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

Sword and the Script

It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” (By So, what does this in-housing trend mean for PR agencies? Big PR agencies do the same thing. The In-House Effects on Law Firms. Sound familiar?

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Meet the Media: Seth Clevenger, Managing Editor for Features at Transport Topics

Bianchi Biz Blog

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I decided to pursue a career in journalism toward the end of my freshman year at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. That responsibility is always top of mind when I evaluate the news value of potential stories.

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Double-dipping exposes reputation risk in blurred boundaries of PR and journalism

PR Conversations

Even more unnerving was that the anchor— and, on occasion, other journalists affiliated with the TV network—interviewed his agency’s clients on show segments. Not long after contacting the journalist, his network, the agency and some of its clients, Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper reported that the network had suspended the TV anchor.

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Double-dipping exposes reputation risk in blurred boundaries of PR and journalism

PR Conversations

Even more unnerving was that the anchor—and, on occasion, other journalists affiliated with the TV network—interviewed his agency’s clients on show segments. Not long after contacting the journalist, his network, the agency and some of its clients, Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper reported that the network had suspended the TV anchor.

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Back to School! 3 Solo PR Pros on Becoming an Adjunct Instructor

Solo PR Pro

. “Being an educator keeps me on my toes and forces me to know the latest trends, tips and techniques for working in communications,” says Kristie Aylett , APR, Fellow PRSA and agency principal with The KARD Group PR/Marketing. DePaul University College of Communications, 2011 – 2022. I've taught at NU since 2011.

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The Statistics, Effectiveness and Politics of Super Bowl Commercials [UML]

Sword and the Script

The answer seems to be a fairly solid “no” – according to reporting by Nat Ives of the CMO Today section of the Wall Street Journal. My favorite SB commercial of all time is the 2011 spot by Volkswagen – and for a reason that I find applicable in all forms of marketing. Does that mean brands should mix sports and politics too?

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For whom the bell tolls

Stephen Waddington

Lord Bell worked for Margaret Thatcher during the 80s and 90s before founding the eponymous public relations agency Bell Pottinger that he ran for 30 years. Lord Bell left the agency in August 2016. Lord Chadlington will interview his fellow peer Lord Bell on 7 November in London. The event is being hosted by the PR Company.