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Penn, Schoen & Berland still owed from Clinton campaign

Posted April 16, 2009

As Hillary Clinton, now Secretary of State, works to clear the debt from her presidential bid, it appears that Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, the WPP polling firmfounded by Mark Penn, is the only remaining creditor.

It is owed $2.3 million, down from $5.4 million as reported at the end of 2008.

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Tags:Hillary Clinton, Mark Penn, Penn Schoen & Berland Associates, Secretary of State

Posted April 10, 2009

Who’s winning on Twitter in the political sphere? Left or right? One blogger on the right’s use of to build a conservative movement on the microblogging site.

Much of the chatter in the media has been that the left, via its awe-inspiring, marathon-length successful campaign for Barack Obama has spawned the first tech presidency. But Blog P.I.’s William Beutler of New Media Strategies argues the right is harnessing at least one channel better - Twitter.

These new conservative projects are often built around Twitter itself. Sometimes this results in really annoying tweets, but at this point the right is doing more interesting things in this space.

Thoughts from others? From TweetLeft?

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Tags:Obama,

House passes digital TV delay

Posted February 4, 2009

The House of Representatives on February 4 to delay the turn-off deadline for traditional analog broadcast signals to June 12, following Senate of the action last week. President Barack Obama has indicated support for a delay.

The action follows the House’s failure to pass a delay bill with a two-thirds majority last week. This time it needed only a simple majority to do so. Obama is expected to sign the bill.

However, the new transition date is not so simple. Broadcasters have until June 12 to drop their analog signals, but they can do so before then if they choose to, according to The Washington Post. The outlet also reported that 143 broadcasters have already terminated their analog signals, and 60 more will do so before February 17.

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Tags:House of Representatives, President Obama, The Washington Post

US House vote on digital delay could come this week

Posted January 27, 2009

If the US Senate is any indication, it’s a good bet that groups will get a few additional months to conduct consumer outreach about the national broadcasting switch to a digital format.

The Senate unanimously voted for delaying the transition from February 17 to June 12 on January 26. The House of Representatives is expected to take up the matter on January 27 or 28. President Barack Obama supports a delay.

The tally will likely not be unanimous, however. Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) that he will oppose the measure because it would confuse consumers and burden wireless companies and public safety agencies.

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Tags:Barack Obama, Joe Barton, US House, US Senate

Obama’s e-mail list finds home with DNC

Posted January 26, 2009

Many have speculated on how the Obama administration would leverage its massive e-mail list - some 13 million, NPR says - of supporters and donors. It seems, for now, that valuable contact information will be placed under a new group called Organizing for America, which will work in partnership with the DNC.

A story by The New York Times today, says the  organizers “envision an army of supporters talking, sending e-mail and texting to friends and neighbors as they try to mold public opinion.”

Campaign manager for Obama’s presidential bid, David Plouffe, announced on Friday that Mitch Stewart, who is the former Indiana and Virginia state director for the Obama campaign, will lead the new group.

The new effort is getting some criticism for its partisan roots.

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Tags:Obama, Washington

DKC running communications for Huffington Post ball

Posted January 16, 2009

DKC is handling PR and logistics for the Huffington Post’s Preinagural Ball, taking place the night of January 19 at the Newseum in Washington. The agency is conducting outreach to titles across a broad spectrum of media to promote pre-, post-, and during-event coverage of the ball, which boasts a celebrity guest list ranging from Steven Spielberg to Ashton Kutcher, said Matthew Traub, chief of staff and MD at DKC. The event itself features a broad range of new media components, as well as a theme of encouraging public service, Traub told PRWeek.

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Tags:Ashton Kutcher, DKC, Huffington Post, Matthew Traub, Steven Spielberg

‘Chicago Tribune’ pitches trades, local media about new daily tabloid

Posted January 15, 2009

The Chicago Tribune’s internal PR staff is conducting media outreach this week and the next for the launch of a tabloid-size commuter edition that will go on sale January 19, Michael Dizon, the newspaper’s communications manager, told PRWeek. The primary target of the outreach effort is regional media, but the newspaper’s PR staff is also pitching national general interest publications and media trade publications. Home subscribers will continue to receive the Tribune’s broadsheet edition.

The edition’s launch was timed to coincide with the January 20 inauguration of President-elect and Chicago resident Barack Obama, said Dizon. “The reason why we are launching it when we are is because it will be quite an eventful week,” he said.

The Tribune, whose parent company of the same name filed for bankruptcy last month, will still distribute the free tabloid daily Red Eye, Dizon added.

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Health groups form FDA Commissioner Coalition

Posted December 18, 2008

Health groups, some supported by pharmaceutical companies, are concerns about the appointment of the next FDA commissioner.

The FDA Commissioner Coalition sent a letter to Tom Daschle, the new Health and Human Services Secretary who will pick Andy von Eschenbach’s successor, urging him to choose someone who is familiar with the drug industry.

Groups involved with the coalition include the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Friends of Cancer Research, the Men’s Health Network, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

The letter comes after some members of Congress requested that the FDA be staffed with agency outsiders and industry critics.

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Behind the McCain campaign

Posted December 3, 2008

For an upcoming JQA, I spoke with Katie Connolly, a political correspondent for . Connolly was granted behind-the-scenes access to the McCain campaign under the agreement that none of the reporting would be published until after Election Day. One question not included in the printed interview was, how did the McCain camp handle the final weeks of the campaign?

Connolly replied: “After the financial collapse in September, senior advisers knew the outlook was grim, but they continued to believe there was a path to victory, however slim. They decided not to tell McCain that he would likely lose while they believed his candidacy still ‘had a pulse,’ as one adviser put it.

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More World AIDS Day events

Posted December 1, 2008

There are so many events and activities for World AIDS Day than I wasn’t able to fit them all in my article from the December 1 issue of PRWeek.

Day With(out) Art is one campaign from Visual Arts, which increases awareness of AIDS through visual arts. Positively Aware magazine released a special World AIDS Day issue, which highlights individuals who are making a difference in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

Meanwhile, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band is performing its “A Family Outing” concert on December 1 in honor of World AIDS Day, in addition to its fall concert on December 6. Also, look for blogs discussing HIV/AIDS on December 1 as part of a Blog Catalog event with AIDS.gov.

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