number of brands, citing what it describes as a global realignment.
Euro RSCG Worldwide has promoted Iain Ferguson as chief executive officer of its global marketing...Ferguson will work out of the head office in New York and oversee global development and expansion ...
NEW YORK: Corporate PROs may have less time than they think to publicise their latest CEO, according to a Ketchum survey of 1,000 investors. David Rockland, director of Ketchum's Reputation Lab, said, on average, CEOs have just 18 months to make a difference at a public company before shareholders...
SINGAPORE: Ad giant Leo Burnett Asia-Pacific, has moved its regional PR function from Singapore to Hong Kong, in preparation for its impending IPO. Trudi Harris has taken the role of director of public relations, replacing Elaine Friend, regional marketing and PR director, who has left Singapore...
WASHINGTON: APCO World-wide has hired Myron Marlin, a former comms director at the US justice department. Marlin spent eight years under attorney-general Janet Reno, as its chief spokesperson. Before that he was a spokesperson for the department's civil rights division. He handled news events...
NEW YORK: Eastman Kodak is looking for a PR agency to promote its InfoImaging business strategy. The initiative aims to ensure that Kodak capitalises on the growing popularity of digital photography. The account reports to Anthony Sanzio, Kodak director of technology PR.
BONN: Albert Oeckl, the founder and honorary president of the Deutsche PR Gesellschaft (German PR Society) died last week aged 91. He was responsible for the translation of the English term 'Public Relations' into the German Offentlichkeitsarbeit and was the spiritual father of PR in Germany....
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's troubled president Fernando De la Rua has once again reshuffled his PR team. Unsuccessful press and culture secretary Dario Loperfido, who was strongly criticised for blunt management of the Government's comms unit, has been replaced by Nicolas Gallo. He is a close...
NEW YORK: Weber Shandwick Worldwide is mulling over its options for a succession plan following the departure of one of its top financial executives to Gavin Anderson & Company. Diane Perry was GM of the New York office, as well as EV-P and national practice director of financial communications...
Global telecoms giant Marconi's decision to hire its first global PR agency stands to benefit ...
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