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Board members with marketing experience improve shareholder returns by 3% [benchmark]

Sword and the Script

The study was conducted, in part, by reviewing 64,086 biographies for a total of 12,106 board members and across 1,091 firms “from Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 1500 firms between 2007 and 2012 and identified board members with marketing experience.” The authors, Kimberly A. Whitler , Ryan Krause , and Donald R.

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PR ethics and journalism ethics in the face of media business meltdown

Stuart Bruce

Since columnist Peter Oborne sensationally resigned from The Telegraph with a devastating public critique of what he believed to be its declining ethical and editorial standards I’ve read very little about the role and implications for PR, corporate communications and business. ” Thereafter no fresh reports appeared.

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6 Best Practices for Identifying and Reacting to a PR Crisis

Cision

In the Journal of Marketing Management, a group of British researchers write that crisis communication has “implications for brand equity and consumers’ purchase intentions.” ” You know, the stock that was worth $38 in 2012 and is (as of this writing) worth $107. They write: “Facebook’s IPO is a flop.”

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

PR Conversations

And in an age when we are inundated with information and distraction, civil society desperately needs journalism to be credible as it offers curation, analysis and insight. When trust in journalism is broken, everyone loses. The boundaries between journalism and public relations are increasingly porous.

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

PR Conversations

And in an age when we are inundated with information and distraction, civil society desperately needs journalism to be credible as it offers curation, analysis and insight. When trust in journalism is broken, everyone loses. The boundaries between journalism and public relations are increasingly porous.

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An Interview with Richard Bistrong, CEO, Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC

Critical Mention

I started reading some very interesting papers and books about the psychological forces come into play in tough corporate and external environments. It is still a heartfelt experience when people come up to me during one of my corporate engagements, on a global basis, and share how much they enjoy the FCPA Blog and my posts.

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Meet the Media: Jason Cannon, Chief Editor of Commercial Carrier Journal

Bianchi Biz Blog

I’m the Chief Editor of Commercial Carrier Journal (CCJ). How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? My route to journalism was unconventional. CCJ has been the preeminent publication for trucking fleet managers and executives for more than 112 years. Metro weekly newspaper that no longer exists.