Media Beat: Matthew Hiltzik On Representing Some of the Biggest Names in Media

PRNewser sits down with Hiltzik Strategies founder Matthew Hiltzik for the latest interview in our mediabistro.com Media Beat series. Hiltzik has spent time working with the brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein at Miramax. He also worked with Hillary Clinton‘s senate campaign in 2000, among other political work.

More recently, Hiltzik formed his own aforementioned agency, which handles some of the biggest names in media, including Katie Couric, Glenn Beck, Don Imus and Alec Baldwin.

We asked Hiltzik about representing a controversial, and popular client like Beck. “Glenn is someone I’ve known for a very long time, and I’m comfortable with my clients,” he said.

Part II (Coming Tuesday): Hiltzik talks about several PR stories “in the news,” including Toyota’s crisis communications strategy and the Obama administration’s use of social media.

Part III (Coming Wednesday): Hiltzik discusses the changing PR industry, his own background and mentors, and what he looks for in new hires.

Media Beat is mediabistro.com’s interview series with the movers and shakers of the media world. View all past episodes at MediaBeat.com.

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