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DFW decision pending

Posted April 15, 2009

On March 17, we announced that Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport had issued an RFP that closed in early April. The decision is still pending with Brian Murnahan, DFW’s media relations specialist, saying that the announcement will be made at a company board meeting in either May or June. More to come…

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DCI president proposes Idaho partnership

Posted February 5, 2009

Andy Levine, president and chief creative officer at Development Counsellors International, made an unusual proposal last week, after his agency was told that the state of Idaho would withdraw a contract offer to the firm.

DCI an RFP for economic development and tourism communications with the Idaho Department of Commerce last week. However, Don Dietrich, the state commerce director, said shortly thereafter that it was inappropriate for the state to hire a non-Idaho firm. Idaho withdrew its letter of intent.

Levine, in a letter to the editor in the Idaho Business Review, proposed that Idaho partner DCI with an in-state firm, meaning that “activities that are more effectively done by an in-state firm will be managed locally.”

“Those better done by a firm with our specialization will be managed by DCI,” he continued.

Bibiana Nertney, administrator for marketing, communications, and research at the Idaho Commerce Department, said on January 29 that the state had not decided how to proceed with the selection process.

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Tags:Andy Levine, Bibiana Nertney, Development Counsellors International, Don Dietrich, Idaho, Idaho Business Review, Idaho Department of Commerce

US film incentives

Posted February 2, 2009

After writing the feature about how the Bahamas is working to attract the entertainment industry, I found this article interesting. It takes a specific look at Minnesota, which is also working to add incentives and get more movies to film there.

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Tags:Bahamas, entertainment industry, film incentives, Minnesota

User-generated content-heavy 8020 Media shuts down

Posted January 6, 2009

Magazines’ growing use of user-generated content caught our eye last May after Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel announced it would fill its June 2008 issue almost entirely with reader content.

Yet as it turns out, that may not be the best strategy for every issue. 8020 Media, the company that published JPG magazine, a title filled all issue, every issue with user-generated content, announced January 2 that it is closing up shop.

8020 CEO Mitchell Fox told employees last week that the publisher was “at the precipice of profitability,” but “negative marketplace forces are too strong to overcome,” according to a report on The New York Times Bits blog.

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Tags:8020 Media, JPG magazine, Mitchell Fox, The New York Times

Learning about film marketing in the Bahamas

Posted December 11, 2008

Last weekend, I was able to attend the opening weekend Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) in Nasasau, which ran December 4 to 11. After a sparsely-attended screening of Mariah Carey’s new movie Tennessee, I found everyone at the Versace Chopard Opening Night Party, held at the One & Only Ocean Club on Paradise Island. After brief remarks from Festival founder and executive director Leslie Vanderpool, a fashion show and fireworks took over the evening.  More events from BIFF after the jump.
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Tags:Bahamas International Film Festival, Ivo De Sanctis, Lagrant Communications, Magali Dubié, Rogers & Cowan, Steve Gaydos, Steven Beer, Weber Shandwick

Port of Los Angeles battles with American Trucking Association

Posted October 27, 2008

Tensions continue between the Port of Los Angeles and the American Trucking Association, which is challenging the Port’s Clean Truck Program. The Program, among other things, requires that all trucks coming into the Ports must be 1989 model year or later. The issue is if this regulation violates federal law that preempts state and local laws that impact motor carrier rates, routes, and services. The US Department of Justice filed an amicus brief in support of the American Trucking Association’s challenge earlier this week.

“Congress understood that motor carriers cannot efficiently compete if states and localities are free to impose burdensome regulatory regimes controlling their operations,” said Bill Graves, president and CEO of the ATA, in a statement. “And Congress also noted that when motor carriers compete efficiently, consumers benefit.”

The ATA is handling PR in-house, and is releasing statements, Op-Eds, and letters to the editor explaining its stance, Clayton Boyce, the VP of public affairs for the ATA, told PRWeek.

The Port released a statement on Tuesday that noted that the measures went into effect without incident and have seen a 95-97% compliance rate.

“The result has been an immediate reduction in pollution from older, dirty trucks operating in the Port area,” the statement noted.

The Rogers Group, the new PR agency for the Port, is supporting strategic communications for the Clean Trucks Program, while the Port’s in-house communications team is spearheading media relations.

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Former drug king gives back

Posted October 7, 2008

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LA has more train trouble

Posted September 22, 2008

A light rail train ran into a bus in downtown Los Angeles on Friday morning, the second accident involving public transportation in the city in a week. Fourteen people were injured, none seriously, including the operator of the train, the Associated Press .

“We had an out-of-service bus turn in front of the train,” Marc Littman, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), told the AP. “We don’t know who had the right of way.”

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Houston tourism group seeks to differentiate city from Galveston

Posted September 19, 2008

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Many cable TV viewers are familiar with scenes of destruction in Galveston, TX. For the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau, that’s a problem, as many Americans may get the impression that Houston is facing similar poor conditions.

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“We sent out this list complete with photos because people are seeing a lot of images of Galveston on TV, so we want to make sure people understand that Houston was not hit nearly as hard as Galveston, and [show that] these are our major institutions around the city and this is what they look like.”

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LA rail spokesperson steps down, WSJ reports

Posted September 15, 2008

A spokeswoman for Los Angeles’ commuter rail, Metrolink, has reportedly after issuing comments that the engineer of the train that crashed into a freight car last Friday, killing 25, failed to stop for a red light. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which has taken over the investigation, told the Metrolink Board that the comments were “premature” and ordered it to withhold further comments. 

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