Are corporate phone operators aware that PR departments exist? This question once again arose last week when PRWeek sought to contact IBM’s media relations minions.

Are corporate phone operators aware that PR departments exist? This

question once again arose last week when PRWeek sought to contact IBM’s

media relations minions.



When we called the company late last week to track down a press release

with a Texas dateline, a ’general services’ employee in Canada

answered.



Asking for ’corporate communications’ didn’t ring a bell, so we asked to

speak to whoever ...