"The New York City Host Committee for the Republican National Convention has retained GCI Group to provide on-site media services for members of the press throughout the convention," PR trade publication the Holmes Report writes. "GCI Group will be working from the James A. Farley Building, which will house 10,000 members of the media during the convention. 'The advantage of having the media covering the convention in one location is that it allows the Host Committee to provide excellent services to the press,' said Host Committee president Kevin Sheekey.

"Conservative columnist Bob Novak has touted the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth book Unfit for Command without revealing that his son heads marketing and PR for its publisher," O'Dwyer's PR Daily reports. The New York Times writes that Novak has "lauded" the book in his syndicated columns and on CNN's 'Crossfire.' "Unmentioned in Mr. Novak's columns and television appearances, however, is a personal connection he has to the book: his son, Alex Novak, is the director of marketing for its publisher, the conservative publishing house Regnery," the Times writes.