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Dec. 31, 2003 |
| NEWS OF PR FIRMS |
| Terry McGovern,
currently CEO and president of Cleveland-based Liggett-Stashower since
1997, is selling his
interest in the firm. Mark Nylander, EVP and GM of Liggett-Stashower PR,
Cleveland, becomes CEO and ranking official of the company. David Moore,
EVP and creative director, becomes president. McGovern, 64, who becomes
chairman, notes Nylander s appointment marks the first time a PR pro has
led the firm. The Orginial Media Group, a New York-based firm, is handling PR for an integrated campaign for Chock full o'Nuts Coffee in New York. The work coincides with the release of a dark roast coffee, New York Roast, and a new look for its coffee shops and packaging. BBDO Chicago is handling ad work. BRIEFS: FRB|Weber Shandwick has returned to its original name, The Financial Relations Board. Management and ownership remain the same. The firm was originally founded in 1965 by Ted Pincus... ...John Echeveste, partner, Valencia, Perez & Echeveste, has been elected president of the PR Global Network, a group of 25 independent firms... ...Peter Webb PR was named one of Denver's best small companies to work for by the Denver Business Journal, the only PR firm to earn that distinction... ...Ad/PR firm Lang/Durham has relocated to 11 Talcott Notch rd., Farmington, CT 06032. New phone: 860/677-8885... ...Fyock & Assocs., a Winston-Salem, N.C.-based firm which has been operating as Red Chair the past year, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The Business Journal reported the 15-year-old firm had liabilities totaling $1.8 million. |
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