Oct 21, 2011 9:17 PM

GramercyOne in TechCrunch

Affirming its position as the market leader in cloud-based business and marketing solutions for companies of all sizes, GramercyOne this week closed $14.5 million in Series A funding. Steve Case’s Revolution Ventures led the investment round, with Grotech Ventures, TDF, and Jubilee Investments.

PKPR placed an exclusive story with TechCrunch. Other coverage of the announcement included Dow Jones VentureWire, TheStreet, Xconomy, Fortune.com Term Sheet, Tnooz.com, NYConvergence, and Spa Opportunities. 

Permalink | Posted on Oct 21, 2011 at 9:17 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk
Client: GramercyOne

Oct 13, 2011 11:47 AM

STELLAService in Real Simple

PKPR secured a perfect placement for STELLAService in the November issue of Real Simple (circulation 1.9 million). For a seven-page feature on Shopping Smart, Real Simple created the special graphic above to illustrate STELLAService’s research on the retailers with the fastest phone support. 

Permalink | Posted on Oct 13, 2011 at 11:47 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk
Client: STELLAService

Oct 03, 2011 10:28 PM

zozi.com in Cosmopolitan

PKPR placed a great item on zozi in the October issue of Cosmopolitan (circulation: 3 million), which highlighted the site as “a Groupon for adrenaline junkies.”

Permalink | Posted on Oct 03, 2011 at 10:28 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk
Client: zozi.com

Sep 28, 2011 11:25 AM

Lee, Rideau Win 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation this week announced that The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee and In The Place Of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance by Wilbert Rideau are the winners of the 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for fiction and nonfiction, respectively. Organizers also announced this year’s runners-up: Beneath the Lion’s Gaze by Maaza Mengiste and The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson.

PKPR announced the winners in an exclusive in The New York Times and placed an AP story which was published in dozens of outlets including ABCNews.com, Yahoo! News, and Washington Post

Other coverage highlights included USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Mediabistro, and Poets & Writers. 

Permalink | Posted on Sep 28, 2011 at 11:25 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk
Client: Dayton Literary Peace Prize

Sep 23, 2011 9:38 PM

Slavery Footprint Launches at Clinton Global Initiative

If you are reading this on a smart phone or laptop, you have at have at least three slaves working for you, according to Slavery Footprint.

Aiming to personalize the complex issue of modern slavery, the provocative website and app provides consumers with an eye-opening assessment of how much their lifestyle depends on forced labor, as well as the tools to take action in the marketplace to begin creating a more free world.

PKPR is proud to be representing this groundbreaking initiative which was developed by Slavery Footprint, a non-profit dedicated to ending modern day slavery, in collaboration with the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.

PKPR developed and implemented a comprehensive strategy for the launch of the initiative, which was unveiled on the 149th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City this week.  We placed major launch day stories in outlets such as CNN Money (shared more than 2000 times on Facebook and Twitter), Fast Company, and Voice of America.  Other launch coverage highlights included The New York Times, Huffington Post, Wired, GOOD, and Mother Nature News.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 23, 2011 at 9:38 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk
Client: Slavery Footprint