30 Jan 1998
| by IAN DARBY
Ogilvy PR Worldwide, Hill and Knowlton and US hi-tech agency
Cunningham PR have formed a PR agency called Avalanche to service the
global account for Oracle, the world s largest database company.
15 Jan 1998
| by OLIVER HORTON
The UK parcels division of transportation services company United
Carriers (UC) has appointed the Grayling Group to handle trade press
relations for an estimated annual fee of pounds 50,000. CIB
Communications Consultants, Barclay Stratton and Citygate Dewe Rogerson
also pitched. Key Communications...
15 Jan 1998
| by HARRIOT LANE FOX
Professional services firms are shedding their media-shy image and
investing in PR, but many still fail to measure the benefits.
09 Jan 1998
| by IAN DARBY
Medialink, provider of corporate news and information via radio and
TV is to expand its international operations throughout central Europe
and Russia. Medialink Central Europe and Russia will be a marketing
alliance with former TV journalist Anna Franklin and will be based in
Prague.
09 Jan 1998
| by PHOEBE GAY
Since the early 1990s, a joke in the technology industry has been
that ISDN stands for It Still Does Nothing. It failed to live up to the
PR hype that accompanied its launch and was plagued by a very low
acceptance rate because of its cost.