The Olympic Issue: The Backlash

…A public-relations strategist named Raymond Howell, a former campaign manager to the former Massachusetts governor William Weld, advised Dempsey to focus his message on the taxpayer guarantee: The more No Boston Olympics reminded people that the city and the state were obliged to pay for excess costs, the less enthusiastic people would be to support […]

Will Grad Students Lose the Right to Unionize Under Trump?

Trevor Hull wakes up every morning and goes to a lab where he mixes chemicals together, using materials like lead and cadmium to synthesize other substances. A man who he calls his boss sometimes gives him directions and orders, and he’s paid on a bi-weekly basis. He says he feels like he works at a […]

Sam Adams is the Latest Brand with a Trump Problem

“Businesspeople weigh in on political issues at their peril,” said Raymond P. Howell, who was press secretary for governor William F. Weld and now advises business clients on communications. “Consumers, especially millennials, want to know that the brands they patronize share their values.”

Searching for Life around the Stars

To the epic search for life on other planets, Mark Veyette brings some of science’s most formidable technology: 300-pound infrared telescopes in Hawaii. The supercomputer center BU helped create in Holyoke, Mass. And his cell phone.

No Boston Olympics has its own high-priced PR consultant. He’s just working for free.

Boston 2024 is on track to spend more than $1.5 million this year on marketing and communications, employing some of the biggest names around from Micho Spring to Doug Rubin. No Boston Olympics has its own high-priced PR consultant: Ray Howell. There’s just one big difference: He’s working for free.

HubSpot’s Mike Volpe lands another CMO job

We can’t resist pointing out the irony of Mike Volpe’s new gig. A memory refresher: Volpe (right) was fired as HubSpot’schief marketing officer last year after the Cambridge marketing software firm allegedly tried to block publication of a book — “Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble” by writer and former HubSpot employee Dan Lyons — that skewered its “frat-house-meets-cult-compound” culture.

Disparity in Salaries Between Genders Has Provoked Debate

In the past year, the persistent wage gap between male and female earners has become a topic of national conversation. In the past year, the persistent wage gap between male and female earners has become a topic of national conversation. Prominent actors including Patricia Arquette, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper have openly criticized Hollywood for underpaying its […]

What to expect from the new governor

WBZ Radio interviews Ray Howell about the election of Charlie Baker and what it means for Massachusetts.