"Voluntary Marketing Standards" Mask Marketing Reality
Submitted by Anne Landman on
A BBC investigation has found British American Tobacco (BAT) violating its own voluntary international marketing standards in Nigeria,
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Alhurra Controversies Grow
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The U.S. government-funded Arabic news channel Alhurra "paid former Bush and Clinton administration officials, lobbyists and high-profile Washington journalists tens of thousands of dollars in U.S.
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Image and Reality in Zimbabwe
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"Horrified directors of global marketing giant Young & Rubicam have begun a sell-off of their holdings in Zimbabwe, after learning the company's head was behind Robert Mugabe's election campaign image makeover," reports Rowan Philp.
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Color Code Ridge as Tardy
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Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge recently filed a lobbying disclosure form on his work for the government of Albania -- nearly two years late.
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Same Old Dog and No New Tricks: Update on Messaging on Iran
We know from Scott McClellan, the former White House Spokesman, in his recent book, What Happened, that President Bush insists on discipline in messaging. Although the publics on both sides of the Atlantic have gotten to the point of heavily discounting what he says, the President's desire for control can give us a sense of the thrust of policy. This is certainly true with respect to Iran.
Nearly Four Decades Later, U.S. Oil Companies Return to Iraq
Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on
Four oil companies are in the final stage of contract negotiations to regain drilling rights in Iraq -- thirty-six years after they lost them.
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Pakistan Taps PR Lobby Firm for Help
Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on
The government of Pakistan awarded a one year, $900,000 contract to Locke Lord Strategies (LLS), a division of Locke, Lord Bissell & Liddell. LLS's responsibilities under the contract are to publicize "the country’s recent political, social and economic developments." It will communicate these changes through both earned media (favorable, free publicity gained through promotional efforts) and paid advertising.
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How Not to Win Friends and Influence People
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"The U.S. military has long sought an agreement with Baghdad that gives American forces virtually unfettered freedom of action, casting into doubt the Bush administration's current claims that their demands are more limited," concludes the National Security Archive's analysis of recently declassified documents.
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"Bad Apple" Theory Rotting
Submitted by Anne Landman on
The Bush administration has long held that overly-aggressive interrogation methods used on detainees in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay were the work of a few "bad apples." Now, an investigation being conducted
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China's Online Persuaders
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
China's webspace is infamous for censorship, but increasingly, public relations firms there are helping their clients "manage" online conversations. China-based firms such as Daqi, Chinese Web Union and CIC "charge $500 - $25,000 monthly to monitor postings and squelch negative information or to create positive buzz," reports BusinessWeek.
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