporate communications, Sarah Lesch, who moved to head the marketing department of ...

MTV aids Viacom profits

The performance of MTV Networks, Showtime and home video sales of the film Titanic, all boosted third-quarter profits at parent company Viacom.

Disney suffers at box office

Disney released financial results for 1998 this week, with net income down 24% to $296 million. The company blamed poor box office results and the ...

AOL distributes N/BN releases

Internet service provider America Online (AOL) has agreed to distribute News/ Broadcast Networks' (N/BN) video and audio news releases through its city information sites, named ...

Fox revenue and income rise

Earlier this month, News Corporation disclosed earnings for its Fox divisions.

One resignation won't save a whole party

The newly elected Republican caucus will go into this week full of hope for its future. But is the departure of Gingrich enough to clean ...

Public relations - about time too

Welcome to the first issue of PRWeek, a new weekly publication for corporate communication and PR agency professionals. In the last months, there have been ...

Anti-smoking forces build up head of steam. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids can't match ...

PLATFORM - Anti-smoking forces build up head of steam. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids can't match the tobacco budget, but it's got PR, says President ...