The Memphis City School district has recently approved a PR contract worth 310,000 US dollars with two D.C.-based marketing companies. The contract has the potential of a crisis, as the MCS has been criticized for spending taxpayer money to chauffeur the deputy superintendent around, creating potential for an even bigger PR problem.
Just when the congregation of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church could use divine guidance, Bishop Eddie Long is emmersed in scandal. According to the news from Atlanta, two congregation members accuse Long of using his position to get sexual favors. Long’s attorneys deny the allegations, but regardless Long’s ministry will suffer a long and hard PR battle even if the allegations are false.
ProBlogger just turned 6 and Darren Rowse’s industry changing vision is going stronger than ever. Everything PR News wishes Darren and ProBlogger many happy returns. We should all return to the storehouses of knowledge from whence we first learned – remember the principles that can make us all great. Long live blogs.
Goldman Sachs is being sued by three former employees claiming the investment bank systematically discriminates against women, paying them less then men, promoting them less often and even not taking a strong stand against sexual harassment. This new wave of bad publicity comes after a prior series of PR blunders Goldman Sachs has experienced.
World tourism is one of the 5 largest industries in the world when all is considered. For many countries travel and tourism are really the life’s blood of prosperity and economies. Greece, among many others, is a prime example of how governments may not be using resources to promote the right kinds of businesses for growth. Like SME’s in the US, the real Greek proprietors may be all but forgotten.
New investment in Malaysia has all but dried up on recent news of the country’s divisions and controversy. The country has now gone so far as to hire the world’s most prominent crisis management group, APCO Worldwide, to bolster the nation’s reputation. But how can even APCO gloss over the vast crevice of disparity in Malaysia?
Japanese Transport minister Seiji Maehara fired a regional Japan Coast Guard office chief and his deputy because of a PR scandal caused by false information being given to the press following a helicopter accident from last month that killed five people.
Crowdsourcing was defined in 2006 by Wired’s Jeff Howe. The “Rise of Crowdsourcing” has given way to an interesting state of affairs where business utilization of the cloud is concerned. In point of fact, the crowd is so vastly utilized now many do not even classify engagement as crowdsourcing – but it is.
The world’s first online marketing conglomerate, BlueGlass Interactive, announces their latest market shifting platform SecondStep. For SEM needy companies, this modular SEO tool could be a game changer if adopted by SME’s. SecondStep premium puts the power of corporate SEM in the hands of every-user. The private Beta release was announced yesterday.
Top public relations executive, Alvin R. Busse, founder of one of the first million dollar public relations agencies in Houston has recently passed away, ending an impressive career of over 52 years and the ongoing support offered to his community.
