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Mediaweek reports that new voluntary guidelines issued by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) on Direct-to-consumer advertising "contain few requirements that will add to marketers' ethical and legal burdens in creating drug ads." The guidelines, it reports "do little to go beyond a press release PhRMA issued on July 21, which merely 'enco
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The popular Richard and Judy show on British television has been fined £5,000 after regular viewers suspected it included product placement. The Times reports that "editorial control ...
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With little fanfare and only two senators even bothering to show up at her confirmation hearings, Bush political advisor Karen Hughes has been confirmed as U.S. undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs - the state department's top public relations job.
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Writing in the UK newspaper the Daily Telegraph, Neil Collins takes British American Tobacco to task for its latest corporate social responsibility report.
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Armstrong Williams, the conservative black pundit who entered into a $240,000 contract with the Bush administration to promote the No Child Left Behind Act, says he has (1) recognized the errors of his ways, and (2) resents the way he was criticized.
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"Wal-Mart has begun a media relations and community outreach effort to improve its image [in New York City] as it seeks future sites for local stores," PR Week writes.
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The U.S. Navy spent over $1.6 million on PR work to influence a vote on whether part of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques would continue to serve as a bombing range, the Associated Press reports.
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Al Jazeera International has retained Brown Lloyd James (BLJ), a PR firm with offices in New York, Washington and London, as its agency of record. Set to launch in 2006, Al Jazeera International will be the 24-hour English-language news channel run by the Qatar-base company.
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"A scaled-back Senate Foreign Relations Committee showered praise Friday on Karen Hughes and put the former political adviser to President Bush on a fast track to confirmation as the State Department's top public relations official," the Associated Press writes.
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Within 24 hours of George Bush's announcement of his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, Progress for America, a group with close ties to the White House, had an ad supporting John Roberts ready to roll. The 30-second spot, entitled "Brilliant," is airing on current affairs cable channels and during Sunday morning talk shows. "The ad's argument is that Roberts is not out of the mainstream and doesn't rise to the level of an extraordinary circumstance," the Associated Press reports.
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