
NEW YORK: Critical Media named Steve Shannon VP of sales and marketing and Andrew Koeck as director of strategic partnerships in the company's Critical Mention division.

WASHINGTON: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) promoted Howard Gantman to VP of corporate communications.

NEW YORK: Pfizer named AnnaMaria DeSalva the VP of worldwide communications for research, science, and technology.

RALEIGH, NC: The Catevo Group, a PR, marketing, and interactive services firm, is closing as of November 13, laying off all 25 full-time employees.

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NEW YORK: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) launched the second year of its Veterans Day PSA campaign with the Ad Council, focusing on a new message and more interaction.

LOS ANGELES: Betawave has hired Stephanie Yang, former communications manager at MySpace, as PR director.

NEW YORK: The Center for Reproductive Rights plans to open a Washington office November 16, led by Laura MacCleery, director of government relations and communications.

PRWeek US Aw, PRWeek got Gawker love on Friday:
Magazine for Flacks Commends the New York Times for Being So Nice to Flacks - New York Times - Gawke
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PR Week, a trade journal for and about flacks, has come to the defense of the New York Times after we published a batch of emails showing how deferential some Times reporters were to flacks. Imagine that!

CINCINNATI: Procter & Gamble has launched an online soap opera to promote its Cheer laundry detergent.

CHICAGO: InterCall, a Web conferencing provider, has enlisted Ogilvy PR as its AOR to raise its profile among a range of b-to-b audiences.

More than two dozen M&A; deals have taken place between US PR firms since the beginning of the year, with more than half of those occurring from June on.

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