press agent
noun
: an agent employed to establish and maintain good public relations through publicity
press-agent
verb
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But in New York, there has always been the theater business, as in producers and theater owners and press agents, all squeezed together in the hothouse neighborhood branded Broadway and integral to New York’s international identity since the Roaring ’20s.
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Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
The harsh band meeting – set up with Hoffs, Steele, managers and press agents – that cemented their demise is painstakingly recollected in the book as more of an ambush of the Petersons.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
In the coming weeks, Ross, Grant, and their circle entertained a raft of names for their fledgling creation—Manhattan, New York Weekly, New York Life, Truth, Our Town—before another acquaintance, the Broadway press agent John Toohey, came up with The New Yorker.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Just ask Illinois State recruit Tyreek Coleman, who could easily be his teammate’s press agent.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 23 Nov. 2024
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Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
The harsh band meeting – set up with Hoffs, Steele, managers and press agents – that cemented their demise is painstakingly recollected in the book as more of an ambush of the Petersons.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
In the coming weeks, Ross, Grant, and their circle entertained a raft of names for their fledgling creation—Manhattan, New York Weekly, New York Life, Truth, Our Town—before another acquaintance, the Broadway press agent John Toohey, came up with The New Yorker.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Just ask Illinois State recruit Tyreek Coleman, who could easily be his teammate’s press agent.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Press agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/press%20agent. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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