One may think that PR company J. Austin & Associates had enough of Africa, given their previous representation of Dr. Walter Palmer, the killer of Cecil the lion. Austin & Associates worked for the Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the Lion during a hunting trip in Zimbabwe. And if one
The accolade-singularities Joel and Ethan Coen are playing it cool in the face of a recent PR mine. The trending #OscarsSoWhite is taking off in the eyes of a public. But they perceive the Coen Brothers’ new movie, Hail, Caesar! in a negative light. It seems a growing population is
Rubenstein Associates helping Chipotle It’s been a rough year or so for the “healthy” Chipotle food chain, proving not so healthy on several occasions and in numerous locations. They recently added Rubenstein Associates to assist with crisis reputation and management issues faced because of the food-born illness shut-downs. Chipotle, based
Public relations firms are no stranger to government. In fact, many would argue that politics and politicians helped drive the success and popularity of PR today. Public relations firms have worked with presidents, governors, mayors, and even entire departments. But now some forward-thinking PR firms take on cities as clients.
The 2010 edition of the PRWeek Awards, public relations’ most glamorous evening, scheduled for October 19th at Grosvenor House in London, will recognize top players and PR excellence across several main categories, each with its subsections – specialist and technique, product and promotion, corporate and public, people & agencies and
Despite recognition and wide reach, comedian and actor Stephen Fry complained at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival that social media is “dispiriting, upsetting and annoying.” His reason is that arguments for major issues like gender and politics often end up in bitter exchanges, and the points of the argument get
APCO Worldwide APCO is still gung-ho on playing ball with China, who has recently been cracking down on non-Chinese tech companies with holdings there. Per Bloomberg: “Huawei, ZTE, and Lenovo are among the world’s top makers of computing hardware and telecom networking equipment. President Xi Jinping’s government can afford to
What’s what in the PR world with these firms, we went looking, and here’s what we found. Cognito Public Relations v. Vested The last couple of months have been difficult for Cognito – at least that’s how it seems. First some of Cognito’s PR people and then some of their
The federal government finally declared a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan. When more than 100,000 can’t drink their water, that qualifies as an emergency, but it should have never taken the Obama administration getting involved. For months, local officials denied there was any problem. Countless children in Flint were
Its still Q1, and already big companies and PR firms are experiencing shakeups in management, and clientele. Whether it’s a new executive, or hunting for new PR representation, the dynamic world of public relations always produces change. Here are some new developments taking place in the world of PR: Veronica
