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Ketchum Inc.


Self Description

August 2007: "A communications innovator, Ketchum ranks among the largest global public relations agencies, operating in more than 50 countries. With five global practices – Brand Marketing, Corporate, Healthcare, Food and Nutrition, and Technology – and specialty areas that include Concentric Communications (experiential marketing, events and meetings), Ketchum Entertainment Marketing, Ketchum Global Research, Ketchum Sports Network, Stromberg Consulting (change management and workplace communications) and The Washington Group (lobbying and government relations), Ketchum leverages its marketing and corporate communications expertise to build brands and reputations for clients. For more information on Ketchum, a unit of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE:OMC)..."

http://www.ketchum.com/node/1012

January 2005: "Ketchum is one of the world's leading public relations agencies. Through its network of offices, Ketchum delivers innovations that help clients across all industries quickly realize their communications goals.

With more than 1,100 people, Ketchum can swiftly mobilize its global resources to produce meaningful results for clients. Founded in 1923, Ketchum is a full-service communications company whose services include a network of global practices -- Brand Marketing, Corporate, Food & Nutrition, Healthcare and Technology."

Third-Party Descriptions

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Owned by (partial or full, past or present) Omnicom Group Organization Sep 26, 2007
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Zocalo Group Organization Mar 29, 2010
Organization Executive (past or present) Rep. Susan Molinari Person Sep 26, 2007

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Jan 31, 2005 Law Cautions Against Outside PR Spending -- Sort Of: Rarely Applied Provision Has Been Interpreted in a Way That Condones Many Agency Public Relations Efforts

QUOTE: The outcry over the Education Department contract -- coming on the heels of the CMS flap and a similar violation involving prepackaged news reports at the Office of National Drug Control Policy -- has stoked interest in Congress for reviewing all federal agencies' PR efforts.

 Washington Post
Jan 08, 2005 Administration Paid Commentator: Education Dept. Used Williams to Promote 'No Child' Law

QUOTE: The Education Department paid commentator Armstrong Williams $241,000 to help promote President Bush's No Child Left Behind law on the air, an arrangement that Williams acknowledged yesterday involved "bad judgment" on his part.

 Washington Post