To say Volkswagen is in deep trouble over their recent fuel emissions scandal puts it mildly. The initial claim of 1.8 million cars affected jumped to 11 million. Their entire business suffered their biggest hit ever, and the brand itself is at stake. A severe blow brought on internally, yes.
In Response to Mounting Scrutiny, Valeant, Hires Crisis Management Firm Vianovo. As public scrutiny continues to mount, the pharmaceutical firm, Valeant, hired an attorney and a crisis management firm. Ever since Valeant drastically raised prices on some of their drugs, their PR has taken a hit. Their stock shares suffered
This Atlantic has a profile this week on Lanny Davis, the longtime professional “fixer” of the Clinton family – which details how the lobbyist for Levick Communications is now selling citizenships to foreign islands. The Atlantic writes: “For a variable fee, beginning at just $250,000, you, too, can become a
Football is dangerous. Brutal even. There’s no way you can base a game around massive people continually colliding and avoid consideration of injury. In recent years, brain injury has been a big issue … and an ongoing PR battle the NFL continues to lose. At this point, despite any actions
“We have been contacted twice in recent weeks by private PR companies representing Indian govt. officials. Good use of govt funds? @PMOIndia” Such was a tweet from Washington Post India bureau chief Annie Gowen that set off a barrage of Tweets that followed. The height of the Twitter debate reached
Pfizer recently sealed a $160 billion deal with Allergan. This move not only creates the largest drug maker in the world, by sales. It also provides a means of escaping high corporate tax rates in the U.S., by moving headquarters to Allergan’s Dublin base. Many observers wonder if Pfizer stands
The DiMPA Network, a group of private OB/GYNs and general practitioners trained to provide quality family planning services in in 45 cities of India, including Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand is seeking a crisis management and media tracking PR firm for an initial period of January 2016– September 2016. The
14-year old Ahmed Mohamed says he wants to be an inventor. But Ahmed took a homemade clock with him to school on September 14th, saying later that he wanted to show his engineering teacher just how much he understands the concepts. Unfortunately, all the wires and computer board sticking out
The Middle East’s center of power for the petroleum world, Saudi Arabia, launched a public relations drive to show the world how committed to the global climate change talks in Paris this year. Their ace in the hole was none other than PR titan Edelman, an agency that has strong
When companies split, crisis easily ensues. In this conversation with Paypal VP Kirsten Wolberg about eBay and Paypal’s split last year, she discusses the different ways averting crisis becomes possible if companies take creative steps and have a firm grasp of company values. It’s rare for companies as large as
