Craig Brownstein, a local PR exec, is prominently mentioned as searching for the truth in the May issue of the Washingtonian’s story titled “Life, DEATH and Love,” which is a story about the murder of Robert Wone.  According to author Harry Jaffe, Wone “went to spend the night at a friend’s house.  Ninety minutes later, he was dead from mysterious stab wounds.

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The Washington Post will take a "watch and see" approach rather than rushing into a system to force its internet readers to pay for content online, said Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr., the vice chairman of the Washington Post Co.

Feld Entertainment, the live-event producer of events like the Ringling Bros. Circus and Disney On Ice, has issued an open RFP to review its six-figure national PR account, reports odwyerpr.com.

After a competitive review, LM&O Advertising was awarded the advertising business for Vocelli Pizza’s Washington D.C. regional cooperative, which represents the marketing interests of 39 stores in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. LM&O will work with Pittsburgh-based Vocelli Pizza on advertising strategy and planning, media buying, online marketing, PR and promotions

The Huffington Post has launched a newsletter called "HuffPost Hill" ... Roll Call has been redesigned ... The WP's Capital Business has launched ... and www.DCRTV.com reports Fred Grandy's absence from WMAL radio's morning "Grandy And Andy" show last Thursday and Friday was no vacation coincidence.

Grafik created a website for the Prostate Cancer Foundation, www.PCF.org, that’s designed to create a community of patients, their families and researchers - but the agency brought more than just its professional skills to the project. 

Vocus, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand software for PR management, announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010, including that revenues for the quarter were $22.3 million, a nine percent increase over the same period last year

The morning after the Washington Capitals took the lead in their playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens, the local hockey team launched a new interactive online fan application called Slapstick in a bid to get their red-rocking fans even deeper into the game, reports the Washington Business Journal. 

Earle Palmer Brown, the legendary DC adman whose name was on the door of the agency he led for decades, will be honored ... Burson-Marsteller adds Ainsley Perrien ... and API adds Linda Schoumacher Rozett.

The Washington Post carried a story on April 18 about the founders of Design Army, one of the area’s leading design firms.  In a “Value Added” piece, Tom Heath notes that “The business story of Pum and Jake Lefebure was pitched to me as a husband-and-wife team weathering a recession. But it's really about one couple's business sense and passion. “

The Association of Women in Communications, DC Chapter presents its Matrix Awards at a cocktail reception Wednesday, May 19, at The National Press Club.

Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR) has created an Emerging Leaders Awards program to honor three outstanding young women each year in the D.C. area who have demonstrated excellence and achievement in public relations, communications and related fields. The awards program was established in honor of the organization's 30th anniversary.

On Friday, the Washington Business Journal unveiled a redesign, its first in five years and just 10 days before The Washington Post launches a competing weekly business newspaper called Capital Business.

A panel of communications and government relations professionals led a workshop on April 13 addressing how public relations and government relations professionals can work together to successfully advance an organization’s public policy goals on Capitol Hill.

All area communicators are eligible and encouraged to participate in the IABC/DC Silver Inkwell Awards. Submissions are accepted across 64 categories, including the broad categories of print, design, writing, communications plans/campaigns, electronic/interactive media, special event/special purpose communication, and government/military communication. Membership in the association is not required.

On April 29 you can find out how your approach to strategic integrated communications compares to 1,000 PR and marketing professionals ....Qorvis Communications promotes Matt Lauer and Jason Siegel to partner ... Balmar wins major printing award.

On May 5, Capitol Communicator will honor Cinco de Mayo by connecting DC-area communicators from a number of professional organizations with an evening of beverages, food and sounds from our neighbors to the south.

Lee Clow, George Lois, Dan Wieden, Mary Wells, Hal Riney. Anyone in advertising knows these legends, but what was it like to actually work with them and experience point-blank the genius that not only changed advertising, but shaped our culture?

Environics adds David Farmer; Balmar appoints Jim Morgan president/COO; Vocus<

Capitol Communicator launched a truck-mounted ad in high-traffic areas of Greater Washington to highlight the benefits of its directory of communications professionals.

Washington Women in Public Relations’ (WWPR) Executive Communicators Committee presented “Don’t Be Fooled,” an April 1st panel discussion featuring executive-level communicators who highlighted the pitfalls and assumptions that can fool even the most seasoned professionals.

Readers of The Washington Post Magazine’s April 4 issue were treated to its “Pick of the Peeps,” their annual Peeps diorama contest, which was described as “a cultural barometer – a three dimensional essay on the state of the nation’s collective consciousness, a sticky finger on the pulse of what’s popular.” 

The Capital Cabal hosted Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, last evening as he presented the fourth annual installment of “The Future of the Internet” report. Rainie, shown above, discussed the findings from interviews of nearly 900 Internet stakeholders participating in a survey fielded by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and Elon University’s Imagining the In Read More »

Local photographer Cade Martin appeared as the guest photographer on the episode of “America’s Next Top Model” that aired last week on the CW network. The concept behind this episode, which was taped in December, was based on types of dance, with each participant given a different genre of dance

The heroic unsung Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) from World War II were finally honored with the Congressional Gold Medal in the United States Capitol last month. The WASP, a trailblazing group of 1,102 civilian female pilots, became our first women military aviators

Capitol Communicator's Sourcebook has had more than 9,500 views and has become a robust resource for those searching for businesses ranging from ad and PR agencies, to clipping services and promotional items.

The Washington, D.C. Economic Partnership (WDCEP) selected agencyQ (Q) to create the new WDCEP.com. Q was selected from six finalists among the 26 agencies that responded to the WDCEP’s request for proposal.

Arnold Worldwide has been appointed the lead integrated marketing partner for Huntington National Bank, and it parent, Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, and Arnold's DC office will assist in the account work.   

Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information, reports Reuters. According to the report, the emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook