Mark Raines
CJRW and MMGY Team Up for Tourism
Arkansas awarded four separate contracts for parks and tourism work to CJRW again this summer, and MMGY Global will subcontract for CJRW. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Heathcott, CJRW Settle 2018 Breach of Contract Lawsuit
Ad man Gary Heathcott and marketing firm CJRW have settled Heathcott's $1.3 million breach of contract lawsuit from 2018. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
CJRW Restyles Its Look
Commuters making their way to a little business news operation in downtown Little Rock have discovered a neat new sign at Third and Main. read more >
P. Allen Smith Budget Battle Reveals State’s Digital Divide
If you needed a handy metric to illustrate how far newspapers have sunk in the new media world, ponder this:
Of the nearly $7 million a year Arkansas spends on media marketing to promote state tourism, only one one-thousandth — about $7,000 — goes to newspapers. read more >
Singing the Praises of Arkansas Traveling
After 180 years, it’s time for an update to "The Arkansas Traveler," thanks to the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism and its marketing agency, CJRW. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Mark Raines Promoted at CJRW (Movers & Shakers)
Mark Raines has been named to the executive committee of CJRW in Little Rock. read more >
CJRW Breaks Silence on Heathcott Lawsuit
CJRW Chairman and CEO Darin Gray responds to comments from Gary Heathcott and anonymous advertising industry executives quoted in last week’s Outtakes column. read more >
Brian Clark Among 3 Execs Exiting CJRW
CJRW has shuffled its personnel deck, dealing out three prominent employees, including Brian Clark, a widely known Little Rock marketing veteran who was a senior vice president and brand marketing strategist. read more >
CJRW Promotes Raines, McCune
Mark Raines and Wade McCune of CJRW started 2018 with fireworks, gaining promotions to senior vice president and spots on the board of directors of the Little Rock marketing and communications firm. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
CJRW Drops Gary Heathcott From Scholarship Lottery Work
Little Rock marketing agency CJRW has removed Gary Heathcott from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery account, the agency says, less than three years after acquiring his services and his list of clients in a much-ballyhooed deal. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
CJRW Offers 3 Top Tips on Saving Companies’ Reputations
What keeps company chieftains up at night? Financial risks, of course, but also risks to their companies' reputations, Mark Raines told tourism marketing professionals last week at the Ron Robinson Theater in Little Rock. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
CJRW Lottery Strategy: Playing To Win Over Millennials
The day after CJRW signed a hotly contested $34.5 million advertising contract on Feb. 16, a team led by Gary Heathcott at CJRW was busy putting a new face to the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Beth Ward Haynie: ‘She Exuded Love’
Known simply as Beth Ward through her 37-year career at KARK-TV and KTHV-TV in Little Rock, members of Haynie's media family pay their respects. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Beth Ward, Little Rock TV Mainstay, Dies
Beth Ward, a fixture on Little Rock television for more than 37 years, died Thursday after complications from heart surgery. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
CJRW Marks a Year as a Main Street Mainstay
When Mark Raines peeked inside the Fulk Building a couple of years ago, he couldn’t believe CJRW was considering it as a future home. The historic building at Main and Third streets in Little Rock had long been the home of Bennett’s Military Supplies. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Mark Raines Named PR Director at CJRW, Replacing Richard McKeown
Veteran TV newsman Mark Raines has been promoted to vice president and director of public relations at CJRW, the Little Rock advertising and marketing agency. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Team SI, CJRW on Data, Results and Landing AEDC Contracts
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission broke up its longstanding single contract into three contracts this year, giving Team SI an $800,000 digital marketing contract and CJRW its advertising and PR contracts. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Mark Raines Named VP of Public Relations at CJRW
Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods of Little Rock has hired Mark Raines as its new vice president of public relations. read more >
by Luke Jones -
Former KTHV News Director Chuck Maulden Takes Job in Missouri
Chuck Maulden, the former news director for KTHV-TV, Channel 11, is taking the news director's job at KOLR-TV, Channel 10, in Springfield, Mo. read more >
by Lance Turner -
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