Los Angeles County Economic Dev. Corp. (LAEDC) and the World Trade Center LA/Long Beach Hires MAYO Communications for Media Relations

Los Angeles, CA, October 09, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) and the World Trade Center Los Angeles-Long Beach (WTCA LA-LB) have chosen MAYO Communications as its agency of record for 2009-2010.

The nonprofit organization first hired MAYO during the 10-day lockout of the LA/LB Longshoreman's dispute, for an economic impact media campaign, which earned MAYO Communications the prestigious "Best Media Placement" PRism Award from Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). The lockout cost the country $5 billion. Later an LAEDC Wal-Mart Study (on the economic impact of 40 superstores coming to California) and media campaign earned MAYO "Best Education Campaign, PRSA," a study on the economic impact of 40 superstores coming to California.

"MAYO brings a world of experience and difference in managing our media," said Jack Kyser, founding economist for the LAEDC's Kyser Center for Economic Research. Kyser is the voice of the LA County economy and he authors and contributes to studies on a variety of topics from Hollywood runaway TV/film production and manufacturing studies to fashion trends, and the impacts of the technology and aerospace industries.

About LAEDC
LAEDC is the region's premier business leadership organization is a private, non-profit organization established in 1981 under section 501(C) (3). Its mission is to attract, retain, and grow business and jobs for the regions of Los Angeles County. Since 1996, the LAEDC has helped retain or attract more than 152,000 jobs, providing $7.5 billion in direct economic impact from salaries and $128 million in annual tax revenue benefit to local governments and education in Los Angeles County.

About MAYO
MAYO Communications, based in LA, with offices in New York, San Diego and Bern, Switzerland, specializes in business, financial, entertainment, hospitality and lifestyle publicity. MAYO's niche is media placement, branding and media training. MAYO helped place LAEDC Founding Economist Jack Kyser in more than 2,000 national articles on the first day of the Hollywood Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike which resulted in 85 million media impressions over three months.

About MAYO Communications

MAYO Communications, a Los Angeles based agency, has been serving its clients' media and public relations needs with the niche knowledge of strategic media relations, high-tech, economics, housing, business-to-business, government and politics for more than a decade. 2003-2004 Best Media Placement,2004 Best Corporate Communication, and 2004 Best Educational Campaigns, said Public Relations Society of America.

MAYO Communications offers media training, crisis communications, governmental affairs, legal PR/lobbying, environmental affairs, social marketing, transportation, fundraising events and community outreach planning, special events, political campaigns, branding and media relations.

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