Former NBC News Anchor John Seigenthaler Joins Finn Partners Seigenthaler worked at NBC News for much of his career as a special correspondent and the NBC Nightly News Weekend anchorman. Over the decade or more with NBC, he worked on many national and international stories including national conventions, U.S. presidential
Mark Thibodeau, a long-time publicist for several Broadway productions such as Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, and The Phantom of the Opera, has been in the middle of a court case over a show that didn’t quite make it to Broadway – Rebecca. The show was based on Daphne du Maurier’s
John McLaughlin’s career came to an abrupt end at the age of 89 in the middle of August as he died from complications to prostate cancer. Before his days in television public affairs talk shows, most notably The McLaughlin Group, he was a Jesuit priest, ran for the Senate in
Someone would have to live under a rock – in fact, several rocks, to be unaware of all the rumors and innuendos floating around about the health of Hillary Clinton. There have been lots of educated guessing about complications to a concussion she received a few years ago, or a
Paul Holmes started his career in England working for local newspapers in the north and ultimately making his way into public relations when he worked at PR Week in South London. In 1987 he made his way to the U.S. and the heart of PR in the states in New
For those who may not know, HARO stands for Help a Reporter Out. It is a service where reporters can go to look at news and stories that might fit what they want to write about, and the stories are ones proposed by businesses, organizations, and individuals wanting to get their
Recently, Roxy Jacenko, founder of the Sweaty Betty PR firm, was featured on 60 Minutes International. The interview was about her battling cancer and facing life as a single mother after her husband, Oliver Curtis, was put in prison a few months previous for being part of an insider trading
PMK*BNC and Other Interpublic Group Companies Lose Power for a Day On Wednesday, August 31st, Interpublic Group, a communications holding company, suffered a server outage, shutting down communications in their various companies for a full day. This included PMK*BNC‘s many publicists in the Hollywood area. It was not reported how
The largest shareholder in both Viacom and CBS is a holding company called National Amusements. National Amusements, in turn, is owned 80% by Sumner Redstone, and 20% by his daughter, Shari Redstone. Sumner is well into his 90s now and by many accounts is not able to either speak or
Social media increasingly plays a strategic role in not just marketing, but public relations as well. In today’s digital world, it’s virtually impossible to reach customers, get the word out, and maintain a youthful image without social media. Everyone’s online — young and old — though different demographics gravitate towards
