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Business Wire’s 50th Anniversary College Contest Highlight: Jessica Funcannon or Lady Gaga?

Jessica Funcannon, a senior at Illinois State University studying Public Relations, is a living example of the future of communications.  How did she hear about Business Wire’s college contest?  By following and seeing a post on the contest by CEO of Lawrence Ragan Communications and one of the leading figures in the public relations industry Mark Ragan [...]

Business Wire’s 50th Anniversary College Contest Highlight: Zixiang “Max”Chen

Zixiang Chen or “Max” as his friends call him is one of the top ten finalists for Business Wire’s college video contest with the winner to receive a trip to New York city to meet Warren Buffett, chairman & CEO of Business Wire’s parent company, Berkshire Hathaway, at Business Wire’s NYSE Opening Bell luncheon on [...]

Business Wire’s 50th Anniversary College Contest Highlight: Robert Brown

It’s too bad we’re not having a contest for the most nicknames because our next finalist Robert Brown would take the prize. Robert Brown, also known as Bob, Bobby, Bobert, Beebs, and Bawb is one of our top ten college video finalists for Business Wire’s college video contest. In celebration for our 50th anniversary, one student [...]

Business Wire’s 50th Anniversary College Contest Highlight: Scott Berman

In less than six weeks, one lucky student will meet Warren Buffett, chairman & CEO of Business Wire’s parent company, Berkshire Hathaway, at Business Wire’s NYSE Opening Bell luncheon on September 30th, 2011.  Business Wire’s college video contest invited students to answer the question “What is the future of public relations and communications?” We’ve managed [...]

Warren Buffett Gives Advice to College Students Hoping to Win a Trip to Meet Him in New York

There’s still about a month to go in our 50th Anniversary College Video Contest and we’re still looking for entries! We’re sending one lucky student to New York City to meet Warren Buffett, chairman & CEO of Business Wire’s parent company, Berkshire Hathaway, at Business Wire’s NYSE Opening Bell luncheon on September 30. Full-time U.S. [...]

Business Wire CEO Cathy Baron Tamraz Talks Women CEOs, Warren Buffett and 50 Years of Trust on Fox Business

Business Wire Chairman and CEO Cathy Baron Tamraz talks about women CEOs, working hard, and the secret to Business Wire’s 50 years of success with Fox Business News.

April in Omaha: My Invitation to 2011 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting

by Deb Subia, Editorial Process Development Manager, Business Wire A dozen lucky Business Wire employees from several U.S. bureaus and London joined CEO Cathy Baron Tamraz in Omaha for the 2011 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting.  I was thrilled to be one of them. Never having been, I was anxious to attend the meeting – okay, [...]

Get Your Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting Souvenir Pennies and Passports!

We’re just back from Omaha and the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting. It was Business Wire’s  fifth meeting as a Berkshire Hathaway company and each year seems to get better and better. It’s safe to say that the souvenir pennies we brought to the show, run through our exclusive penny press machine, were a runaway smash [...]

Business Wire Gives Back: Parisian Staffer’s Portrait of Buffett to be Auctioned At Berkshire Meeting

Business Wire editor Stephane Zovoko of the company’s Paris office painted a portrait of Warren Buffett which will be auctioned off at this year’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual meeting with proceeds benefitting CASA

Calling All College Students: Enter Our 50th Anniversary Video Contest & Win a Trip to Meet Warren Buffett in New York

Business Wire is going back to school! In our 50 years in the industry, we’ve seen first-hand how the communications world has changed & played a pretty big role in many of those changes along the way. Looking to the future as part of our 50th Anniversary, we want the next generation of communicators to [...]