Valley PR Blog

Mittelsteadt moving to McMurry

By Charlotte Shaff on August 25th, 2008 In Agencies

 Sam Mittelsteadt, Lifestyle Editor at the East Valley Tribune is moving on.

After 11 years (and 5 different jobs!) at the East Valley/Scottsdale Tribune, I’ve resigned to take a position as a senior editor at McMurry, a custom publishing company that produces magazines for clients including the CBS Network, The Ritz-Carlton hotel chain and Amtrak.  My last [...]

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WaPo goes live on the web from Denver

By Len Gutman on August 25th, 2008 In Media

The Washington Post is producing live Web video from the Democratic convention beginning today. The coverage from the convention will be anchored by The Washington Post and Newsweek’s political teams, including Chris Cillizza, Jon Meacham, Michael Isikoff, Howard Kurtz and Dana Milbank. Live broadcasts will be from 4-6 p.m. and 7-11 p.m. ET Monday-Thursday.
This might [...]

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Good grammar a crime in Arizona

By Len Gutman on August 22nd, 2008 In Hype!

Talk about a victimless crime! Jeff Michael Deck of Somerville, Mass. and Benjamin Douglas Herson of Virginia Beach, Va. have apparently been going around the country correcting grammar and typos on public signs. I love it.
The typo vigilantes were arrested in Arizona after “fixing” a sign at the Grand Canyon. The dynamic duo are now [...]

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Allison promotes Collins to Asst. AE

By Dan Wool on August 20th, 2008 In Agencies

Allison & Partners has promoted Laura Collins to assistant account executive. In her new position, Collins will play a more active role in all aspects of client relations and strategic planning.
Collins began working at the Phoenix office in April 2007. She has assisted in training new hires, actively participates in media communications and has helped [...]

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PR and the VP

By Charlotte Shaff on August 20th, 2008 In Social Media

Want to know who Barack Obama will chose as his running mate? You won’t get the news by press release or press conference first. The first to know will get a text message.  This presidential election is making PR history with the way they spread the word.  And it is not just Obama who is on [...]

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News needs to be actual news

By Dan Wool on August 19th, 2008 In Advice

As I mentioned last week, we’re getting a lot of irrelevant pitches to the blog. Perhaps most frustrating is that many of the press releases we receive aren’t even news to begin with.
That’s been a little hard to understand. News has been around since another caveman saw Grog bonk Sheena over the head [...]

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