Hanover Theatre gets the blues.
Byline: Richard Duckett A summer series of performances at the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester, will be "like a little club for people in the know," said Lisa Condit, the theater's director of marketing and public relations. "Stageside at Burnside...

Town and country planning put to the test.
Saved: How an English Village Fought for Its Survival ... and Won. David Hewson. Matador. [pounds sterling]8.99 p.b. xii + 228 pages. ISBN 978-1-905886-776-0. This interesting and lively little book tells the story of a public relations campaign to drive a major developer away from a Kentish...

2 New VPs Join Ketchum Interactive Communications.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-25 February 2008-2 New VPs Join Ketchum Interactive Communications(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Global public relations firm Ketchum announced the addition of two new vice presidents: James Andrews, director, Atlanta, and Scott Kilroy, director, New York, to its Ketchum Interactive Communications (KIC) division. "With...

GameStop Taps Stanton Crenshaw as PR Agency of Record.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-13 June 2008-GameStop Taps Stanton Crenshaw as PR Agency of Record(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com GameStop, a video game and entertainment software retailer, announced that it has retained Stanton Crenshaw Communications, a mid-sized public relations firm. The firm has been engaged as agency of...

TEKgroup Touts Client List.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-9 June 2008-TEKgroup Touts Client List(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Already serving a roster of clients including Ford Motor Company, Delta Air Lines, Walgreens, CIGNA, and the Public Relations Society of America, TEKgroup International continues to be the provider of online newsroom software. We...

Contemporary Christian Music: Public Relations Amid Scandal.
John Stiles Hannam University, Linton Global College Korea Abstract Christian entertainment. While this notion is an oxymoron to many, it is no longer a foreign concept to the world of business and finance. Largely ignored in the past, this growing sector...

Selling your schools: learn how good public relations can alleviate community fears, help support long-term projects, and boost local property values.
Terry Abbott of the Houston (Texas) Independent School District had to do it. Instead of crossing his fingers hoping the press wouldn't catch wind of the bad news, which some district spokespeople might have done, the district's press secretary immediately publicized an investigation into alleged cheating on the Texas...

Public service broadcasting and Winnipeg listeners in the 1930s.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Radio broadcasting began in Canada in the early 1920s under the auspices of private enterprise. A mixture of department stores, newspapers, electrical retailers and entrepreneurs established and built up about eighty stations across the country by the end of the medium's first decade. From a...

Hill & Knowlton Aligns with Thomas Advocacy.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-7 April 2008-Hill & Knowlton Aligns with Thomas Advocacy(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Hill & Knowlton announced a strategic alliance with public affairs veteran Terri V. Thomas to make her Sacramento-based firm, Thomas Advocacy, available to provide government affairs counsel and support in California's capital city...

Hot seat: Sarasota Tomorrow's Tom Dabney wants to get business more respect.
Tom Dabney is a co-chair of The Greater Sarasota Chamber's Sarasota Tomorrow campaign, a $2 million, 10-point plan to improve infrastructure and promote business-friendly initiatives, with more than one-fourth of the budget earmarked to improve public perception of Sarasota's business community. A 28-year resident, Dabney, who is also chair...