
Social Media and Printing Industry - Can There Be a Benefit?
In spite of the obvious conflict, can there be a compromise, a way for one form of information dissemination to benefit the other?

In spite of the obvious conflict, can there be a compromise, a way for one form of information dissemination to benefit the other?

For those of you who did not read Time's piece on Walmart's latest PR goof, infiltrating union meetings Mata Hari style is just not cool. With allegations of bribing Mexican officials in the breeze, apparently Sam Walton's dream may just be turning into a public nightmare. Is this a "worst case" for the corporate megalith, will America see the story as one of the little guys versus Walmart and their high paid mouthpieces? You decide.

The US National Press Club has recently awarded post-mortem the 2012 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, honoring three journalists who lost their lives while covering the conflict in Syria.

The National Law Journal listed Furia Rubel Communications, Inc. as one of 2012’s Best Firms in the United States in three categories: Law Firm PR; Crisis Management; and Law Firm Website Design.

I-Impact Group, Inc. (I-Impact) takes on new client EF Hutton & Company (EF Hutton) to provide solutions for leadership positioning and ongoing, strategic initiatives to secure business/financial media coverage.

Gary Goldhammer will be responsible for driving business development and implementing digital strategies for Hill+Knowlton clients.

Google, AOL, Facebook, Twitter and the IAB formed a partnership aimed at fighting bad ads on the Internet. StopBadware, a nonprofit organization launched in 2006, announced the launch of the Ads Integrity Alliance created to fight bad ads and maintain trust in the online advertising ecosystem.

MWW has won three awards at the 2012 PRSA Silver Anvil Awards, presented June 7, for "Flight Plan for the Future: JetBlue Preserves Its Direct Relationship with Pilots," including two Silver Anvils for crisis communications and internal communications.

N6A aims to establish BlueRock Energy as a thought leader in its industry and increase of their products and services.

Ketchum and IBM won the Best of Silver Anvil Award for the top public relations campaign of 2011, "IBM Stages Largest Corporate Volunteer Event in History, Reaching Communities in 120 Countries.”