CooperKatz (CK) is an independent PR agency based in New York City; it’s celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The company combines PR with creative services and digital efforts specializing in B2B, education and educational institutions, government, professional services, telecommunications, transportation, trade associations, consumer products and services, financial services, healthcare,
PRWeek Names Six PR Leaders as 2016 Hall of Fame Nominees The ceremony honoring the inductees will be held at the New York City Grand Hyatt. The six being honored have built impressive careers in the communications industry and their influence on the leaders from the next generation will be
It didn’t take long for Unmanned Flying Vehicles (AVF), otherwise known as “drones,” to become a hit on the consumer market. Soon, everyone had a friend or neighbor who owned a drone, and school kids were programming them in elementary schools. And, with consumer proliferation, comes consumer choice. That means
Canada Spends $27 Million For External PR Contracts From November 2015 to the end of September 2016, the Canadian government spent approximately $27 million on external communications and PR consultants. Some of the contracts ended up costing several hundred thousand dollars, with the largest awarded to Casacom for a four-year
Journalists are supposed to inform, to report facts that are important to public discourse and general information necessary to be an informed member of society. But there are lines. There are guidelines, rules that are sometimes fuzzy and often obscured in this day of social media, where our public and
Alexandra Lasky of SHADOW to Launch “The Influence” The Influence will open its doors after Thanksgiving and will oversee their first event in Miami Beach at Art Basel. Chad Weinman will partner Lasky in this new agency. Their company managed to get their website name, “TheInfluence.com,” even though it had
Branson and Virgin Products Face Backlash with Help from Freud’s Sir Richard Branson and his Virgin Group is pushing to keep Britain in the EU – fighting against Brexit by offering to pay for a campaign to accomplish that goal. But the many of the public in the U.K. are
Marino becomes AOR for New Rochelle Manhattan PR agency Marino just won the bid to become the city of New Rochelle’s public relations firm. The selection process began in June. Marino was founded by Frank Marino in 1993, but before that he graduated from Iona College in New Rochelle and
Goodwill Omaha was struggling under the weight of increasing media scrutiny of its management structure and payroll. Change was not only coming, it was becoming necessary. There comes a point when the only way to change the direction of a company is for the leadership to be shuffled or to
What MWW PR and Wakefield Research’s HerVoice Survey Shows The HerVoice Survey of 1000 adults in the US, commissioned by MWWPR and Wakefield Research, looked at gender-based bias issues and the glass ceiling for women. The survey asked respondents what they perceive and expect from both female and male leadership
