Edelman PR

Mediacontact.ie reports that the Gazette Group is planning to start another two regional titles. It will launch two new papers, the Swords Gazette and the Malahide Gazette, into an already competitive marketplace in North County Dublin with the likes of the Finagl Independent and the North County Leader firmly established. The region, particularly Swords, has seen a huge population growth over the past couple of years. Cian Ginty points out that the Group’s website reports that it is expanding to eight titles over the next four months.

Our colleagues in the US created a Facebook application for Brita’s FilterForGood campaign. The FilterForGood campaign is trying to encourage consumers to take up a simple commitment to reduce their personal waste by giving up bottled water. The Facebook application is designed to extend the pledge onto social networks by getting Facebook users to promise to save a certain number of bottles each day and invite their friends to do the same. A counter on each user’s profile tallies the total number of bottles they’ve helped save.

Technorati Tags: Edelman, Facebook, PR, Public Relations

movies beast bilaramovies body inflationfuckfest college moviescum moviemovie big jugs freeporn gay movie freeteen movie free of kellynaked movie stars free Map

The Irish Times has announced a number of editorial changes in advance of the newspaper’s 150th anniversary on March 29th, 2009.

• On Mondays, the Irish Times will publish a new supplement Gallery, an image magazine. Gallery will be edited by Pictures Editor Peter Thursfield.
• On Tuesday, the Health Supplement which will also include a new four-page Parenting section and put a greater emphasis on personal health experiences and lifestyle issues as well as covering health as before. HEALTHplus, edited by Barry O’Keeffe, will be presented in a 20-page compact format.
• A new 12-page Sports supplement in broadsheet format will be published with a particular emphasis on schools’ sports for girls and boys. It will be edited by Sports Editor Malachy Logan.
• The Motors supplement will change from an eight-page broadsheet to a 16-page compact, covering motoring news, reviews and developments.
• On Saturdays, a new 24-page travel supplement will be published. It will be edited by Miriam Donohoe.
• In addition there will be an extra Opinion page from Monday to Friday.

Technorati Tags: Edelman, Irish Times, PR, Public Relations

Government Ministers and the HSE are boycotting national radio station, Newstalk, after the station rang a number of civil servants live on air. In their report on the boycott, the Irish Independent quotes a HSE spokesperson:

“They seem to think the gimmick of putting young clerical staff on the phone is ok, but it’s very unfair. They are off our press lists and we are not answering their queries. This is being done with regret…The lack of respect for the privacy of ordinary, individual staff members, who are placed live on air without their prior knowledge or consent, means that we can no longer have confidence that your organisation will treat our contributors or responses with impartiality or fairness”

In response, the presenter of the show at the heart of the disagreement, Brenda Power, offered her view on the Government and HSE’s decision:

“It has an obligation to be accountable and no right to use press officers as firewalls. This is bullying. We will absolutely not stop what we’re doing….We’re not making hoax calls, but calls on behalf of people who are getting the run around. We’ve been fobbed off for years.”

There is an interesting independent viewpoint on the standoff in the Irish blogoshere, 0 2 = 1 pointed out reports in the Phoenix that the station was close to being blacklisted and criticised the station for what he deems as NewsTalk’s tabloid leaning.

“Normally I am cynical when a state body refuses to comment on something, but there is a difference between being allowed to comment, and being ambushed live on air with highly detailed issues related to a single case. The other prevailing line in the advertising for Powers program is her promise to put your questions to Mary Harney. Are people really naive enough to believe that Newstalk is willing to put these questions for any reason other than to increasing ratings?”

Social networking site Facebook has seen a decline in UK users in January (via BBC)

RTE reports on the latest ABC figures for Irish newspapers. The Irish Times and the Sunday World have the biggest gains. For a full synopsis read the RTE report.

There is an interesting report in the Irish Times (subscription required) that “the latest Joint National Listenership Research report for January to December 2007 found that, among 15 to 34 year olds in Dublin, most music stations lost listeners.” However the report points out a number of stations that bucked the trend, Spin 103.8, Today FM, Lyric Fm and Newstalk, all of which have been able to differentiate themselves from other mainstream stations.

RTE has won the rights to be the main media partner of the GAA. With the exception of a 10-game package which has been awarded to TV3, RTE won live television rights for all the GAA’s Championship games. The Irish Times reports:

The TV3 package gives the station rights to transmit 10 live games exclusive of RTE’s first choice selection of twenty games. RTE have rights to transmit forty live games.Live rights to the Allianz National Leagues and Club/Cup Championships have been awarded to TG4 and Setanta Sports respectively. TG4 will have the rights to Sunday afternoon League games and Club and Colleges games. Setanta will transmit floodlit games on Saturday evenings and four Sunday afternoon League games. A range of highlight packages were awarded to RTE, TG4, Setanta Sportsand the BBC, while a “Clips” highlights package has been awarded to UTV. BBC Northern Ireland will have the right to access any Ulster Championship games which are broadcast live by RTE. On the radio front RTE gains exclusive live national broadcasting rights and Today FM secured “score” update rights.

The Sunday Independent however questions the deal as RTE is set to be revealed as one of the sponsors of the Hurling championship. The GAA, who are in the process of changing their sponsorship setup similar to a UEFA Champions League setup, are reportedly set to announce RTE, Guinness and Ehiad Airlines as the Hurling sponsors, with Vodafone, Ulster Bank and Toyota to line up as the Football sponsors. This would mean that Bank of Ireland are set not to renew their sponsorship of the Football championship.

RTE reports that foreign brands are extremely popular in China, with Chanel, BMW and French wines among the preferred choices for affluent consumers in China.

Technorati Tags: Edelman, PR, Public Relations

credit loan adverse personal unsecured cheapcredit money loan adverse unsecured personalwoman loan small business affiliatecan i much afford loancredit bankruptcy mobile home loan afterobtaining loan after personal bankruptcyafter bankruptcy loan unsecured moneycertified loan signing agent Map

Edelman has launched a new report report, “Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Communications: Who’s Listening? Who’s Leading? What Matters Most?” which is available to download here.

Corporate responsibility is now on the agenda for most businesses whether it’s climate change, human rights, corporate governance or public health issues, there are a variety of issues that are relevant to every organisation across the globe.

This paper is designed to discuss what these issues mean from a communications perspective and we believe that this report provides practical and actionable guidance for communicators.

Technorati Tags: Edelman, PR, Public Relations

Constantin Gurdgiev is to take up a full time position as Director of Research with NCB and will therefore resign from his executive editor position with Business & Finance from early March.

However, Constantin has accepted an invitation to join the board of Business & Finance in a non-executive Director position and in so doing will remain as an editorial advisor and contributor to Business & Finance publications and it’s other media activities.

In addition - John Walsh has been appointed executive editor of Business & Finance. John has been Deputy Editor of Business & Finance since 2006. Previous to Business & Finance spent seven years in London working as a senior journalist with Incisive Media, Bridge/Reuters. He was a regular contributor to BBC TV and radio on national and international business matters.

Technorati Tags: Edelman, PR, Public Relations

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for the erection of six advertising hoardings in central Dublin, part of the deal will see advertising company JC Decaux provide 450 bicycles for Dublin City Council in exchange. RTE reports on the reaction to the decision.

Today FM’s The Last Word programme has become the most listened to drivetime programme in Ireland according to the latest JNLR figures. Ian Dempsey on Today FM remained at number 1 for the breakfast slot with 243,000 listeners. RTE Radio One had the most market share with 21.6 per cent up slightly by 0.4 per cent. FM 104 remains top in Dublin’s local stations with a market share of 12.4 per cent. The top five local radio stations outside Dublin for market share were: Highland Radio, Mid West Radio, Shannonside/Northern Sound, Tipp FM and WLR in Waterford. For a more complete synopsis read the Irish Times recap or here is the full report.

The Sunday Independent speculates that NewsTalk’s move to supply content to iRadio 102-104FM is the first salvo in a bid to dislodge Independent Network News (INN) as the main provider of news copy for regional radio stations.

RTE is launching a new show aimed at 16-25 year olds. The Once A Week Show will air every Saturday on RTE TWO from 11am.

Technorati Tags: Edelman, PR, Public Relations

Edelman also helped eircom Phonewatch launch the latest update of the eircom PhoneWatch Burglary Report with coverage appearing in the Irish Sun, Irish Daily Star, Irish Examiner and Herald AM and interviews on TV3’s Ireland AM, NewsTalk 106’s The Right Hook, Today FM’s The Last Word, 2FM, Q102, INN, FM104, and Spin 103.8.

The update reported that February is the most targeted month for burglaries in Ireland - with 10.5% occurring during this shortest of months, some 36% above the average for the year. Other key findings from the 2007 Burglary Report include:
· The 2007 eircom PhoneWatch Burglary Report revealed a 17% increase in burglaries nationwide – June 2006 and June 2007
· The winter months remain the most active for burglars, the report indicates that February was the most targeted month (10.5%) compared
with October last year
· Kildare is the most burgled county outside of Dublin, accounting for 6.4% of all burglaries outside the Dublin area
· €86m worth of goods was stolen from homes nationwide – representing a 25% increase on last year’s figures

Technorati Tags: Edelman, PR, Public Relations

Earlier this week Edelman helped National Irish Bank to launch its new wealth report, ‘The Emerald Isle – The Wealth of Modern Ireland’, which shows that household wealth in Ireland will surpass €1 Trillion in 2008. The report garnered widespread coverage in the Irish Times, Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Daily Star, Metro, Herald AM, RTE, TV3, 2FM and a number of regional radio stations.

Photo credit - Maxwells Photography

Here are some of the key highlights of the report:
 
• More Luxury Private Jets Bought in Ireland in recent years than any other European Country
• More Mercedes cars per head in Ireland than in their native Germany
• Purchasing Wine, Art and Ranches are now Lifestyle Choices
• Excluding household debt, net wealth per household is €547,000
 
According to Garvan Callan, Head of Wealth Management at National Irish Bank, “You only have to look at the changes in lifestyle to gauge the amount of wealth that now exists.  Take travel, for example.  Irish people are spending more money on holidays than ever before and are choosing ever more exotic locations.  Since 2000, luxury brand Jaguar has increased its market share by one-third, and that of Mercedes by a half, while Porsche’s market share has tripled.”
 
Garvan Callan continued, “There’s a lot of doom and gloom out there at the moment, but if Irish consumers are feeling gloomy, they have a strange way of showing it.  Some are gloomy on the way to Brown Thomas – retail sales in 2007 were very strong.  Others are gloomy on the way to the airport – Irish people had 800,000 more trips abroad in 2007 than in 2006.  Some are terribly glum as they test drive the latest car – a recent National Irish Bank survey suggested that 60% of respondents were considering buying a car in 2008.  In January, Mercedes dealers had a big jump in sales compared to the same month last year.  There are more Mercedes per capita in Ireland than in their native Germany.”
 
National Irish Bank’s rapidly expanding team of Financial Planning Managers work closely with customers to prioritise their financial needs and prepare tailored solutions, based on the Bank’s specialist model.  This model focuses on protecting, generating and growing wealth both in terms of the customers own lifetime, as well as for their next generation.

Technorati Tags: Edelman, PR, Public Relations

The Irish Blog Awards shortlist has been announced. Edelman Dublin is the sponsor of the best newcomer blog category. This year’s nominees are:

• K8 the GR8
• Blog the Bog
• Irish Taxi
• 73man
• nickhereandnow
• Midget Wrangler
• A Pint of Unionist Lite
• Coffee Helps
• The Friendly Farmer
• John Braine
• All Parts Included
• One for the road

Edelman Dublin blogger, Piaras Kelly, has also been shortlisted for best specialist blog.

The Irish Times has reported (subscription required) that the newly established Press Ombudsman has received 30 complaints in its first month of operation.

The Irish Independent has moved into the online dating space in a bid to drive online traffic and revenues (via Silicon Republic.)

The Sunday Business Post reports that “RTE is poised to secure all four of the remaining GAA television broadcasting rights packages, after fending off competition from commercial rivals TV3 and Setanta.”

It has also emerged today that Setanta Sports is reportedly “at the centre of takeover speculation following reports of a bid of more than €1.3 billion for the company.” (via RTE)

Technorati Tags: Edelman, PR, Public Relations

Adrian Conache and Brian Jemuel Pangan from Scoil Chaitriona National School pictured at the launch of the Awards of Science Excellence. The awards acknowledge the efforts of primary school children and teachers, who have shown an increased knowledge of science and its many applications as a result of participation in the Discover Primary Science (DPS) programme. Coverage of the launch appeared on the front coverage of Herald AM and in the Irish Independent.

Photo credit - Mark Stedman from Photocall Ireland

Technorati Tags: Edelman, PR, Public Relations

Take That opened the floodgates when four of the five original members got back together. A new album, sellout concert door and M&S advertising deal later and there are a host of boy and girl bands back on the scene, with more scheduled to make their comebacks later this year. However, with the exception of the Spice Girls all the other groups have dropped out of the limelight just as quickly as they announced their return. 5ive and East 17 seem to be coming to a pub near you soon…

When Perez Hilton brought Atomic Kitten’s comeback to our attention it was blindingly obvious that this is one trend that is tired. So will Irish boyband Boyzone flop or top the charts when they return.

For everyone else who can’t remember who Atomic Kitten are, have a look at their comeback single on YouTube:

Technorati Tags: Edelman

bird abi loan vcamerican 1st home loans danielsonpayment loan calculate algebraacs collegeloanloans 300.00 paydayloan payday $2000.00loan accrural calculatoraitech loansloan aleishasan antonio americus loans home

Last week the IE Domain Registrar announced that it was reducing its charges by 5.8%. The news was relevant to one of our clients, register365 (a division of hosting365.) By keeping track of the news agenda, we were able to comment on the IE Domain Registrar’s announcement thus securing coverage for our client in the process.

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. With an RSS Reader you can effectively subscribe to various sites. When the sites are updated with new stories, the content is sent to your RSS reader. Think of it as an email account where all your favourite websites send you updates as they happen. As a result you can keep track of what is happening in the world at large with ease.

It affords PR practitioners the opportunity to keep track of the news agenda, spotting potential opportunities or issues for clients when they happen.

Technorati Tags: Edelman Trust Barometer, PR, Public Relations, RSS

RTE business reports that “a consortium including the Irish Times and Thomas Crosbie Holdings has won the licence for a new music radio station aimed at people aged over 45….The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland has awarded the group a 10-year licence to operate the service in the Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick city and county areas and County Clare. 4FM says it plans to invest €9m in the station, which it hopes to have on air by October. It will employ 47 staff and is aiming for a 5.7% share of the market in its first year.“

A new monthly music magazine, State, is set to launch on March 6. The magazine’s webste is already live and is popular Irish music blogger, Nialler9, is the site’s online editor.

Cian Ginty highlights an Irish Times article (subscription required) “that the Irish Health and Safety Authority and gardai have told Dublin newspaper publishers to stop distributing at road junctions in the city. Freesheets Metro and Herald AM as well as the Evening Herald are affected. Last June the Evening Herald featured a story which announced that people moving between stopped traffic could be a hazard. That story was referring to window screen washers, but it now seams the HSA think newspaper sellers and distributes are also in danger, while the police are also concerned at any possible affect on traffic movement.“

Technorati Tags: Edelman, PR, Public Relations