The Memphis City School district has recently approved a PR contract worth 310,000 US dollars with two D.C.-based marketing companies. The contract has the potential of a crisis, as the MCS has been criticized for spending taxpayer money to chauffeur the deputy superintendent around, creating potential for an even bigger PR problem.
Whether in anticipation of backlash for the movie The Social Network or not, Mark Zuckerberg decides to make a sizable donation. The CEO and founder of Facebook will announce tomorrow on Oprah he is donation $100 million to the Newark public school system.
PRSourceCode announced the results of its fifth annual Top Tech Communicators awards. Established through votes from the IT journalism community, the awards recognise the best PR agencies, corporate PR departments, and individual PR professionals.
Just when the congregation of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church could use divine guidance, Bishop Eddie Long is emmersed in scandal. According to the news from Atlanta, two congregation members accuse Long of using his position to get sexual favors. Long's attorneys deny the allegations, but regardless Long's ministry will suffer a long and hard PR battle even if the allegations are false.
Vatican expressed great surprise at the news that broke today involving Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, the head of the Vatican Bank, being placed under investigation by Rome magistrates under suspicions of money-laundering by the bank. After many accusations of child abuse by Catholic priests throughout 2010, the Catholic Church needs to face another powerful blow affecting their reputation.
The city of Rialto has turned to well-known local PR company Dameron Communications for expert advice on communicating the city's future economic and development plans. A city that's never been proactive about its PR now seeks positive views from the public on their quest for economic success and a way out of the recession.
The Eisen Agency, one of Cincinnati's leading investor and public relations firm, has just been appointed agency of record by BRINK. The agency will lead PR efforts for the BRINK Innovation Conference 2010, an event debuting this year and organized by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
A recent study conducted by Burson-Marsteller, Message Gap Analysis, shows there is an average 48% gap for mainstream media and a much bigger 69% gap for bloggers reporting the news. The average gap is slightly decreased in Europe and the US, where the PR field has a long standing history.
Oprah Winfrey surprised 50 brides-to-be on her daytime talk show giving them Vera Wang wedding gowns.
Goldman Sachs is being sued by three former employees claiming the investment bank systematically discriminates against women, paying them less then men, promoting them less often and even not taking a strong stand against sexual harassment. This new wave of bad publicity comes after a prior series of PR blunders Goldman Sachs has experienced.