WASHINGTON: The American Teleservices Association, a telemarketers' organization that represents about 650 companies, has enlisted The MWW Group for public affairs and PR work. Dan Klores Communications had worked on media relations for the ATA earlier this year. An executive there said the agency hadn't worked on the account for a few months.

The ATA declined comment through MWW.

Telemarketing is currently facing an onslaught of public opposition, mainly in the form of the Do Not Call Registry, a national list ...