14 Dec 2001
AT&T Business - the B2B arm of telecoms giant AT&T - is driving a
PR campaign to develop its corporate reputation across Europe, Middle
East and Africa (EMEA).
The PR push comes after the recent demise of Concert - AT&T's joint
venture with BT - which, until its closure in October, prevented...
14 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Publishing and market research firm VNU said it is on track to meet its reduced full-year forecasts after a strong performance from its research division, which includes the US-based ACNielsen.
13 Dec 2001
| by Staff,
NEW YORK - Yahoo! has made a takeover bid for recruitment website Hotjobs.com, as it continues its drive to reduce dependence on advertising and find new sources of revenue.
03 Dec 2001
| by Staff,
LONDON - Zenith Optimedia's latest advertising spend survey predicts another difficult year for the industry, with a recovery emerging later in 2002.
29 Nov 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Aegis Group, owner of media-buying giant Carat, has bought Japanese market research group Research Fact.
27 Nov 2001
| by Staff,
NEW YORK - Online advertising company DoubleClick has launched a directory of media-planning information from 7,000 websites.
23 Nov 2001
| by CHRIS SCOTT
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation has merged its media
relations and public affairs accounts.
The body, which represents recruitment agencies in the UK, has handed
the joint brief to Luther Pendragon (LP) after a mammoth 16 agency,
five-month PR trawl.
PA was previously...
23 Nov 2001
NEW BUSINESS: PReview, the PRCA's new business referral scheme, has
reported a ten per cent increase in new business awarded to members
through the scheme during the past year. PReview received 462 enquiries
worth 27m, ten per cent of which were followed through to
generate business worth...
23 Nov 2001
| by CHRIS MAHONY
The economic downturn has led to a major change in the freelance
market, with clients increasingly seeking specialists rather than
generalists. Many freelance PROs may have to think again if they are to
survive, says Chris Mahony.
The term 'freelance' first described medieval mercenary fighters....
23 Nov 2001
| by TARA STEVENS
Client: Gorgeous Networks
PR Team: LA Communications
Campaign: Increasing brand awareness
Timescale: November 2000 - ongoing
Budget: 5,000
Gorgeous Networks is a dating agency that describes itself as
unashamedly elitist. It allows only those with looks, charisma and
ambition onto...