Text 100
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| Type | Subsidiary of Next Fifteen |
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| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | global and Second Life |
| Key people | Aedhmar Hynes |
| Industry | Communications |
| Products | Public relations |
| Revenue | $60m |
| Employees | 500 (2006) |
| Parent | Next Fifteen Communications |
| Website | www.text100.com.com |
Text 100 is the firm that launched Microsoft in Europe in 1982. [1] Text 100 provides PR services to a large number of global organizations and serves clients doing business in most areas of technology.
Text 100 has over 500 employees and 31 offices worldwide including one in Second Life [2] where it became the first firm to open a virtual PR agency[3]. Clients include IBM, Xerox, Cisco, FujiFilm, Lenovo, and eBay.
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[edit] History
Tom Lewis and Mark Adams founded Text 100 in London in 1981. It opened its first international office in Paris in 1989 and 1995 it opened its first offices in Asia and the US. Text 100 became the First PR Agency to open a virtual PR agency in Second Life in 2006.[4]
[edit] Significance
Text 100 has been recognized for its contributions by industry bodies including the Council of PR Firms [5] PRSA, PRCA [6] and the Holmes Report.
[edit] Key awards
2005 Holmes Report Technology Public Relations Agency of the Year
Full list of awards won by the agency [7]
In addition, CEO Aedhmar Hynes has been recognized by PRWeek magazine as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in PR
