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Remembering D. Parke Gibson, a Passionate Advocate for Race Relations and Public Relations

PRSay

Williams, a 2001 recipient of the D. Gibson was a passionate advocate of public relations as well as for the integration of communications, marketing and advertising. Prior to opening his own firm, Gibson was an advertising representative for Interstate Newspapers, 1954-56; manager of public relations for Johnson Publishing Co.,

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Maxim Behar: Novinite.com is a One-of-a-kind Media Phenomenon

Maxim Behar

What are your memories of March 12, 2001, your launch day? Second, they are free, interactive and are a magnet for advertisers. Practically speaking, the last factor, advertising activity, is the most important of all. How has it changed from 2001 onwards? That day had at least a year's history behind.

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PR measurement by valuing intangible assets–brand and reputation

Stuart Bruce

The GIFT report – produced by Brand Finance, CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) and the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) – is an annual study assessing the intangible assets of more than 57,000 companies in more than 160 jurisdictions around the world.

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New Survey Identifies the Hottest Trends in Corp Comm and PR; Announcing the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

Sword and the Script

Ned is a retired senior naval officer who launched the “ Job of the Week ” (JOTW) email newsletter in 2001 as a free resource for PR pros looking for work. For any agency – marketing, advertising, PR, creative or otherwise – the message behind the data is pretty clear: clients value results not your awards.

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Meet the Media: John Baxter, Freelance Writer

Bianchi Biz Blog

In addition to working for OO as we called it, I wrote some for CCJ ( Commercial Carrier Journal ), and then after the sale of the CCJ group of magazines to Randall-Reilly in 2001, for CCJ, Overdrive , and Truckers News. My life as a freelancer began in 2012. Finish this sentence: If I am not reporting, I am ….

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Corporate Communications is Taking More PR Work In-House, finds Survey; Media Relations Gets Even Harder

Sword and the Script

Ned launched “ Job of the Week ” (JOTW) email newsletter in 2001 as a free resource for PR and communications professionals looking for work. My hypothesis is that PR agencies – and its siblings in marketing and advertising – are entering the early stages of a similar trend.

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Putting PR on the Table for Minority Students

PRSay

After a lot of persistence, I was offered a PR internship with the San Francisco 49ers during their 2001 summer training camp. As I completed my core classes and was faced with declaring my minor, I heard about a new focus that was being offered in our program – a minor in Public Relations and Advertising.