There's really nothing that exceptional about this article by Michael Howard Saul and Randall Smith regarding Citigroup hiring a new global head of PR, except that it ran on C3 of today's Wall Street Journal above the fold.
I like to note evidence that the practice of PR and communications has moved to center stage in business and this is that.
Also, if I'd know that fiercely protecting your clients by cursing at reporters was a way to fame and glory in this profession, I would have started doing it a long time ago.
Mr. Skyler, recruited by the city Parks Department from the University of Pennsylvania, was just 28 when the mayor made him his press secretary. In that job, he fiercely protected Mr. Bloomberg's image, flashing anger and unleashing expletives at reporters.
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