PR crisis maven Sam Singer dominates the market here in Northern California -- I can't remember the last time a crisis broke and he wasn't quickly retained as the counselor/spokesperson. His clients include the San Francisco 49ers, BART and Chevron. His latest client: The San Francisco Zoo,...
This chronicle includes three articles namely: Branding State and Civic Entities, Two Approaches to Reinventing Marketing, and Knowledge and Economic Growth. The first article talks about “branding” a state or civic entity, which it is quickly becoming common practice among nations, regions, cities, and communities. Branding has spread rapidly beyond...
This chronicle includes four articles namely: Brand Faceting and Marketing Strategy, Competitive Strategy, What Is Intellectual Capital? Branding Diamonds and Intellectual Capital and Intellectual Property. The first article talks about the proliferation of Brands. However, it has made the management of a Brand even more challenging and more critical to...
MCLEAN, Va. -- Michael G. Kane, formerly vice president of Gannett's East Publishing Group and president and publisher at the Rochester NY Democrat and Chronicle, today was named Interstate Group president and president and publisher of The Indianapolis Star. "Michael is an excellent leader with broad experience in...
Anthem/Atlantic recording group Rush will makea very rare national television appearance on Comedy Central's "The ColbertReport" on Wednesday, July 16th at 11:30pm ET/PT. The band will beperforming their timeless hit, "Tom Sawyer." Eschewing these types ofopportunities for most of their career, the band made an exception for thePeabody...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Describing a systematic government campaign to decimate the people of Darfur, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor on Monday charged the president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, with genocide and war crimes and called for his arrest. The charges are the first to be...
SOMETIMES THE Olympic Games serve as the ultimate travelogue, sending millions back to their homes around the world with stories that inspire travel. Barcelona. Sydney. Athens. Beautiful, inviting places. Occasionally, though, they are less about a place in space as they are a place in time. The Tokyo Olympics in...
The Senate Judiciary Committee is poised to hold a hearing in Washington next week on alleged crimes involving the Fundamentalist LDS Church. Politicians, activists and ex-FLDS members are being contacted by staffers for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and asked if they would be willing to...
Global Line-up Drawn From Over 250 Entries GENEVA, Switzerland, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The finalists for Reel Lives: The Cancer Chronicles, the first ever international documentary film competition on cancer, are announced today in a line-up that includes 2007 Oscar winner Freeheld and many other remarkable films...
IPEVO , adesigner of devices that enhance the Internet experience, today announcedthat its PoVWeb Camera received an honorable mention in I.D. Magazine's 2008 Annual Design Review in the'Consumer Products' category. I.D. Magazine selected the PoV for this awardbased on the product's compact size, its ability to...
The cult of the late Heath Ledger is set to grow with his astonishing performance in the new Batman film. Sean Porter was on set with the troubled Hollywood star for his last ever shoot. Here, he reveals what happened during those three manic - and spookily portentous - days...
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES PG THE STORY: From the moment the Grace family move into an old secluded house, strange things start to happen. Twins Jared and Simon both played by Freddie Highmore and their sister Malory Sarah Bolger find themselves drawn into an extraordinary world of...
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES PG THE STORY: From the moment the Grace family move into an old secluded house, strange things start to happen. Twins Jared and Simon both played by Freddie Highmore and their sister Malory Sarah Bolger find themselves drawn into an extraordinary world of...
1 Fans of 'The Lord of the Rings' and The Chronicles of Narnia should head for the Royal Armouries in Leeds, where Arms and Armour from the Movies has 230 handcrafted props of weapons and armour that have never been shown before (royal armouries.org). 2 Walk Around...
WASHINGTON AFP — Pioneering heart surgeon Michael DeBakey, whose clients ranged from Marlene Dietrich to the late Russian president Boris Yeltsin, has died in Houston, Texas at the age of 99, media reports said. The Houston Chronicle said Debakey died of "natural causes" late Friday at The Methodist...
BOOK OF THE WEEK DESCENT INTO CHAOS By Ahmed Rashid ALLEN LANE Pounds 25 (544pp) Pounds 22.50 (free p&p) from 0870 079 8897 When journalists flocked to Afghanistan in 2001, many of us were clutching Ahmed Rashid's book on the Taliban: an...
An iconic piece of rock gear, theACOUSTIC® amplifier used by Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones from1969-1976, was bought by ACOUSTIC Amplification in a Christie's auctionthat took place July 10, 2008, in London. The bass stack, purchased for awinning bid of $27,115.00, consists of an ACOUSTIC 360 bass amplifier,Serial Number...
The New England Cable & TelecommunicationsAssociation, Inc. NECTA and their Board of Directors recently announcedthat AmericanLife TV Network ™( www.americanlifetv.com ), the cable network devoted to the Baby Boomergeneration, will receive the NECTA Chairman's Public Service Award in thecategory of Programmer: News and Information, Single Event/SpecialFeature/Segment.for their TV documentary,...
Americans will spend more than $1.1 billion on sun protection products this year, a market that's grown by an annual rate of 10 percent since 2004. But is it worth it? A recent study from the Environmental Working Group, an eco- advocacy research organization...
A number of friends of mine have commented on an odd phenomenon that they have observed -- conservative Republicans they know who are saying that they are going to vote for Barack Obama. It seemed at first to be an isolated fluke, perhaps signifying only that my friends know some...
