Rumsfeld Targets Blame at Lincoln Group
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Hugo Chavez's PR Coup
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"Fenton Communications is promoting Venezuela's discounted oil program for disadvantaged families in Massachusetts, New York and maybe Maine," reports O'Dwyer's. The left-leaning PR firm "promoted the Nov.
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Disastrously Successful PR
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"Involvement in relief efforts for recent disasters has helped the reputation of corporations and nonprofits," writes PR Week. Wal-Mart was the big winner, earning the top spot in Delahaye's Media Index of Corporate Reputation.
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The Future of PR
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Hill & Knowlton Lobbies for F-gases
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The Hill & Knowlton PR firm reportedly used scaremongering tactics to kill legislation before the European Parliament that would have banned fluorinated gases ("f-gases"), which contribute to global warming. "It's been six months of intense lobbying," said Avril Doyle, a parliamentarian who supported the regulation.
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Dubai's PR Boom
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The economy is booming in the Arab emirate of Dubai, and so is the public relations industry. "Someone recently remarked that anyone who could rent a space at Dubai Media City was opening a PR agency," jokes John Badenhorst, director-in-charge at Landmark PR & Events.
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The Man Who Sold the War
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While the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence drags its feet on discovering how the White House sold the Iraq war, journalist James Bamford has written a major expose on one of the key players: John Rendon.
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Cruise Control
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"It took the public tailspin of Tom Cruise's reputation to put the importance of the celebrity PR pro into the spotlight," reports Julia Hood. "Cruise put his sister in the job vacated by the legendary Pat Kingsley. The impact of subsequent PR gaffes was instantaneous, as Cruise became a laughingstock for jumping on sofas on Oprah and taking Brooke Shields to task for postpartum-depression medicating. ...
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PR Weblogs
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Constantin Basurea has compiled a list of blogs that focus on public relations. Most of them are pro-PR and written by public relations practitioners, but the Center for Media and Democracy's PRWatch.org is also listed, along with the Europe-based SpinWatch.org.
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PR's Concert for Bangladesh
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Not all of Wal-Mart's overseas factories are in China. The government of Bangladesh recently signed a six-month, $330,000 contract with Ketchum's The Washington Group, to "open doors at the senior levels of major U.S.
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