Kristy Finch used her previous experience as a TV producer to develop unique pitches for the media, and delivered outstanding results for Alpaytac customers. She won the Media Relations Professional of the Year award at the 2011 PR People Awards, hosted by PR News.
Global public relations agency Porter Novelli has recently named Karen van Bergen as a senior partner and managing director of the firm’s New York office.
TransMedia Group, a public relations agency based in Boca Raton, Florida, has recently announced the opening of its first office in Sao Paulo, Brazil as part of the firm’s international PR expansion.
Lindsey Winkler has been promoted to vice president, consumer lifestyle marketing and Leslie Linton has been promoted to senior vice president in the agency’s media strategies practice.
Appscend is one of the few service providers that allow companies to create smartphone apps on a budget.
Let’s talk it to pieces. When Steve Jobs was alive, every tech blog on Earth covered his sweater changes. If not for stories of Facebook, Twitter, and 5,000 mobile apps the youngest demographic is starved for, TechCrunch and Mashable would be reduced to digital rags. There’s one thing for sure
This holiday season, wouldn’t it be nice if every business that ever gave you the shaft got hammered with a lawsuit? Well, this was my immediate thought when I heard GameStop is being sued by employees. Tis the season to be jolly, after all, and the hope that greedy corporations
Damage control at its best. That’s all anyone can say about how Expedia has handled the TripAdvisor fake reviews issue. At least this is how most PR professionals would gauge the world’s biggest online travel entity’s efforts to stem the flow of negative press, and offset all other negatives in
For some people, the last thing they expect or want to see when they log onto Facebook are lewd and provocative sexual images posted on their news feeds. A mix of embarrassment, disgust, and shock can fill a person, especially when that person happens to be using Facebook at work.
In agency news from French/West/Vaughan, the North Carolina based PR firm has announced adding three new clients to their growing list of businesses represented. The new additions, Gear4, Good Look Ink and CompareCards.com, further expands the agency’s already impressive list of global clients. FWV is not only a leading PR
