Former Denver Business Journal reporter Heather Draper has joined Aiello Public Relations & Marketing as a vice president.
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Catfight Alert: Aiello/Webb vs. Andrew Hudson
If you were getting tired of the Is-the-Michael-Hancock-story-really-a-story debate, good news. The proposed Gaylord Hotel development in Aurora is the newest catfight in town, and it is splitting Denver’s PR community. On one side are Wendy Aiello (repping Aurora) and Pete Webb (repping Gaylord). And on the other side is Andrew Hudson, who doesn’t want to see the Stock Show relocate from Denver.
And if you aren’t tired of the Michael Hancock debate, Big Media blogger Jason Salzman takes Denver media to task for running with a story that was broken by a guy using rampant rumors as a source.
2010 Denver PR Predictions – Wendy Aiello
By Wendy Aiello
Principal, Aiello Public Relations & Marketing
Forging and maintaining relationships will continue to be the bedrock of a successful public relations agency. We must utilize every person and their skill set at our agencies to find our new media relationships. The truly successful firms will discover and become sources for all credible media outlets – both traditional and “new.”
The birth of smaller agencies continues. With the massive shift in the media market more people will hang their public relations shingle in 2010. A prediction for 2011 – fewer small shops. It’s not as easy as it looks!
More consortiums of public relations and marketing professionals will physically band together. It gets lonely working remotely. Great ideas are born when face-to-face communication takes place. The “old” model agency may not be viable for many PR pros, but coming together with other individuals in the field will continue to provide new business, media leads and contacts and a greater quality of life.
Aiello Rep’ing Terror Suspect Lawyer
Arthur Folsom, the lawyer representing Colorado terrorist suspect Najibullah Zazi, hasn’t exactly been knocking the ball out of the park lately (who lets their client voluntarily talk to the FBI only to have them arrested for lying to the FBI a couple of days later?). But brighter days assuredly are on the horizon. Folsom has retained Wendy Aiello of Aiello Public Relations to represent him.
Unfortunately, things so far are not going well for Aiello, who is married to CBS4 GM Walt DeHaven. Since adding Folsom as a client four days ago, Bruce Goldberg at the Denver Business Journal reports she has received a number of threatening and abusive phone calls and emails.
Denver Magazine Publisher Retains Aiello
The civil suit between Denver Magazine and its former editor, Dahlia Weinstein, is moving forward, and the magazine’s publisher has retained Wendy Aiello as his spokesperson. Penny Parker at the Denver Post has the details.
Interesting PR Fact of the Week
Wendy Aiello is the sister-in-law of E Street Band guitarist Nils Lofgren, who will be joining Bruce Springsteen at his Pepsi Center concert on April 10.
Aiello, Redux Redux
We were going to stop taking shots at Wendy Aiello because she invited us to sit at her table at the Denver Press Club’s annual Gridiron Show (and because Walt kept eyeing us with a “I’m-not-afraid-to-stick-this-fork-in-your-throat” look), but then the entertainment was so godawful* we decided she was fair game anyway.
So imagine our glee when Wendy appeared in this morning’s Bill Husted column. Unfortunately, there really wasn’t much to make fun of. Successful restaurant launch. Placido Domingo. Big write-up in the News. No “PR Princess” comments. But after being a little optimistic with our over/under on Wendy Aiello mentions for both Bill and Penny Parker, we’re taking any mentions we can find. And we’re still gunning for you, Wendy (but please don’t mention that to Walt).
*We enjoyed Andrew Hudson’s band with that skinny lead singer guy
Wendy Aiello, Redux
“PR princess” Wendy Aiello is back in Penny Parker’s column this morning, and our world makes sense again. But Wendy can’t be happy that Penny outed her as a woman “of a certain age.”
We Didn’t Factor This Into Our ‘Wendy Aiello Mentions’ Contest
If you have a few spare antidepressants sitting around (and if you are in PR you probably do), you may want to offer them to Penny Parker, Bill Husted and Wendy Aiello. The number of official DNC soirees has been cut 96 percent.
Upset Brewing …
The Denver Post’s Bill Husted pulls ahead of the Rocky’s Penny Parker in the “Most 2008 Wendy Aiello Mentions” horse race this morning. Sure, he tried to sneak it by us by referring to her as Wendy DeHaven, but we all know who she is. To date, that puts Husted on pace for a staggering 67 “Wendy” mentions in 2008; Parker, who was the heavy favorite to win the award, is only on pace for 33.
Aiello, Redux
Denver Post columnist Bill Husted recaps his gossip highlights of 2007, and Wendy Aiello is the only flack to make the list. The Denver PR Blog over/under on Bill Husted’s “Wendy” mentions in 2008 is a mere five, considerably fewer than certain other Denver columnists.
Who will be the King of Denver PR?
We are a little more than three weeks away from the release of the Denver Business Journal’s 2007-2008 Book of Lists. As we get ready to see which agencies grew and which contracted, here’s a recap of 2006-2007 DBJ Book of Lists rankings:
- GBSM, $2.62 million (2005 gross income)
- Schenkein, $2.61 million
- JohnstonWells, $2.40 million
- Linhart, $2.18 million
- Pure Brand, $2.14 million
- GroundFloor , $2.10 million
- LeGrand Hart, $2.09 million
- PRACO, $2.07 million
- MGA, $2.06 million
- CTA, $1.50 million
- Peter Webb, $1.33 million
- Wall+Aiello, $1.14 million
- Alyn-Weiss, $1.10 million
- Turner, $1.10 million
- CLS, $1.08 million
- Metzger, $1.05 million
- VisiTech, $1.05 million
- InterMountain, $1.01 million
- Corporate Advocates, $0.88 million
- Catapult, $0.80 million
Note: While these figures appeared in the 2006-2007 DBJ Book of Lists, the data used was from a year earlier.
Penny Parker on Pace for 365 “Wendy Aiello” Mentions in 2008
Rocky Mountain News columnist Penny Parker‘s love affair with “PR princess” Wendy Aiello continues. Denver PR Blog has set the over/under on Penny’s “Wendy” mentions at 25 for the year.
PR stat of the week …
Wendy Aiello attends roughly 30 holiday parties each year.
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