Dan Cirucci: Bagels With Brian

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Bagels With Brian

Legendary Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame member (and actress) Sylvia Kauders arranged it all and billed it as "Bagels With Brian." For a few of us who are fellow Hall of Fame members it meant a morning well-spent with Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News Publisher and CEO Brian Tierney.

Brian's the kind of guy who is passionate about what he does, and it shows. This morning, Brian not only laid out his continuing vision for the Inky, Daily News and philly.com but he also discussed the challenges he's faced since he and a group of business colleagues formed Philadelphia Media Holdings, LLC and acquired the newspapers in March, 2006. One of the big problems has been the loss of employment classified advertising -- a revenue loss faced by all newspapers. But the Philly newspapers are making up for this loss in other ways and are even showing revenue and circulation gains. So, what Brian and his team are doing here in Philly is being closely watched by other big-city dailies including the New York Times.

We also got a chance to meet Inquirer Editor and Executive Vice President William K. Marimow who then allowed us to sit in on the morning editors' meeting where the makeup of tomorrow's Inquirer was (tentatively) discussed.

It was a great visit and on the way out we got a chance to chat with many of our friends at the Daily News including Michael Schefer, Dan Gross, Jenice Armstrong, Stu Bykofsky, Sandra Shea and Elmer Smith.

Meeting all these hard-working reporters and editors gave us yet another opportunity to be thankful for our cherished First Amendment freedoms.

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About Dan Cirucci

He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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