In The Media

Check out our clients in the media spotlight and looking fabulous!

• Joe Murray, Executive Vice President for First Financial Group in Bala Cynwyd has been a regular contributor appearing on Fox 29 in Philadelphia. Tune in every Monday morning at 7:30 a.m
• Harris Fishman, President of First Financial Group, had a special photo shoot at Lincoln Financial Field that will appear in a profile in the Philadelphia Business Journal in September.
• Check out the podcast of Cheryl Squadrito moderating a media panel for the Philadelphia Chapter of the Public Relations of America held in May at the Union League.
• The Washington Post published a travel story about Totally Terrific Treehouses on July 6!
• Two Delaware Valley Science Fair winners apeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on July 6.
• Parker McCay attorney Joseph J. McGovern was featured in a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer on June 21 for mulit-million dollar settlement in a case against major oil companies.
• Media Friendly Public Relations was a sponsor for Mamapalooza in May. Since the event was rained out, a rescheduled date will be announced for later this year.
• Tyler Arboretum's Totally Terrific Treehouses exhibit has been getting national coverage, too many to list here. Please email me for links at CherSquad@aol.com.
• Dyscern's Jennifer Canty was a featured guest on Sirius Radio's "Lazy Environmentalist" show on Jan. 14.
• Rock band Smash Palace is getting media attention for its record release show on Jan. 20. Stories have appeared in Philadelphia Weekly, Courier-Post and the Retrospect. Email me for press tickets.
• Media Friendly PR is pleased to announce that the company has secured a public relations contract with Fairmount Athletic Club in King of Prussia starting on Dec. 1. Already two major media placements are lined up for owner Demer Holleran - CBS3 and the Philadelphia Inquirer Image section! Stay tuned!
• Jennifer Canty and the staff at Dyscern were featured on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric on Nov. 23 as part of the network's Black Friday coverage! Also, Jennifer was interviewed again on CBS Evening News on Nov. 27 for a story about the weak U.S. Dollar.
• Dyscern was featured on AuctionBytes.com.
• First Financial Group's Harris Fishman, Mike Kelly and Joe Murray were featured on the FRONT page of the Image section of the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday, Nov. 11.
• Dyscern's CEO Jennifer Canty was quoted in Wired's online site in an article about getting great deals when internet shopping for the Holidays.
• First Financial Group's Joe Murray was filmed by CN8 for Lynn Doyle's Holiday Special. Joe and his family feed the homeless at a shelter in Philadelphia every holiday.
• First Financial Group was named one of the best places to work by the Philadelphia Business Journal on Oct. 19! Congrats!
• ABC filmed a segment profiling Dyscern CEO Jennifer Canty in the company's Washington DC headquarters on Oct. 16. The air date has not been scheduled yet. Also, that same day, Dyscern was featured in the Potomac NewsWire.
• Two members of the Junior Women's Club were profiled in a segment on "Alpha and Beta Moms" on CBS 3 on Oct. 8.
• The Junior Women's Club of the Haddon Fortnightly were featured on the front of the Taste section of the Courier-Post for their charity cookbook on Oct. 3!
• Dyscern's Jennifer Canty and Bill Frischling make the business section front page of the Washington Post on Oct. 1, 2007. Check out the video, too!
• Breast cancer survivor Laura Schwanger was featured on CBS 3's A Women's View on Oct. 1. She'll be on WPVI 6 sometime in October.
• The Philadelphia Inquirer will feature financial advisors in Image section on the November 4th. Stay tuned.
• CBS 3's A Women's View featured the women's initiatives programs at First Financial Group. Clink on "Women in Finance" on Sept. 24.
• Haddonfield Friends School's annual Monarch Parade received fantastic media coverage from all the local papers and ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox! The Courier-Post published a photo gallery, too.

• Dyscern makes the Inc. Top 500 list as number 167 and is named the fastest growing internet retailer! Congratulations!
• Dyscern is featured on AuctionBytes.com.
• Media Friendly hired to do the public relations campaign by Washington, D.C.-based Dyscern, the fastest-growing eBay retailer in the America. Check out Dyscern's retail site.
• First Financial Group's Tara Prindible is featured in the Courier-Post.
• Media Friendly has been retained by First Financial Group, the Philadelphia branch of Mass Mutual. Stay tuned for more information.
• Cheryl Squadrito, founder of Media Friendly Public Relations, was featured on the FRONT PAGE of the NYTimes on Nov. 1. Three photos, too!
• Sara O'Brien, a singer-songwriter from South Jersey, was taped for an extended segment for CBS 3. The segment is set to run on Monday, July 30 at 4 p.m. Alright!
• Stephanie Stahl from NBC 10 taped "Brawny Men" for a news segment on July 10.
• Anita Brikman from WPVI 6 ABC visited the Aquatic and Fitness Center to cover a story about fathers and sons who work out together. Set your TiVo because it's running at 6 and 9 a.m. Sunday, June 17.
• Haddonfield's Blue Star Mom's event is covered by Fox 29 and Courier-Post.
• The Philadelphia Inquirer ran a story on the Metro frontpage about the Delaware Valley Science Fairs on April 5. The fairs also earned coverage from WPVI 6 ABC and NBC 10, Northeast (Philadelphia) Times, Courier-Post, South Philly Review, Wilmington News Journal, Lansdale Reporter and more.
• The Chestnut Hill Local profiled Henry Disston of the Delaware Valley Science Fairs in March.
• The Courier-Post featured Aquahab Physical Therapy team in a story called, "My Aching Back" in February.
• Don Polec, from Channel 6, Action News, stopped by the Aquatic and Fitness Center to talk to a dietician about portion control.
• Daily Candy featured ABChocolates for Valentines Day. What a delicious match!
• Travel writer for ABC Radio Erik Hastings toured Haddonfield and loved it. Here's his report.
• It was a media blitz on Feb. 2 for Haddonfield students and staff. CN8, CBS 3, ABC 6, and the local newspapers covered the "Superhero Pillowcase" event at Haddon Elementary School. The students collected more than 400 pillowcase decorated with Superheros to send to injured American soldiers at hospitals in Iraq. Nice job, kids.
• Media Friendly Public Relations is pleased to announce it is working with two new clients -- Sara Canuso's A Suitable Solution and ABChocolates.com. Sara is an expert clothier that has dressed lawyers and business leaders for years. ABChocolates is a high-end online chocolate retailer. We look forward to putting both businesses in the spotlight.
• Don Polec from Channel 6, Action News, taped two segments at the Aquatic and Fitness Center in Cherry Hill on Jan. 4. The hilarious but informative segment about Kettle Bells and Forza ran on January 7 on Action News. Stayed tuned for information about the second segment.
• The Philadelphia Inquirer's Ed Colimore published an in-depth article the revitalization of "Main Street" and profiled Media Friendly's client, Haddonfield on Jan. 4.
• Cutting edge fashion is big business in Haddonfield. Read all about it in the Courier-Post's Business section on Dec. 3
• Haddonfield's shopping district became the center of attention in a few media outliets on Black Friday, Nov. 24. Here's a best bet from the Courier-Post. Also, CBS 3, NBC 10 and WPHL 17 filmed the town's tree lighting ceremony and candlelight shopping for their evening news shows!
• The Delaware Valley Science Fair board members' trip to the Czech Republic made big news in the Intelligencer in Bucks County on Nov. 21, 2006.
• Read all about how the Aquatic and Fitness Center helps to channel your inner goddess in the Courier-Post, Nov. 12, 2006.
• Jacqueline Eastridge, a member at the Aquatic and Fitness Center in Bala Cynwyd, was profiled on the Metro section front of the Philadelphia Inquirer on Oct. 25. Check out the photo from the gym! Read Jacqueline's blog.
• An Underground Railroad event at Haddonfield Friends School was highlighted for ABC 6 and for Courier-Post on Oct. 14.
• Two video stories about The Aquatic and Fitness Center can be found on the Courier-Post's Web site. One story is about exercising and the second story is about bellydancing.
• The Aquatic and Fitness Center was featured in the Courier Post's Living section on Oct. 1, 2006, for its Kettlebell training program.
• Cheryl Squadrito wrote an article for the e-newsletter for Spinning Instructors. The article was about picking music for your class. For more information about Spinning, visit www.Spinning.com
• Philadelphia Daily News columnist Dan Gross wrote an item about The Children of Fatima on Oct. 4.
• The Children of Fatima was featured on CurtainUp.com, a Web site for theater enthusiasts in September, 2006.
• Listen to WRTI FM's Lesley Valdes' critique of The Children of Fatima.
• Smash Palace played a song live on NBC's the 10! Show on Aug. 24 and it rocked!
• The Courier-Post's Lorraine Agnew wrote a fantastic story about seniors who work out that ran on Aug. 21 and she interviewed trainers at the Aquatic and Fitness Center. Paris Gray's photographs were terrific. Nice job!
• The South Philly Review reviewed The Children of Fatima in the Aug. 3, 2006 issue. Better late than never.
• L.A. Weekly's gossip columnist wrote about Paul Green's School of Rock on Aug. 3, 2006 for the All-Stars' Los Angeles show.
• Patrick Edward White who portrays Father in The Children of Fatima was featured in the Princeton Packet's Bucks County Edition in late July.
• The Philadelphia Inquirer's business section profiled Bud Martin on July 31, 2006. Bud is the producer/director of The Children of Fatima. (And Bud is an all-around great guy!)
• Philadelphia Weekly's J. Cooper Rob's review of The Children of Fatima ran on July 27, 2006.
• Joe Langdon penned an excellent profile of The Children of Fatima director/producer Bud Martin for the West Chester Daily Local that ran on July 27.
• Check out the very cool Philadelphia Inquirer podcast with critic Howie Shapiro interviewing Mike Friel, playwright of The Children of Fatima.
• Thank you, Sally Friedman, for the terrific review of The Children of Fatima in the Main Line Ticket. A very nicely written piece by a journalist who "gets it."
• The Wilmington News Journal featured award-winning student Tejal Naik of the Delaware Valley Science Fairs on July 5, 2006. Nice job Tejal!
• Check out the rave review of The Children of Fatima from the Philadelphia Inquirer's Toby Zinman on July 15, 2006.
• Music writer Nicole Pensiero penned a piece for City Paper about Smash Palace on July 13, 2006.
• An excellent preview of The Children of Fatima, including interviews with the director Frank Martin and playwright Michael Friel runs in the Philadelphia Daily News on July 10, 2006.
• Smash Palace and Sara O'Brien appear in Michael Harrington's 7 Days column in the Philadelphia Inquirer, July 9, 2006.
• Cheryl Squadrito is featured in A.D. Amorosi's Icepack column in City Paper on July 6, 2006.
• The Aquatic and Fitness Center is featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer's Inqlings column on July 4, 2006.
• Parker McCay attorney Phyllis Bross is featured in the Courier-Post.
• The Aquatic and Fitness Center is featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer's Image Magazine.
• The Children of Fatima play appears in the Philadelphia Inquirer's Inqlings column.