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Paying for the destruction of public relations

PR Conversations

In 2001, a British installation artist, Michael Landy, won a commission for his work, Break Down, that involved the destruction of all his possessions as a reaction to the consumerist society. Fifteen years later, as Davis has noted, promotional practice has become ubiquitous. Cosmoblogawards.

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Weekly Roundup: The Magic of Discovery

Waxing UnLyrical

So you can learn from him both about writing and woodworking. and been re-energized to try to write more myself. Youre right: blogrolls are static backwaters and I tend to favor those whove been blogging about public relations longer (I started in 2001) - and miss out on some new and interesting voices. Wanna Subscribe?

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In-Housing Trend: What PR Agencies and Marketing Firms can Learn from Law Firms

Sword and the Script

By the way, the WSJ reporter on that byline used to write for PRWeek). Similarly, and though we don’t use the terminology, big businesses hire panels of marketing agencies too – PR, creative, SEO, social, digital, advertising. So, what does this in-housing trend mean for PR agencies?

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