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The [[Los Angeles|City of Los Angeles]] sued FleishmanHillard and the general manager of its Los Angeles office in 2005 for defrauding the city and padding its bills, including falsifying timesheets, when FleishmanHillard did work for its Department of Water and Power programs from 1998 to 2004. In April 2005, FleishmanHillard issued a public apology and paid a $5.7 million settlement to the city.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://articles.latimes.com/2005/apr/20/local/me-fleishman20 | title= PR Firm Settles DWP Billing Suit for $5.7 Million| first=Patrick | last=McGreevy | date=April 20, 2005 | work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jan/14/local/me-indict14| title= PR Executive Indicted in 'Pay to Play' Probe| first1=Ralph | last1=Frammolino | first2=Ted | last2=Rohrlich | work=Los Angeles Times | date=January 14, 2005}}</ref> |
The [[Los Angeles|City of Los Angeles]] sued FleishmanHillard and the general manager of its Los Angeles office in 2005 for defrauding the city and padding its bills, including falsifying timesheets, when FleishmanHillard did work for its Department of Water and Power programs from 1998 to 2004. In April 2005, FleishmanHillard issued a public apology and paid a $5.7 million settlement to the city.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://articles.latimes.com/2005/apr/20/local/me-fleishman20 | title= PR Firm Settles DWP Billing Suit for $5.7 Million| first=Patrick | last=McGreevy | date=April 20, 2005 | work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jan/14/local/me-indict14| title= PR Executive Indicted in 'Pay to Play' Probe| first1=Ralph | last1=Frammolino | first2=Ted | last2=Rohrlich | work=Los Angeles Times | date=January 14, 2005}}</ref> |
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In April 2005, Kevin Maguire wrote of FleishmanHillard distributing a glossy brochure to their clients sketching the likely changes that could be expected under a Labour government led by [[Gordon Brown]]. "Warning multinational bosses that the next Labour premier's philosophy is built on - wait for it - equity, the booklet predicts Brown will centralise power around himself," Maguire wrote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200504180015 |title=The insider - Kevin Maguire on election brochures and butties |publisher=New Statesman |date=2005-04-18 |accessdate=2010-08-07}}</ref> |
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== Service brands == |
== Service brands == |
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Public relations |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Founder | Alfred Fleishman and Robert E. Hillard |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Dave Senay (President and CEO) |
| Parent | Omnicom Group |
| Website | fleishmanhillard |
FleishmanHillard is a St. Louis, Missouri-based public relations and marketing agency. It is a part of Omnicom Group Inc.
History
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The company was founded in 1946, in St. Louis, Missouri by Alfred Fleishman and Bob Hillard.[1] Then for more than twenty years their customer base was largely limited to regional clients.[1] The company was acquired by Omnicom Group in 1997.[citation needed] and hence operating under DAS (Diversfied Agency Services) division.
In 1994, FleishmanHillard expanded its operation to Asia Pacific region with the office in Beijing, China established.[2]
In May 2013, the company rebranded its name to FleishmanHillard and launched the slogan of "the Power of True".[3]
Till Aug 2013, the company has 111 offices in 29 countries across the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East, Africa.[4]
Services
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As of 2004, FleishmanHillard was ranked as having the best reputation among the PR field by the Impulse Research Survey for twelve years in a row. The firm has been awarded 87 Silver Anvil from the PRSA award program.
Notable work
According to the U.S. House Committee on Government Reform Minority Office, FleishmanHillard received more than $8 million in federal contracts in 2004, up from $39,000 in 1998, but down from $23 million in 2002.[5] The firm's federal work has included the Social Security Administration, on the “Ticket to Work” program for disabled and blind Social Security recipients and the Department of Defense, to introduce “managed care” to 8.3 million current and former employees, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy, to advocate for the dangers of marijuana.
In August 2004, PR Week reported that the Chicago office of F-H were advising PepsiCo with a campaign to respond to concern about rising levels of obesity. The campaign was promoting the company's "Smart Spot" on a range of products which it claims contribute to a healthy lifestyle.[6]
In May 2004, San Francisco Chronicle reporter David Lazarus interviewed an SBC spokesperson that defended their heavy use of outside contractors and it turned out the spokesperson was themself a contractor and that many SBC executives were actually FleishmanHillard employees.[7]
The City of Los Angeles sued FleishmanHillard and the general manager of its Los Angeles office in 2005 for defrauding the city and padding its bills, including falsifying timesheets, when FleishmanHillard did work for its Department of Water and Power programs from 1998 to 2004. In April 2005, FleishmanHillard issued a public apology and paid a $5.7 million settlement to the city.[8][9]
Service brands
- VOX Global
- Togorun, a global healthcare communications agency
- GMMB
- BlueCurrent Group
External links
References
- ^ a b "FleishmanHillard Milestones". FleishmanHillard. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
- ^ "Agency Report: Fleishman-Hillard". The Holmes Report. 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- ^ Elliott, Stuart (April 29, 2013). "The New Look of Public Relations". The New York Times.
- ^ "FleishmanHillard Offices". FleishmanHillard. N/A. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
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- ^ Lazarus, David (May 5, 2004). "Union, SBC talks resume". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ McGreevy, Patrick (April 20, 2005). "PR Firm Settles DWP Billing Suit for $5.7 Million". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Frammolino, Ralph; Rohrlich, Ted (January 14, 2005). "PR Executive Indicted in 'Pay to Play' Probe". Los Angeles Times.