Oxis Biotech, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxis International Inc., is a company listed on the penny-stock market (SYMBOL) – it is currently trading at a $12 million market valuation and has minimal assets or revenues. It also has significant and rising short-term debt that could easily lead to massive
Nobody talks about it, but it’s the most important question to answer when choosing a public relations profession: “Why should I hire them…and not someone else?” Everyone does that math, but few people are direct enough to tell you why they hired Someone Else … and not you. They just
Brooke Hammerling founded her PR agency Brew Media Relations in 2005. Brew also happens to be Brooke’s long-time nickname. The CEO of Brew is Dena Cook. Brew PR has offices in Santa Monica (where Dena Cook usually works), San Francisco, and New York City. Who is Brooke Hammerling? Brooke attended Rollins
In the world of New York City Public Relations, the closest thing to a dynasty is surely the Rubenstein family. The Rubenstein family has been a part of New York City public relations for decades. Who is Howard Rubenstein? Starting with Howard Rubenstein, the father, also a PR genius and
Matthew Hiltzik – Who Is He? For the first time ever, a public relations professional has been named to the board of directors of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Matthew Hiltzik, the founder of Hiltzik Strategies, which works primarily in crisis communications will help the city’s economy. New
Jason Binn, the founder of several luxury magazines, is widely regarded as a publishing guru and is truly the king of high level relationships. He’s smart, well networked and an entrepreneurial genius. Naturally, Binn is the recipient of various awards, including Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Reports show
Jim Weiss is the founder, CEO, and chairman of W2O Group, a PR company designed to give brands an “unfair advantage” in today’s competitive marketplace. Jim has more than three decades of experience in the marketing communications and PR space and focuses heavily on his specialisms in technology and healthcare.
A few months ago, we revealed that global PR conglomerate Porter Novelli claimed to have “…pioneered social marketing” – and while we found that claim rather over-the top, now we have found someone who claims to have invented the word marketing. And while marketing has been around forever, Philip Kotler
Larry Rasky, Chairman and CEO of Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications, is a very well-connected big-wig PR guy – and so we wrote what we thought was a positive profile of Rasky Baerlein, including a description of the company as a firm with “a great reputation,” which is “highly experienced.” Imagine
