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8/27/2010 1:43 PM
Fleishman-Hillard has let go up to nine percent of the staff in the firm's DC office but declined to provide the specific number of people laid off, reports odwyers.com.
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8/27/2010 11:31 AM
USA TODAY announced today an executive management team and new departments that will be in charge of transforming USA TODAY into a multi-media company. Around 130 jobs - about nine percent of the workforce - are anticipated to be cut this Fall as Gannett and USA Today put more emphasis on digital. The team includes:
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8/27/2010 4:45 AM
Carton Donofrio Partners named Ellen Moore its chief executive officer. Moore, a ten-year veteran of the Baltimore-based integrated ad agency, most recently held the position of chief operating officer. She succeeds Chuck Donofrio who will remain chairman of the company’s board of directors.
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8/25/2010 6:52 PM
Pete Snyder, founder and CEO of New Media Strategies, welcomed Governor Bob McDonnell and Bobbie Kilberg
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8/24/2010 5:59 PM
Washington Women in Public Relations is accepting nominations for its 2010 Washington PR Woman of the Year and invites you to nominate a female PR professional to be considered for this year’s award.
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8/24/2010 5:54 PM
Stephen Lucier, a creative director, joins StoryRiver from the Digital Influence Group in Boston. He joins founder and CCO Jim Gaines and CMO Jim Jacobs
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8/24/2010 5:35 PM
The U.S. Army kicked off a mandatory review of its PR program, which has a budget of more than $25M, reports odwyers.com.
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8/24/2010 3:33 AM
The U.S. Mobile Web increased by approximately 3%, from 75.3M to 77.4M users from May to June 2010.
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8/18/2010 6:40 PM
Capitol Communicator has upgraded the Sourcebook page of its platform with a national feed of communications-industry news delivered by PRWeb and a blog exclusively for individuals with listings in the directory.
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8/18/2010 5:07 PM
Washington Women in Public Relations’ professional development event armed particip
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8/18/2010 4:40 PM
Spectrum, a health and science communications firm, presented the results of a global awareness campaign at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s fourth annual National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media...
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8/17/2010 1:56 PM
Arnold Worldwide announced today that its D.C. office has been selected as the agency of record to lead a branding and public awareness campaign for Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board), a 501(c)3 non-profit.
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8/16/2010 6:52 PM
Warschawski, a full service branding, marketing, public relations, advertising and interactive agency, announced today that its founder and CEO, David Warschawski, has been named as one of Maryland's top 40 business leaders under the age of 40 by The Maryland Daily Record
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8/16/2010 6:22 PM
Success in the City in partnership with Tigerlily Foundation, will host an inspirational event called “Cups Full of Hope” – a Bra Art Exhibition and Fundraising Event to Support Young Women Living with Breast Cancer. The event will take place on Wednesday, September 15, from 6-8PM at the Center for Innovative Technology. The unique art event will bring together survivors, supporters, benefactors, local celebrities and friends of young women living with breast cancer for a celebration.
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8/12/2010 8:56 AM
PR professionals used to be all about getting into the Wall Street Journal. Now, we're all about mentions, retweets, links and blog posts – and to get those, we need to work with online influencers. On August 18, join featured speaker, Forrester Research, Inc.'s, Zach Hofer-Shall, for a free webinar hosted by Vocus.
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8/12/2010 7:02 AM
YNPNdc (Young Nonprofit Professionals Network) held their second annual social media conference. The theme, “Bringing Theory to Practice”, was emphasized by the concrete advice shared by the presenters and speakers
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8/12/2010 6:54 AM
Save the date for the 21st annual Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR) PR Woman of the Year Award luncheon! This year’s event will honor Washington’s top public relations practitioner at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Wednesday, November 10.
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8/12/2010 6:35 AM
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8/11/2010 6:38 PM
Regardless of experience level, communications professionals left the workshop “When the Crisis Hits the Fan … Whatcha Gonna Do?” with a wealth of information...
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8/11/2010 6:11 PM
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide added Suzanne Zurn as VP/digital advocacy in the D.C. office. The role has a public affairs focus, and Zurn will report directly to Nadina Guglielmetti, VP/digital consulting.
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8/11/2010 5:49 PM
Crosby Marketing Communications announced today that Matthew Bivons has joined the company as interactive project manager.
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8/11/2010 5:40 PM
Clearspring Technologies, Inc., provider of the comScore ranked #1 content-sharing platform AddThis, announced today the launch of its Audience Platform...
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8/11/2010 5:30 PM
Susan Davis International, a full-service international public relations and strategic communications agency headquartered in Washington, D.C., today announced the hire of two new associates...
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8/11/2010 6:34 AM
One agency president has replied to Matt Smith’s and Dan Rosenthal’s posts about the Metro RFP anonymously because, he told us, he didn't want to be accused of pandering to Metro for their business.
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8/11/2010 6:12 AM
In its 7th year, Advertising Week DC celebrates the best of the advertising, marketing, and media community with a week dedicated to networking, professional development, and education.
On tap is an exciting schedule of big-name presenters. Including Chuck Porter, Chairman of Crispin, Porter + Bogusky; Ken Auletta, Author of “Googled” and Journalist, The New Yorker; Stuart Elliott, Advertising Columnist of The New York Times; Cindy Gallop, Former Chairman of BBH NYC, and many more!
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8/10/2010 1:53 PM
Gibraltar Associates, a leading public affairs agency, today announced that Patricia Pincus Cole has joined the firm...
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8/10/2010 1:41 PM
Albritton Communications Company launched a new TV station and website, TBD...
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8/9/2010 1:05 PM
White+Partners adds Katie Emery and Myra Robinson...
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8/4/2010 5:00 PM
WestGlen Communications hosted a luncheon seminar on Aug. 3 for a number of DC-area communicators. The conversation was spearheaded by Larry Saperstein, WestGlen’s VP/production and broadcast services, who discussed the state of the broadcast news environment and how communicators are impacted
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8/4/2010 4:11 AM
The Metro marketing RFP, as you can see from the posts and comments on our site, has touched off quite a debate within the DC communications community. In addition, Matt Smith, SmithGifford, in his blog post we've reprinted below, notes that he's heard from peers who praise his courage in speaking out but don't want to go public on what's wrong with the Metro RFP. Here's Matt's full post:
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