By News Account on
8/30/2009 2:06 PM
John Jay Daly, who had a lengthy career in public relations and marketing, has died. According to The Washington Post, Daly developed the idea that consumers could opt out of direct marketing advertising campaigns.
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By News Account on
8/26/2009 8:26 AM
Advertising Week DC, set for September 14–18, celebrates the best of the marketing, media and advertising community with a week dedicated to networking, professional development and education.
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By Insights Account on
8/26/2009 11:48 AM
Rick Gardinier, Chief Digital Officer, Brunner Digital, posted an interesting item in Silicon Angle titled "How Can We Be Creative if We're Drowning in Data? Here's Rick's piece:
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By News Account on
8/25/2009 9:36 AM
Reverend Mansfield “Kasey” Kaseman has joined Van Eperen Public Relations as vice president of Strategy and Development. Kaseman has 40+ years experience founding and administering non-profit organizations.
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By News Account on
8/25/2009 5:38 AM
On August 20, the DC startup community hosted 10 early-stage start-ups companies presenting to a handpicked group of 200 attendees including the Mid-Atlantic region’s leading investors, startup executives, engineers, designers, startup industry professionals, bloggers and press.
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By Insights Account on
8/25/2009 8:54 AM
by Robert Silverstein
I read that the company that publishes Reader’s Digest magazine is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Citing a decline in circulation and an inability to fully finance its debt, the company will undergo a corporate reorganization and hopes to emerge from bankruptcy in a strong enough position to continue to survive. But, the question that those of us in the publishing business should ask is
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By News Account on
8/24/2009 7:05 AM
Carousel30's work on the Don't Move Firewood campaign has had a lot of recent honors, including a 2009 ADDY Award, a Visionary Award from the Summit Emerging Media Awards, and now Advertising Age's GoodWorks column featured a homepage article on the campaign.
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By News Account on
8/24/2009 6:51 AM
Peter Corbett, who heads iStrategyLabs, reports that his firm is opening a New York office at 220 Lafayette St. #3, co-located with Personal Democracy Forum, Open Congress, and other like-minded civic innovation organizations.
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By News Account on
8/20/2009 7:30 AM
The Advertising Club of Metropolitan Washington, in collaboration with the American Advertising Federation, will bestow the prestigious Silver Medal Award to Robert L. Whittle, president and CEO of Williams Whittle. Given annually, this award honors an exceptional person who has made outstanding contributions to advertising, and has been active in furthering the industry’s standards, creative excellence and responsibilities in areas of social concern.
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By News Account on
8/18/2009 4:43 PM
Strategic Communications Group has been selected as PR agency of record by Solera Networks, provider of network forensics products and services.
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