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December 15, 2006
McMurry Delivers $150,000 to Local Nonprofits
Over the past two weeks McMurry delivered a $100,000 check to Florence Crittenton Services of Arizona, as the company’s fifth and final installment of a $500,000 commitment and $50,000 to West Valley Child Crisis Center as the last of five donations totaling $250,000. Preston McMurry Jr., founder of McMurry and its charitable arm, Theresa’s Fund, presented the checks at luncheons to celebrate the success of each organization’s partnership with McMurry.
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November 28, 2006
McMurry Acquires Online Service
McMurry, Arizona’s largest marketing communications firm, announced today that it has acquired IdeaBank, a globally popular online service providing its subscribers a searchable archive of more than 35,000 quotations, anecdotes and bits of humor.
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November 20, 2006
McMurry Invites Grant Applications from Groups Supporting Child Abuse Causes
McMurry’s charitable arm Theresa’s Fund announced today it will begin seeking grant applications from nonprofit agencies that address child abuse and domestic violence issues in Arizona and the Capital Region of New York state. McMurry’s two offices are based in those locations.
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October 25, 2006
West Valley Child Crisis Center Receives $250,000 Grant from McMurry
On Saturday, Oct. 14, the West Valley Child Crisis Center held a gala at the University of Phoenix Stadium to celebrate the center’s 20th anniversary and continued success. More than 300 contributors, volunteers and community members attended. WVCCC Executive Director Brent Morris recognized Preston McMurry Jr., founder of McMurry and its charitable arm, Theresa’s Fund, for his role in the organization’s prosperity.
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October 17, 2006
Auction of Lucy Liu’s Artwork Raises More Than $330,000
McMurry and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., along with its partners Girard-Perregaux, A. Link and Veuve Clicquot, recently helped actress and artist Lucy Liu raise $335,050 for three nonprofit organizations: UNICEF, The Ritz-Carlton Community Footprints program and New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture.
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October 5, 2006
McMurry-Redspring Merger Exceeding Expectations
Custom media firm McMurry is beating the merger odds. In just over 90 days since Phoenix-based McMurry’s acquisition of Redspring Communications of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. the integration of the firms has happened not only without a hitch, but also with a host of qualified successes uncharacteristic of such transactions. CEO Chris McMurry says the similar core values each company possessed are responsible for these developments.
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August 30, 2006
Third Annual Magnum Opus Awards Winners Announced
The annual Publications Management newsletter Magnum Opus Awards, honoring the top content marketing efforts in the world, recently drew to a close with the unveiling of winners in 53 primary categories, including the eight grand winners.
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August 1, 2006
McMurry Named Phoenix's Largest Agency
McMurry has been named the largest advertising agency in Phoenix by The Business Journal, the region’s leading business publication. This is the second time the company has topped the closely watched list that ranks agencies by total number of local staff. Phoenix is the nation’s fifth-largest city.
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July 17, 2006
Experienced Hospital Consultant Joins McMurry
McMurry, national leader in content marketing and Arizona’s largest marketing communications firm, adds another exceptional talent to its staff. Tia Debon joins McMurry as AVP/Content Marketing and will work with hospitals across the New England and the mid-Atlantic region to determine communications strategies. DeBon has been working with hospitals in this market for seven years, developing solutions that address marketing challenges and help them compete.
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June 28, 2006
McMurry Earns Seven IABC Phoenix Copper Quill Awards
The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Phoenix chapter recently announced that McMurry, Arizona’s largest marketing communications firm, won seven Copper Quill awards, giving McMurry an unmatched treasure trove of more than 1,000 awards since 1990. “We are extremely proud to have earned seven Copper Quill awards this year,” said Beth Tomkiw, vice president of creative services at McMurry. “Receiving recognition from a highly respected organization like IABC affirms that the communications tools we create with our clients are admired and effective.”
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June 26, 2006
McMurry Honored Nationally as Best Place to Work
McMurry, Arizona’s largest marketing communications firm and national leader in content marketing, has been named one of the top 25 “Best Small Companies to Work for” in America. McMurry debuted at number six on the prestigious list which was unveiled June 26, 2006, for the third year, before an audience of more than 12,000 at the Society for Human Resource Management’s 58th annual Conference & Exposition in Washington, D.C.
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June 19, 2006
McMurry Acquires New York Custom Publisher Redspring
McMurry, Arizona’s largest marketing communications firm and one of the nation’s leading content marketing companies, announced today that it has acquired Redspring Communications Inc., a 39-person custom publisher in Saratoga Springs, NY.
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April 19, 2006
McMurry Acquires Seventh Newsletter
Arizona's largest marketing communications firm McMurry announced that it has acquired the newsletter Vital Speeches of the Day and its archive of 17,000 speeches from City News Publishing in Charleston, S.C.
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April 3, 2006
McMurry Reaches 100 Staff Member Mark
When Heather Burgett relocated to Phoenix from an executive slot at New York-based Scholastic Corp. to become McMurry’s new vice president, client services, little did she know she would make company history the very first day on the job. Burgett’s hiring pushed McMurry’s staff count to an all-time high of 100.
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March 13, 2006
McMurry Expands Professional Resources With Job Banks
McMurry has rolled out another facet of its comprehensive array of professional resources with the addition of a series of state-of-the-art niche job boards, which now complement the six subscription newsletters, conferences and awards programs that are purchased by nearly 8,000 marketing and management professionals.
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March 1, 2006
Eli Lilly Selects McMurry for Leadership Program
Eli Lilly, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in the world, recently asked McMurry, Inc., to participate in its Global Leadership Development Program (GLDP), created to study best practices of partner companies and to foster leadership qualities among its staff as well as the staff of the partner companies.
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January 2, 2006
Plentiful New Business Leads to Most Successful Year
A flurry of new business in 2005 made a major contribution to the success stories that continue to flow from McMurry. In the last half of its fiscal year, McMurry landed three full-service agency accounts, signed 16 new custom publishing deals and made two acquisitions. For its fiscal year ending Oct. 31, the company reported its highest revenue since its inception in 1984.
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