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5/29/2009 5:27 AM
Despite the large thunderstorm around the time the event began last evening, fortunately the sky cleared over 16th & U to accommodate several hundred at Twin Tech IV, held at Local 16, 1602 U St. Paul Duning, publisher of the Capitol Communicator, ...
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5/26/2009 4:56 PM
D.C.-based Weber Merritt filed a protest against the Federal Communications Commission’s award of a $3.5M contract to support the upcoming digital TV transition to Burson-Marsteller, and Fleishman-Hillard’s DC office adds Christina Pearson as a senior vice president, kick off this week's "In the Spotlight."
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5/26/2009 10:51 AM
Three area TV stations - WRC-TV, WTTG-TV and WUSA-TV - have formed a news service to pool video newsgathering resources. The move may be bad news for the PR profession.
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5/18/2009 7:20 AM
The DC office of Arnold Worldwide adds Eric Andrade in the newly created position of digital marketing director ... A group of cutting-edge marketing and advertising boutique companies in Alexandria wants to make that city the place to be for what they call the "creative class", reports The Washington Post.
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5/15/2009 4:38 PM
Boston University’s CDIA DC campus launched its first of a series of curriculum meetings with 15 executive and director-level creative professionals from a variety of industries. This meeting of the minds was the campus’ first formal initiative to solicit advice from the area’s top agencies and nonprofits in a private forum with CDIA Executive Director Bob Daniels and other department directors.
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5/15/2009 6:03 AM
Michelle Singletary, nationally syndicated columnist for The Washington Post and author, and Kate Perrin, CEO, PR
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5/7/2009 8:23 AM
Batter up! The 2009 PR agency softball league season is underway and the results, we hear from Jessica Napolitano at Ketchum, from the first two weeks of play are:
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5/7/2009 4:52 AM
Fleishman-Hillard promotes Martha Boudreau and Bill Pendergast. Boudreau, general manager of the firm’s D.C. office, has been named president of Fleishman-Hillard’s Mid-Atlantic and Latin American regions. Pendergast replaces her as GM/DC; Visit Fairfax, the official tourism organization for Fairfax County, selects White+Partners as its agency of record; and, Design Army reports
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4/17/2009 9:24 AM
Debbie Friez of BurrellesLuce wrote an interesting post about a pending change at the Washington Times. And, we found the questions Debbie raises at the end of her piece to be worthy of a great deal of discussion as it relates to the future of journalism. Debbie's piece follows:
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4/14/2009 2:45 PM
The DC Chapter of the Black Public Relations Society elected its 2009 officers; and The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences announced nominees for the Webby Awards.
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4/9/2009 9:10 AM
Jennifer Cortner, president of EFX Media, joins Discovery Communications, Inc., Jim Franco, EFX CEO,<
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4/9/2009 6:48 AM
Geoff Livingston sold Livingston Communications, Hill & Knowlton adds a number of new accounts, Hirshorn Zuckerman Design Group tapped by Volkswagen of America for after-sale sales, Arnold DC launched a Bahamas Ministry of Touri
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3/24/2009 3:47 PM
Fleishman-Hillard's DC office provided us the the following trends worth tracking: Old and young use web differently; benefits of big brands in social media; and, P&G host social media exercise.
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3/23/2009 11:35 AM
Hirshorn Zuckerman Design Group launched a new Web site dedicated to the women who follow the Washington Capitals; Porter Novelli trimmed 15 percent of its D.C., staff; WestGlen partnered with TEEN KIDS NEWS to create an exclusive offering for placing video news packages on a unique TV news program; RTC Relationship Marketing promoted Alexandra Beneville; ICF International promotes two; and, Westland Printers is merging with S&S Graphics.
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3/20/2009 7:45 PM
The DC Ad Club celebrated the 41st annual ADDY Awards on Thursday evening, March 19. A crowd of 350 people attended the event, which recognizes the best in creative excellence in DC-area advertising.
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3/20/2009 7:45 PM
The DC Ad Club celebrated the 41st annual ADDY Awards on Thursday evening, March 19. A crowd of 350 people attended the event, which recognizes the best in creative excellence in DC-area advertising.
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3/18/2009 6:44 PM
Two interesting items related to the current employment situation facing area communicators:
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3/18/2009 4:49 PM
Editor & Publisher has an interesting item that states that The Huffington Post is quickly edging its way up the top-30 online news destinations list, according to Nielsen Online. In February the Huff Post was No. 15 on the list with 8.8 million unique users compared to January, where it was No. 22 with 7.3 million.
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3/11/2009 8:14 PM
"How Obama Did It: An Insider Look at the Road to the Presidency" was the focus on an Ad Club session this month ....
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3/10/2009 2:00 PM
Williams Whittle Associates reports that its “Day in the Life” public service announcement (PSA), which it produced and promoted for the USO, was the nation’s most frequently aired television PSA of 2008.
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3/5/2009 5:33 AM
The DC office of Arnold Worldwide has launched a new Choice Hotels International TV advertising campaign; The Samueli Institute awarded its marketing communications initiative to HC Creative Communications; and, Ascend Communication will provide PR services for the Lupus Foundation of America Greater Washington chapter.
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3/4/2009 7:48 PM
Jake Lefebure, co-founder and CEO of Design Army, is on the cover of Graphic Design USA (GD USA) as one of the People to Watch in 2009; Amanda Sellers promoted to VP at Spectrum Science;
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3/4/2009 6:54 PM
There’s a battle brewing between Jack O’Dwyer, who publishes newsletter products covering the PR field, and the Public Relations Society of America – with O’Dwyer taking his concerns to President Obama.
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2/25/2009 4:32 PM
Williams Whittle forms division to focus exclusively on online marketing; Ogilvy PR is working on “New York 400
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2/18/2009 8:51 AM
This year’s Environmental Film Festival, which runs from March 11-22, marks its 17th year in Washington, D.C. with an astounding diversity of films that capture the majesty of our world and address the ever-increasing threats to life on earth.
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2/3/2009 6:43 PM
Changes at the top of LM&O Advertising; The American Peanut Council signs on with Ogilvy PR; Crosby Marketing will assist The Foundation for the Future of Aging: Design Army wins more awards; and, Parsons Outdoor Advertising now allows companies to advertise their products and services on Parsons’ fleet of over 50 trucks.
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2/3/2009 5:24 PM
Arnold DC opened its doors on Jan. 29th to celebrate their totally new, totally open and almost-totally white space in the Court House neighborhood of Arlington, VA.
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2/3/2009 12:48 PM
A successful DCDesignBabes’ event was held last Thursday, Jan. 29. They had their usual mixer housing about 315 area creatives, coupled with an interesting sculpture competition created from mundane objects — Change the Way You See Things — a concept inspired by the Dutch Design Week and President Obama!
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1/28/2009 5:38 PM
Washington Women in Public Relations announced its 2009 Board of Directors: Women in Technology announced its call for nominations for the 10th Annual Women in Technology Leadership Awards; and Terry Prime has been named VP/director of technical services and chief technology officer at Virilion.
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1/28/2009 5:20 PM
The Washington Business Journal held its 2009 Book of Lists party this week at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The event was attended by about 800 people, including a contingent from the communications community.
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