Taxpayers paying per 'free' Geek Squad DTV installation
OCRegister, CA
PR agency Burson-Marsteller apparently nabbed the .5 million contract to let Americans know about the switch on June 12. Lots of other government-funded awards are listed below. Best Buy isn't the only one getting money from the FCC to install
 
Pope scores with Web 2.0 efforts
PRWeek, NY
The annual Catholic Media Convention, held May 27 to 29, included panels on social media, featuring representatives from Burson-Marsteller and Jack Dorsey, cofounder of Twitter, says attendee Brian Finnerty, national communications director for
 
Interview with Marie-Monique Robin
Slow food, Italy
The idea of ending world hunger was invented by Burson-Marsteller, the large public relations and communications agency. At the end of the 1990s Monsanto was struggling and faced problems on various fronts, particularly from the opposition to GMOs in
 
Estonian man casts first online vote in EU history
EUobserver.com, Belgium
PR firm Burson-Marsteller has launched tweetelect09.eu, to bring together EU election-related "tweets" – the modish short messaging service where users post updates just 140 characters long. Twitter hit the headlines in Germany this week when it
 
Some criticize Iowa's contract with Texas PR giant
Houston Chronicle, United States
But the business component of the agency's marketing effort went to public relations giant Burson-Marsteller, a Texas-based company with offices in more than 80 countries. The company's president is Mark Penn, who was chief strategist for Sen.
 
Some criticize Iowa's contract with Texas PR giant
KWQC 6, IA
Chet Culver, defended the decision. He says the Des Moines-based public relations firm Integer will still handle tourism efforts but the state needed a global firm such as Texas-based Burson-Marsteller for marketing the state around the world.
 
Racepoint health chief to join Napp
PRWeek UK, UK
Before Racepoint, Cummings spent five years at healthcare shop Chandler Chicco Agency, where she was a senior consultant. She has also previously worked in the healthcare team at Burson-Marsteller and at healthcare PRPR specialist Medicom.
 
Two companies to share advertising contract from Iowa Department
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA
The Iowa Department of Economic Development will split its million advertising contract next fiscal year between two companies — Integer Group and Burson-Marsteller. Integer, whose Midwest offices are in Des Moines, will be tapped to provide
 
People and Accounts of Note
New York Times, United States
Direct Impact is part of the Burson-Marsteller unit of Young & Rubicam Brands, a division of WPP. Publicis Marc, Sofia, Bulgaria, which has long been affiliated with Publicis Worldwide, part of the Publicis Groupe, is being acquired and absorbed by the
 
Dubai Shopping Malls Group joins hands with Dubai Summer Surprises
Zawya, United Arab Emirates
For further info, please contact: Lisa George, ASDA'A Burson Marsteller, Dubai. Tel: 0097143344550, E-mail: l.george@asdaa.com Dubai Shopping Malls Group was set up in 1998 as a Dubai Shopping Festival Office initiative. It is an umbrella organisation
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